Some German prepositions always require the accusative case, regardless of context or meaning. These accusative prepositions typically express direction, movement, duration, cause, or comparison. Because the case is fixed, learners do not choose between accusative and dative, but they must recognize the preposition and apply the correct article and adjective endings.
In this guide, you will learn:
what accusative prepositions are and how they function
which prepositions always take the accusative case
how accusative prepositions express meaning such as movement, time, or cause
common learner mistakes with case choice and article forms
This guide helps English-speaking learners understand accusative prepositions as fixed grammatical patterns and use them correctly in German sentences.