Accusative prepositions
Certain prepositions need to be followed by the accusative case, and are known as the accusative prepositions:
- für – for
- um – round, around
- durch – through
- gegen – against
- entlang – along (usually placed after the noun, rather than before it)
- bis – until
- ohne – without
- wider – against, contrary to something
If learnt in the order above, you’ll see that the initial letters of the accusative prepositions spell FUDGEBOW. A good way to remember the accusative prepositions is to ‘accuse someone of stealing your fudge bow’.
Did you know?
In Ulm und um Ulm und um Ulm herum is a German Zungenbrecher - tongue twister. It means 'in Ulm and round Ulm and around Ulm'.
Ulm is an attractive city in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube – die Donau. The Austrian composer Johann Strauss II wrote the well-known waltz The Blue Danube, which is known in German as An der schönen blauen Donau.
Ulm is one of the many towns that lie on the River Danube
