German Verbs with Prepositions

Learn how to use prepositions with verbs in German

     

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German Verbs with Prepositions

Accusative		Dative
denken an	to think about	arbeiten an	to work on
glauben an	to believe in	erkennen an	to recognize something by
kommen an	to come to	sterben an	to die of
schreiben an	to write to	teilnehmen an	to participate in
achten auf	to pay attention to	helfen bei	to help with
ankommen auf	to come down to/be a question of	anfangen mit	to begin with
antworten auf	to answer	fahren mit	to go/travel (by means of)
böse sein auf	to be angry at	rechnen mit	to count on, expect
gespannt sein auf	to be excited about	sprechen mit	to talk to
hoffen auf	to hope for	fragen nach	to ask about
warten auf	to wait for	riechen nach	to smell of/like
danken für	to thank for	abhängen von	to depend on
sorgen für	to care for	erzählen von	to tell about
lachen über	to laugh about	halten von	to think/feel about
lesen über	to read about	handeln von	to deal with/be about
nachdenken über	to think about	sprechen von	to talk about
reden über	to talk about	träumen von	to dream about
schreiben über	to write about	verstehen von	to know about/understand
sprechen über	to talk about	wissen von	to know of
bitten um	to ask for/request	Angst haben vor	to be afraid of
kämpfen um	to fight for	retten vor	to save from

Fahren mit cannot be used with all forms of transportation, such as on foot or by plane.

 

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