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You are already familiar with the preposition "aus" as in "Sie kommt aus
Deutschland." or "Mein Freund kommt aus Russland." But what happens if
the noun that comes after "aus" has a definite article? Look at the
photos and the table. Then complete the explanation under the table.
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Die
Lüneburger Heide ist eine Region in Norddeutschland.
Die Region ist sehr schön. |
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The nominative, the accusative and the dative forms of the
definite article [= the]
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masculine singular
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feminine singular |
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neuter singular |
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masc., fem. & neut. plural |
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nominative case |
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die
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accusative case |
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die
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dative case |
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den
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"Region" is a feminine
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that's why it says "Die Region" in "Die Region ist sehr schön." under the
photo on the left-hand side. "Die Region" is the
of the sentence. The subject of a sentence has to be in the nominative case, that's why you need the nominative form of the
article.
Now study the writing on the shop-front in the photo on
the right-hand side: It says "aus der Region" because the
"aus" is always followed by the
case.
That is the third one of of the four cases in German. (You already know about the nominative
case and the
case. The fourth case which is called genitive will
be introduced in Level A2. )
Click here to find out
more about the other prepositions.