Preposition Summary Akk & Dat

für (akk: person, purpose, benefit, recipient)

for

gegen (akk: opinions, arguments, physical contact, sports, competitions)

against

gegen (akk: approximate time)

around

ohne (akk: person or thing)

without

durch (akk: inside a place, passing through)

through

um (akk: an object)

around

um (akk: approximate amount)

about

um (akk: exact time)

at

bis (akk: time)

until

bis (akk: place or limit)

up to

ab (dat: starting point in time)

from

ab (dat: starting point in place)

from

aus (dat: inside a place)

from

aus (dat: out of)

out of

aus (dat: origin)

from

aus (dat: material)

made of

außer (dat: exception)

except

bei (dat: close to, at)

at

bei (dat: person/company)

with

bei (dat: near)

near

gegenüber (dat: opposite, across from)

opposite

mit (dat: person or thing)

with

mit (dat: transportation)

by

nach (dat: cities, countries without an article, direction)

to, towards

nach (dat: time)

after

seit (dat: starting point in time)

since

seit (dat: duration of time)

for

von (dat: person or place)

from

von (dat: author/creator)

by

von (dat: belonging to / possession)

of

zu (dat: local places, going to a person)

to, towards

zu (dat: events)

at

zu (dat: amount/degree)

too

nach Hause (movement)

to home

zu Hause (location)

at home

von zu Hause (starting point)

from home