How to use the prepositions "in" and "an"
- Sarah
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 7, 2023
When do we use the German prepositions: "in" and "an"?
The prepositions "in" and "an" are two-way prepositions and we can use them in the accusative and in the dative case. So I have to ask “wo?” or “wohin?” but with the question “when?” I always have to ask for a temporal position, that means "in" and "an" are here temporally always in the dative.
The assignment of the correct preposition is semantic:
"In": seasons
In + article dem - im Frühling (im Frühling, im Sommer, im Herbst und im Winter)
- In + article dem - im "im Frühling", " im Sommer", etc.
"In":Months
- In + article dem - im "im Januar", "im Februar", etc.(Januar, Februar, März, April, Mai, etc.)
"An": days of the week
- am “am Montag", “am Dienstag", etc. (Montag, Dienstag, etc.)
“An” - Times of day (am Morgen, am Vormittag, am Abend… ).
An + article dem: am Morgen "in the morning", “in the evening", etc.
BUT
In der Nacht because the noun night is feminine.
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