Lesson 19: Prepositions in the Nominativ and Akkusativ
19.1 Prepositions in the Nominativ
als*
* Technically this isn't a preposition, however for German learners like yourself we treat it as one until you have more experience with German.This one is so easy, because this is the only preposition followed by Nominativ you really need for now! Als is always followed by the Nominativ, and frequently you don't even need an article.
| Sie arbeitet als Nachrichtenmoderatorin. She works as a news anchor. Portugal ist kleiner als Spanien. Portugal is smaller than Spain. |
That's it!
19.2 Prepositions in the Akkusativ
bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um
These prepositions are always followed by the Akkusativ, no exceptions. You can rely on this.Remember the tables you've seen. That means that any der noun that follows bis will change to den, and die, das, and die (plural) will remain the same.
Ein will change to ei