Usages of der Genitiv
Der Genitiv klingt für mich formeller, doch im Wörterbuch sehe ich ihn oft.
The genitive sounds more formal to me, but I see it often in the dictionary.
In der Hausarbeit brauche ich auch den Genitiv, besonders wenn ich den Namen einer Autorin nenne.
In the term paper I also need the genitive, especially when I mention the name of a female author.
Nach der Präposition wegen höre ich in diesem Satz den Genitiv, nicht den Dativ.
After the preposition wegen, I hear the genitive in this sentence, not the dative.
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German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.
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