Translation
we
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Cases
| Case | we |
|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | wir |
| Accusativethe direct object; after für, durch, ohne | uns |
| Dativethe indirect object; after mit, von, zu, bei | uns |
| Genitiveof; after wegen, während | unser |
The genitive forms are real but rare; you will see them in set phrases and old texts, and almost never need to say one.
Examples
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We are going to the cinema today.
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Can we meet tomorrow?
voneinander .
We have not heard from each other for a long time.
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Grammar articles
(29)German Cases Chart: All Four, in the Order They Matter
German Superlative and Comparative: -er, am -sten and Umlauts
German Da-Compounds: darauf, damit, dafür, davon Explained
German Filler Words and Modal Particles: also, halt, doch
German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German Greetings: Hallo, Guten Tag, Tschüss and Survival Phrases
German Imperative: du, ihr, Sie Commands (and sei, seid, seien Sie)
German Irregular Verbs: The Strong Verb Patterns That Repeat
Konjunktiv 2 in German: Would, Could and Should Have
German letzter, nächster and wenig: Last, Next and Little
German Modal Verbs: All Six Conjugated as One Block
German Negation: Nicht or Kein, and Where Nicht Goes
German Passive Voice: werden Plus a Participle, Again
German Past Participles: gemacht, gesprochen, verstanden
German Perfect Tense: haben or sein, Plus a Past Participle
German Personal Pronouns: ich, mich, mir and the Formal Sie
German Possessive Pronouns: mein, dein, sein and Their Endings
German Prepositions: Which Case Each One Takes, in One Chart
German Reflexive Verbs: sich, mich, mir and When to Use Each
German Relative Pronouns: der, die, das Do a Second Job
German School and Town Words: Lehrer, Lehrerin, Bahnhof
German Separable Verbs: anrufen, aufstehen and the Prefix That Jumps to the End
German Simple Past (Präteritum): war, hatte and the Written Past
German Stem-Changing Verbs: sprichst, siehst, fährst
German Conjunctions: weil, dass, wenn and the Verb That Goes Last
Telling the Time in German: Wie spät ist es? and halb drei
German Verb Conjugation: The One Pattern Under Every Verb
War and Hatte: How to Say Was and Had in German
German zu + Infinitive: um zu, ohne zu, statt zu Explained
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: wir, was, zu and 7 more words.