{"id":2481,"date":"2018-07-24T13:16:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T13:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2018-08-07T17:18:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T17:18:28","slug":"german-prepositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/german-prepositions\/","title":{"rendered":"All You Need to Know about German Prepositions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/photo-1516534775068-ba3e7458af70-e1532101428640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>German prepositions<\/strong> are a vital part of the German language. In fact, no matter if you look at the German, English or Spanish language, prepositions are necessary for holding sentences together. Without prepositions, we wouldn\u2019t be able to give simple instructions or directions.<\/p>\n<p>You might think that learning prepositions in German might work just like in the English language: learn the right word, add it to your sentence and&#8230; (<em>drum roll, please<\/em>) there you have it, a sentence with a preposition!<\/p>\n<p>However, just like with a lot of things in the German language, it\u2019s unfortunately not that easy.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s no reason for you to worry! With this comprehensive blog post, you\u2019ll have your German prepositions down in no time\u2014I promise!<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s have a look at what makes German prepositions so special.<\/p>\n<h2>The Key to German Prepositions \u2013 the Four German Cases<\/h2>\n<p>The reason why German prepositions are so difficult for those learning German (and oftentimes for native speakers as well) is the <strong>German case system<\/strong>. The German language has four cases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nominative (<strong>Nominativ<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Accusative (<strong>Akkusativ<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Dative (<strong>Dativ<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Genitive (<strong>Genitiv<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These cases are very important in German grammar as they dictate the endings of adjectives and indefinite articles. They can also tell you which personal pronoun to use.<\/p>\n<h3>The Nominative<\/h3>\n<p>This case tells us who or what is doing something. The subject might be performing a certain action or have a certain characteristic. In German, the easiest way to tell the Nominative from other cases is to ask \u201c<strong>Who or what is doing XYZ?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the nominative is known as the <strong><em>Wer-Fall<\/em><\/strong> (the who-case).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll give you a couple examples:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wer<\/strong> lacht? (<em><strong>who<\/strong> is laughing?<\/em>)\u00a0\u2192 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Das M\u00e4dchen<\/span> lacht. (<em>The girl is laughing.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was<\/strong> ist bunt? (<em><strong>What<\/strong> is colorful?<\/em>)\u00a0\u2192 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Das Haus<\/span> ist bunt. (<em>The house is colorful.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wer<\/strong> bellt die Frau an? (<em><strong>Who<\/strong> barks at the woman?<\/em>)\u00a0\u2192 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Der Hund<\/span> bellt die Frau an. (<em>The dog barks at the woman.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Every time you see forms of the verbs <strong>sein<\/strong> and <strong>werden <\/strong>(<em>to be<\/em> and <em>to become<\/em>), you can be sure that you\u2019ll find the nominative here: <strong>the nominative case always follows \u201csein\u201d and \u201cwerden\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>If you want to learn how to distinguish forms of\u00a0<strong>werden<\/strong> (<em>to become<\/em>), <a href=\"\/german-verb-werden-conjugation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to read a comprehensive guide to the German verb\u00a0<em>werden<\/em> and its conjugation<\/a>!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There you go! Easy pie, right?<\/p>\n<h3>The Accusative<\/h3>\n<p>Similarly to the nominative, the accusative\u2019s operative question is also \u201c<strong>what?<\/strong>\u201d There is, however, a major difference between the two.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the accusative, the person (or animal, or object) you are talking about is <strong>affected by the action<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So whenever the noun in the statement you\u2019re making is <strong>directly affected by the verb<\/strong>, you have to use the accusative.<\/p>\n<p>Er schreibt <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">B\u00fccher<\/span>. (<em>He writes books.<\/em>)\u00a0\u2190 <strong>What<\/strong> does he write?<\/p>\n<p>Sie haben <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">die Kirschen<\/span> gegessen. (<em>They have eaten the cherries.<\/em>)\u00a0\u2190 <strong>What<\/strong> have they eaten?<\/p>\n<p>Sie hat <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ein Bild<\/span> gemalt. (<em>She painted a picture.<\/em>)\u00a0\u2190 <strong>What<\/strong> did she paint?<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in all of these sentences, the noun is being influenced by the verb, such as the picture which is painted by the woman.<\/p>\n<h3>The Dative<\/h3>\n<p>This case is all about the <strong>indirect object<\/strong>. The indirect object is an object that is being <strong>passively influenced<\/strong> by whatever action is taking place. Need a <strong>memory hook<\/strong>? Think of the dative as the \u201c<strong>lazy case<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right. You\u2019ll know why in a second.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at the sentence structure for the dative:<\/p>\n<p>Er schenkt <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seiner Freundin<\/span> Blumen. (<em>He gives his girlfriend flowers.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cHe\u201d<\/strong> is the <strong>subject<\/strong> of the sentence.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>verb<\/strong> (obviously) is <strong>\u201cto give\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>direct object <\/strong>is\u00a0the <strong>flowers<\/strong> that are given.<\/li>\n<li>And then there\u2019s his <em>girlfriend<\/em>: She\u2019s really just there doing whatever, <strong>passively receiving<\/strong> the gift\u2014she is the <strong>indirect object<\/strong> of the sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Same with this example here:<\/p>\n<p>Ich gab <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ihm<\/span> den Schl\u00fcssel. (<em>I gave him the key.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>In this case, \u201c<strong>I<\/strong>\u201d is the <strong>subject of the sentence<\/strong>, whereas \u201c<strong>the key<\/strong>\u201d is the\u00a0<strong>direct object<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>verb<\/strong> here is \u201c<strong>to give<\/strong>\u201d as well, and the indirect object is \u201c<strong>he<\/strong>\u201d <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">who<\/span><\/strong> I gave the keys to.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, I highlighted the word \u201c<strong>who<\/strong>\u201d here. When there\u2019s a dative involved, you\u2019ll always have to ask yourself \u201c<strong>Who to?<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>Who for?<\/strong>\u201d, or also \u201c<strong>Whom?<\/strong>\u201d. These three questions are indicative of the dative case.<\/p>\n<h3>The Genitive<\/h3>\n<p>Onto the last case! The genitive is generally pretty easy to wrap one&#8217;s head around. The operative word here is \u201c<strong>Whose?<\/strong>\u201d So whenever you see a sentence like:<\/p>\n<p>Die Jacke <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">des Mann<span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>es<\/strong><\/span><\/span> ist schwarz. (<em>The man\u2019s jacket is black.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>You can be sure it\u2019s a genitive! Why? Because you\u2019re probably asking \u201c<strong>Whose<\/strong> jacket is black?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I highlighted the last two letters of the words \u201cdes Mannes\u201d. The special thing about the genitive is that when it\u2019s applied, the endings of certain nouns (namely <strong>masculine nouns<\/strong> and <strong>neuter<\/strong> ones) change.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Der Hund\u00a0\u2192 <strong>des<\/strong> Hund<strong>es<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDas Fell <strong>des Hundes<\/strong> ist schwarz.\u201d (<em>The dog\u2019s fur is black.<\/em>) \u2190\u00a0<strong>Whose<\/strong> fur is black?<\/p>\n<p>When a sentence is in the genitive case, the letters \u2013<strong>es<\/strong> are added to some words, especially those that have only <strong>one syllable<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>end in a consonant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Das Blatt\u00a0\u2192 <strong>des<\/strong> Blatt<strong>es <\/strong> (<em>the leaf<\/em> vs. <em>the leaf<strong>\u2019s<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Der Mann\u00a0\u2192 <strong>des<\/strong> Mann<strong>es <\/strong>(<em>the man<\/em> vs. the <em>man<strong>\u2019s<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>If a word ends in \u2013<strong>en<\/strong>, \u2013<strong>el<\/strong> or \u2013<strong>er<\/strong>, usually only an \u2013<strong>s<\/strong> is added. This happens especially in\u00a0<strong>masculine nouns<\/strong> or those that are <strong>neuter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Das<\/strong> Kaninch<em>en<\/em>\u00a0\u2192 <strong>des<\/strong> Kaninchen<strong>s <\/strong>(<em>the bunny<\/em> vs. <em>the bunny<strong>\u2019s<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Der<\/strong> Leit<em>er<\/em>\u00a0\u2192 <strong>des<\/strong> Leiter<strong>s<\/strong> (<em>the leader<\/em> vs. the<em> leader<strong>\u2019s<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Der<\/strong> Beut<em>el<\/em>\u00a0\u2192 <strong>des<\/strong> Beutel<strong>s <\/strong>(<em>the tote<\/em> vs. <em>the tote<strong>\u2019s<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Now that you had a chance to take a quick look at the four cases of the German language, onto the fun part: <strong>German prepositions!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>From \u201cab\u201d to \u201czu\u201d \u2013 German Prepositions at a Glance<\/h2>\n<p>Once you have a good understanding of how the cases work, German prepositions are pretty easy to learn. Just like with the four cases, there are four different types of German prepositions.<\/p>\n<p>The good thing about them?<\/p>\n<p>Once you learn the specific vocabulary, you&#8217;ll have a clear indication of which case you should use with each preposition.<\/p>\n<h3>German Prepositions in the Accusative<\/h3>\n<p>When you encounter these German prepositions, you can be sure <strong>the nouns and pronouns following will always be in the accusative<\/strong>. So as long as you memorize the following, you\u2019ve got your German pronouns in the accusative down (For once, German can be actually pretty simple).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>bis<\/strong> (until, up to, as far as)<\/li>\n<li><strong>durch<\/strong> (through, by means of)<\/li>\n<li><strong>f\u00fcr <\/strong>(for)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ohne <\/strong>(without)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gegen<\/strong> (against)<\/li>\n<li><strong>um <\/strong>(around, at [a certain] time, for)<\/li>\n<li><strong>entlang<\/strong> (along)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The good thing about German prepositions in the accusative? <strong>Only the article for masculine nouns (der) changes when used with a preposition in the accusative<\/strong>. The articles for female and neuter nouns stay the same.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sie arbeitet <strong>f\u00fcr<\/strong> ein Unternehmen in Berlin. (<em>She works for a company in Berlin.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Wir gehen <strong>durch<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i>den<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Wald. (<em>We\u2019re walking through the forest.<\/em>)\u00a0\u2192 This is a good example showing how the masculine article for \u201cder Wald\u201d changes to \u201c<strong>den<\/strong> Wald\u201d when in the accusative.<\/p>\n<p>Wir treffen uns <strong>um<\/strong> acht Uhr. (<em>We meet at eight o\u2019clock.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Sie liefen an der Stra\u00dfe <strong>entlang<\/strong>. (<em>They walked along the road.<\/em>)\u00a0\u2192 This is a bit of a special case here\u2014what would German be without them?\u2014since <strong>the preposition \u201centlang\u201d always follows the sentence\u2019s object<\/strong>. So when you see the word \u201centlang\u201d, you\u2019ll immediately know that the sentence\u2019s object should come before the preposition.<\/p>\n<p>Deutschland spielt heute <strong>gegen<\/strong> Mexiko. (<em>Germany is playing against Mexico today.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Der Zug f\u00e4hrt <strong>bis<\/strong> T\u00fcbingen. (<em>The train goes to T\u00fcbingen<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<h3>German Prepositions in the Dative<\/h3>\n<p>All of the words listed below will give you a hint that <strong>whatever noun or pronoun follows, it\u2019s going to be in the dative case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>aus<\/strong> (out of)<\/li>\n<li><strong>au\u00dfer <\/strong>(except for)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gegen\u00fcber<\/strong> (opposite of, toward someone, across from)<\/li>\n<li><strong>bei<\/strong> (at)<\/li>\n<li><strong>mit<\/strong> (with)<\/li>\n<li><strong>nach <\/strong>(after, to, according to someone\/something)<\/li>\n<li><strong>seit <\/strong>(since, for\u2014only used for statements related to time or amounts of time)<\/li>\n<li><strong>zu <\/strong>(to)<\/li>\n<li><strong>von <\/strong>(from)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sie sitzt <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>mir<\/strong><\/span> <strong>gegen\u00fcber<\/strong>. (<em>She\u2019s sitting opposite to me.<\/em>) \u2192 You can see here that the word \u201c<strong>mich<\/strong>\u201d (<em>me<\/em>) shifts to its <strong>dative <\/strong>form:\u00a0<strong>mir<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nach<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>dem<\/strong><\/span> Unterricht gehen wir in ein Caf\u00e9. (<em>After class we\u2019re going to a caf\u00e9.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seit<\/strong> <strong>seine<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">r<\/span><\/strong> Scheidung lebt er allein. (<em>He lives alone since his divorce.<\/em>) \u2192 Since this is a preposition in the dative, the word \u201c<strong>seine<\/strong>\u201d (a possessive pronoun) shifts to \u201c<strong>seine<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">r<\/span><\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ich habe <strong>au\u00dfer<\/strong> <strong>eine<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">r <\/span><\/strong>Jacke nichts gekauft. (<em>I didn\u2019t buy anything except for a jacket.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Sie kommt <strong>aus <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">der<\/span><\/strong> Schweiz. (<em>She is from Switzerland.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Ich fahre mit <strong>meine<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>r<\/strong><\/span> Schwester <strong>nach<\/strong> Florenz. (<em>I\u2019m going to Florence with my sister.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Ich wohne <strong>bei<\/strong> <strong>meine<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>r<\/strong><\/span> Tante. (<em>I\u2019m living with my aunt.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h3>German Prepositions in the Genitive<\/h3>\n<p>I like to refer to German prepositions in the genitive as well as the genitive case itself as the \u201cdying case\u201d since a lot of German native speakers (when speaking informally or in everyday conversations) use the dative instead. While you\u2019ll easily be understood, this is technically wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly when writing letters or when speaking in more formal contexts (jobs interviews and the like), you should use the correct case\u2014meaning the genitive\u2014for the following prepositions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>anstatt<\/strong> (instead [of]) \u2190\u00a0sometimes also simply \u201c<strong>statt<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>w\u00e4hrend<\/strong> (during)<\/li>\n<li><strong>trotz<\/strong> (despite)<\/li>\n<li><strong>wegen<\/strong> (because of)<\/li>\n<li><strong>au\u00dferhalb<\/strong> (outside of)<\/li>\n<li><strong>innerhalb<\/strong> (inside of)<\/li>\n<li><strong>oberhalb<\/strong> (above)<\/li>\n<li><strong>unterhalb<\/strong> (below)<\/li>\n<li><strong>diesseits <\/strong>(on this side)<\/li>\n<li><strong>jenseits <\/strong>(on the other side)<\/li>\n<li><strong>beiderseits <\/strong>(on both sides)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: While you can informally use the dative when using prepositions like \u201cw\u00e4hrend\u201d or \u201cstatt\u201d, the prepositions <strong>au\u00dferhalb<\/strong>, <strong>innerhalb<\/strong>, <strong>oberhalb<\/strong> and <strong>unterhalb<\/strong> must be used with the genitive. Same or <strong>diesseits<\/strong>, <strong>jenseits<\/strong>, and <strong>beiderseits<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Die B\u00e4ckerei ist <strong>wegen<\/strong> <strong>Urlaub<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">s<\/span><\/strong> geschlossen. (<em>The bakery is closed due to vacation.<\/em>) \u2192 Since the preposition is in the genitive, the word \u201cUrlaub\u201d (vacation) shifts to its genitive form (\u201cUrlaub<strong>s<\/strong>\u201d). A lot of Germans will conveniently ignore the genitive here and simply say \u201cwegen Urlaub geschlossen\u201d\u2014this, however, is grammatically wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Seine Wohnung liegt <strong>au\u00dferhalb <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">des<\/span><\/strong> <strong>Stadtkern<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">s<\/span><\/strong>. (<em>His apartment is located outside of the city center.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Ich ging <strong>trotz<\/strong> <strong>eine<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">r<\/span><\/strong> Erk\u00e4ltung zur Arbeit. (<em>I went to work despite my cold.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Es kam<strong> innerhalb<\/strong> der Partei zu Spannungen. (<em>There were tensions within the party.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>As I mentioned in the beginning of this chapter, a lot of Germans use the dative instead of the genitive. I\u2019ll give you a quick example:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>W\u00e4hrend dem Essen<\/strong>\u201d (<em>during the meal<\/em>) is used by a lot of German native speakers with the dative. The <strong>correct form<\/strong>, however, with the genitive, is \u201c<strong>w\u00e4hrend des Essens<\/strong>\u201d.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Two-way German Prepositions<\/h3>\n<p>German wouldn\u2019t be German if there wasn\u2019t some sort of <em>special case<\/em> for everything. Same goes for German prepositions. You might be letting out a sigh of frustration right now\u2014but I can assure you, these are pretty easy to keep in mind!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pronouns and nouns following the words listed below are either going to be in the dative or in the accusative<\/strong>. But how do you know whether the dative or the accusative is used?<\/p>\n<p>It is pretty easy: Every time there is <strong>motion involved<\/strong> (especially when talking about a <strong>specific location<\/strong>), the preposition is in the <strong>accusative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s <strong>no motion involved<\/strong>, or the motion involved has no specific goal or place it\u2019s going to, or if you\u2019re talking about a location, you\u2019re using the <strong>dative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can distinguish the two by looking at the interrogative particle. In case of an accusative, you\u2019re asking \u201c<strong>wohin?<\/strong>\u201d (meaning: where to?) when inquiring about the situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wir gehen in die Oper<\/strong>. (<em>We\u2019re going to the opera.<\/em>) \u2190 Wohin gehen wir? (<em>Where (to) are we going?<\/em>) The movement here is <em>going to<\/em> the opera.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lege die Zeitung bitte auf den Tisch<\/strong>. (<em>Please put the newspaper on the table<\/em>.) \u2190 Wohin legst du die Zeitung? (<em>Where do you put the newspaper?<\/em>) The movement here is putting the newspaper on the table.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a little bit different in the case of a two-way preposition involving the dative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Die Zeitung liegt auf dem Tisch<\/strong>. (<em>The newspaper is on the table.<\/em>) \u2190 Here the movement has already taken place. The newspaper is on the table and it\u2019s not going anywhere (unless you move it).<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the dative is used here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wir sind in der Oper<\/strong>. (<em>We are at the opera.<\/em>) \u2190 The movement has already taken place. The opera is where the action is taking place now.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>You have to remember, though, that <strong>these rules of motion and location only apply to two-way prepositions<\/strong>. Other prepositions (for example the ones that always take the dative or genitive) remain in their respective cases.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Now take a deep breath.<\/p>\n<p>You have officially conquered German prepositions! (High fives all around.) Do a little celebratory dance, and then head over to Clozemaster where you can test (and improve!) your knowledge of German prepositions.<\/p>\n<p>Viel Erfolg!<\/p>\n<h2>Challenge yourself with Clozemaster<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Test your skills and see what you&#8217;ve learned from this article by playing a selection of sentences with German prepositions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 2px solid green;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/embedded\/languages\/deu-eng\/collections\/edf41ee8-c058-4126-8ac8-ccfe522a00ac\/play?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;skill=vocabulary&amp;sentences_per_round=10&amp;mode=multiple-choice\" width=\"100%\" height=\"640\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/languages\/learn-german-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here<\/a> to save your progress and start getting fluent with thousands of German sentences at Clozemaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clozemaster\u00a0<\/strong>has been designed to help you learn the language in context by filling in the gaps in authentic sentences. 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