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Questions & Answers about An der Hotline sagt eine Mitarbeiterin, dass es dazu noch keine offizielle Information gibt.
Why does it say An der Hotline and not In der Hotline?
An der Hotline uses an + dative to mean at a service point / on the hotline (i.e., in contact with it). With things like counters, phones, lines, or institutions you interact with, German often uses an rather than in.
- an der Hotline = at the hotline / via the hotline
- in der Hotline would sound like you are inside the hotline (not idiomatic).
What case is der Hotline and why?
It’s dative. The preposition an can take either dative (location) or accusative (movement toward). Here it’s location/state (where is she speaking from?), so it’s an + dative:
- an der Hotline (dative, feminine die Hotline → der Hotline)
Compare: an die Hotline (accusative) = to the hotline (movement/goal).
Why is Hotline feminine in German?
Loanwords have grammatical gender in German. Hotline is commonly treated as feminine: die Hotline. There isn’t a “logical” reason you can derive every time; it’s something you learn with the noun.