Dativ

Dativ
Adjektiven und Verben
Dative Verbs
 Most verbs in German take objects in the accusative, but a
few have objects in the dative.
 The dative object is usually a person.
 These are usually referred to as “dative verbs”.
Common Dative Verbs
 anworten (to answer)
 befehlen (to recommend)
 begegnen (to meet)
 danken (to thank)
 dienen (to serve)
 fehlen (to be missing)
 folgen (to follow)
Continued
 gefallen (to be pleasing to)
 gehorchen (to obey)
 gehören (to belong to)
 gelingen (to succeed)
 glauben (to believe)
 helfen (to help)
 Leid tun (to be sorry)
Continued
 passen (to fit, to suit)
 passieren (to happen)
 raten (to advise)
 schmecken (to taste)
 verziehen (to pardon, to forgive)
 wehtun (to hurt)
 See Appendix #18 in the book for more
Dative Verbs Continued
 With some German dative verbs the person or the thing
liked is the subject of the sentence and the person who does
the liking is in the dative case.
 Der Film gefällt meiner Mutter.
 Die Filmmusik hat ihr auch gefallen.
 In English it is the other way around.
Dative Verbs Continued
 Some dative verbs take a dative object with people, but an
accusative object with things or impersonal objects (es,
etwas).
 Leon glaubt mir nicht.
 Leon glaubt es nicht.
 befehlen, danken, glauben, raten, verzeihen
Adjectives with the dative
 The following are all adjectives that take the dative:
 ähnlich, dankbar, (un)möglich, teuer
 (un)angenehm, fremd, nahe, wert
 (un)bekannt, gleich, peinlich, (un)wichtig
 bewusst, (un)klar, recht
 böse, lieb, schuldig
Adjectives with the dative
 Beispiele:
 Ich bin mir schuldig.
 Der Preis ist mir wert.