How do you know something is in the accusative case? Let’s review when we need this! You’ll need to use the accusative case when a noun is the target of someone’s action.
Things that follow words like durch, für, or ohne also use the accusative case.
Finally, when something is moving somewhere, and you use a word like über, in, or zwischen, you’ll use the accusative case.
| basic form | accusative form |
|---|---|
| der Mann mein Mann |
den Mann meinen Mann |
| die Frau meine Frau |
die Frau meine Frau |
| das Kind mein Kind |
das Kind mein Kind |
| die Kinder meine Kinder |
die Kinder meine Kinder |
Here are a few words that are difficult to say. Let’s practice them!
Sometimes you don’t have an opinion. Sometimes you just don’t care. And sometimes you want to sing Bohemian Rhapsody at the top of your lungs in the shower — in German! For all of these situations, you’ll need the word egal!