Word
Am Schluss der Vorlesung stellt die Dozentin unsere Hausarbeit vor.
Meaning
At the end of the lecture the lecturer presents our term paper.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Am Schluss der Vorlesung stellt die Dozentin unsere Hausarbeit vor.
dem
the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
unser
our
an
at
der
the; (feminine, genitive)
Questions & Answers about Am Schluss der Vorlesung stellt die Dozentin unsere Hausarbeit vor.
Why is it Am Schluss and not something like Im Schluss or just Schluss?
German uses fixed combinations of preposition + noun for some time expressions.
- am Schluss literally = an dem Schluss (at the end)
- It’s the idiomatic way to say at the end (of something).
- im Schluss is not idiomatic and would sound wrong in this context.
- You can also say am Ende (at the end); am Schluss and am Ende are very close in meaning.
- am Schluss often sounds a bit more like “finally / in the final part”
- am Ende is more neutral “at the end”
You cannot normally drop the preposition and just say Schluss der Vorlesung stellt die Dozentin …; you need am (or zum, am Ende, etc.).
What case is used in Am Schluss der Vorlesung, and why?