Breakdown of Im Internet wird berichtet, dass das Wetter morgen besser wird.
morgen
tomorrow
das Wetter
the weather
dass
that
werden
to become
Questions & Answers about Im Internet wird berichtet, dass das Wetter morgen besser wird.
Why is it Im Internet and not in dem Internet or auf dem Internet?
Im is a standard contraction of in dem in German. So im Internet literally means in the internet.
- in + dem = im
- This contraction is obligatory in normal speech and writing whenever it’s possible (im Bus, im Haus, im Fernsehen).
Why in and not auf?
German simply uses in for the internet: im Internet. Prepositions are often idiomatic and don’t match English exactly. You just have to learn im Internet as the normal phrase.
What case is Internet in here, and why?
It’s in the dative case.
The preposition in can take either accusative or dative:
- Accusative = movement into something (Ich gehe in die Stadt. – I’m going into the city.)
- Dative = location in/at something (Ich bin in der Stadt. – I’m in the city.)
Here, im Internet describes a location where something is reported, not movement into it, so German uses dative: in dem Internet → im Internet.
Why does the sentence start with Im Internet and then have wird second and berichtet at the end?