So far, we have looked at the following prefixes:
- German Prefixes Explained – “ver-” Part 1
- German Prefixes Explained – “ver-” Part 2
- German Prefixes Explained – “be-“
- German Prefixes Explained – “ent-“
- German Prefixes Explained – “ent-” Part 2
- German Prefixes Explained – “er-” Part 1
- German Prefixes Explained – “er-” Part 2
- German Prefixes Explained – “zer-“
- German Prefixes Explained – “um”
For separable prefixes, check out the series on prepositions:
- German Prepositions Explained – “auf” Part 1
- German Prepositions Explained – “auf” Part 2
- German Prepositions Explained – “durch”
- German Prepositions Explained – “von”
- German Prepositions Explained – “zu” Part 1
- German Prepositions Explained – “zu” Part 2
- German Prepositions Explained – “vor”
- German Prepositions Explained – “nach”
- German Prepositions Explained – “mit”
- German Prepositions Explained – “gegen”
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Can we get one on “an” too?:((
Yes, but not soon.
It’s been a year now :(
Do I understand correctly that “an” means increasing or arriving? But what would “an” mean in anklopfen for example?
The local sense is “at/to” with the core idea of “reaching”. One figurative modification of that is the idea of starting. Think of it as going to a piano and as soon as you “get there” (ankommen am Piano), you “start” playing.
Does that help?
I read somewhere that “ge” in nouns suggests a gathering and was here to look what you have to say on the matter. But i can’t see an article on ge…so i assume there isn’T one hiding somewhere?
I haven’t posted it yet, but it’s part of the book I will eventually finish on this. The gathering notion is true, but it’s just one aspect of an underlying notion of “coming together, resulting”
https://yourdailygerman.com/sneak-peak-of-the-day-the-dawn-of-perfect/
Ah cool, thanks for the link!
I stumbled upon your “aus” prefix explained and found it both very valuable and funny. Thank you. I will be become a member.
But I was wondering why the “aus” one is not on the list above? Are there others that are not included?
Glad to hear that you like the material :).
This section of the dictionary/archive is still very much in beta, that’s why it looks so weird and it’s incomplete. I think “aus” is the only one I forgot, but I’m not 100% sure either.
Best is to either just enter the preposition directly in the search here and see if there’s an article attached to it.
Or you can go to the “by wordtype” archive. I tried to keep some sort of order there :).
If you have a specific preposition/prefix in mind, I can also tell you if I have something about it.
And last but not least, I’d recommend my series on prefix verbs in general for some background…
https://yourdailygerman.com/function-prefixes-languages/
Hi
I have problems with accessing the list of prefixes. Instead of opening the page, the website for some reason activates my mike
The mic thing is because of the new feature I released this week which lets you practice pronunciation on all pages with all (most) examples). I’ll have to modify that, so the mic gets only activated once you start using the feature.
For the list of prefix verbs, check this link here… this dictionary entry isn’t finished yet :)
https://yourdailygerman.com/category/prefix-verbs-explained/
Thanks!
you also had this German Prefixes Explained seriesCould you give me a link for this as well? Can’t open it myself
https://yourdailygerman.com/category/prefix-verbs-explained/
Let’s see a list of verbs with their correct prepostions.
Ok, next week.
Cool. What great service you provide.
Sure I’ll check my inbox every morning…..
Hi Berliner,
I do not send out daily newsletters.
You can find all the prefix verbs in the series here:
https://yourdailygerman.com/category/prefix-verbs-explained/
No I want prepositions, not prefixes.
Like one must say;
denken an
passen auf
fragen nach
hören von
hindern an … usw
I don’t have a list like that on the site.
Here’s a fairly good list:
https://www.vistawide.com/german/grammar/german_verb_prep_idioms.htm