Breakdown of Wir haben diesen Betrag ausschließlich der Gebühren überwiesen.
haben
to have
wir
we
dieser
this / that (fem.: diese, neut.: dieses)
die Gebühr
the fee
überweisen
to transfer
der Betrag
the amount
ausschließlich
excluding
Questions & Answers about Wir haben diesen Betrag ausschließlich der Gebühren überwiesen.
Wait, isn't ausschließlich an adverb meaning 'exclusively'?
It often is! But in this sentence it functions as a formal preposition meaning 'excluding' or 'exclusive of'. When used as a preposition, it requires the following noun to be in the genitive case, which is why it is followed by der Gebühren.
What happens if I want to say 'excluding fees' without the word 'the'?
You would simply say ausschließlich Gebühren. It is a helpful rule of thumb that when a genitive preposition is followed by a plural noun with no article or adjective to clearly show the genitive case, the noun defaults to the dative case. But here, the article der locks it firmly into the genitive.
Why doesn't the past participle überwiesen have a ge- in it?
The verb überweisen (to transfer funds) has an inseparable prefix (über-). Verbs with inseparable prefixes never add the standard ge- when forming the past participle.
Why is it diesen Betrag instead of dieses Betrag?
The noun der Betrag (the amount) is masculine. Because the amount is the direct object being transferred in this sentence, it takes the accusative ending -en, becoming diesen Betrag.
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