Nuts & Bolts of German: Prepositions: "für" -> Happy dogs

Look at the two photos and the table. Then complete the explanation under the table. Click on [Check] to see if you got it right.

eine Wurst mit Senf und Ketschup

in einem Brӧtchen

 

Der Hund liebt Wurst.

 

The nominative and accusative forms of the definite article [= the], the indefinite article [a(n)] and the possessive article "my" in German

 
masculine singular
   feminine singular   neuter singular   masc., fem. & neut. plural
nominative

case

der

ein

mein

 Bruder
 

die

eine

meine

 Tasche
 

das

ein

mein

 Foto
 

die

----

meine

Brüder, Taschen, Fotos
accusative

case

den

einen

meinen

 Bruder
 

die

eine

meine

 Tasche
 

das

ein

mein

 Foto
 

die

----

meine

Brüder, Taschen, Fotos

"Hund" is a noun, that is why it says "Der Hund" under the photo in the middle. "Der Hund" is the of the sentence.

Now study the photo on the right-hand side. Under the drawing it says "Wurst fϋr den Hund".

The "der" has been changed to "den"; "den" is the form of "der".

 

In section A1 Lower you have learnt that you need the accusative case for the object of a sentence. But "Hund" is not the direct object in the phrase "Wurst für den Hund". In that phrase you need the accusative form "den" because of the preposition "für".

The preposition "für" is followed by the accusative case, e.g.
Die Wurst ist für meinen Hund.
Die Wurst ist für seinen Hund.
Alleine sein ist für keinen Hund gut.

 

Click here to find out more about the other prepositions.

       

 

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Tip: If you don't belong to the lucky few who possess a photographic memory, write down what you learnt while doing this exercise.   

photo of sausage: photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wurst_(Sausage)_Sandwich_-_Dresden_-_Germany.jpg

other photos: © Dagmar Fischer