German Noun Case

Front 1

Subject of finite verb

Back 1

Nom.

Front 2

Nouns or pronouns in isolation

Back 2

Nom.

Front 3

Persons and things addressed/exclamations

Back 3

Nom

Front 4

Absolute phrases, noun outside clause framework

Back 4

Nom

Front 5

Complement of copular verbs

Back 5

Nom. (Sein, werden, bleiben, heißen, and scheinen)

Front 6

Direct object of transitive verb

Back 6

Acc

Front 7

Kosten and lehren

Back 7

2 acc. objects

Front 8

Cognate noun phrase of intransitive verb

Back 8

Acc.

Front 9

NP as adverb to indicate time, no preposition

Back 9

Acc

Front 10

Dates in letters

Back 10

Acc

Front 11

Time phrase with Anfang, Mitte, Ende

Back 11

Acc, no preposition

Front 12

With Verbs and adverbs of motion, to indicate distance

Back 12

Acc, esp. With words in hin-, her-

Front 13

NP with adjective following to express measurement or value

Back 13

Acc

Front 14

Conventional greetings and wishes

Back 14

Acc

Front 15

Absolute phrases describing a noun

Back 15

Acc

Front 16

Possession

Back 16

Gen.

Front 17

Partitives

Back 17

Gen

Front 18

Subject of verbal noun

Back 18

Gen

Front 19

Object if verbal noun

Back 19

Gen

Front 20

To qualify a noun

Back 20

Gen

Front 21

To define a noun

Back 21

Gen

Front 22

bedürfen, gedenken, sich ermächtigen

Back 22

Gen

Front 23

Wir sind gleichen Alters

Back 23

Fixed gen

Front 24

Ich bin der Ansicht, dass

Back 24

Fixed gen

Front 25

Ich bin der Auffassung, dass

Back 25

Fixed gen

Front 26

Er ist guter Dinge

Back 26

Fixed gen

Front 27

Wir waren guter/schlechter Laune

Back 27

Fixed gen

Front 28

Sie ist der Meinung, dass

Back 28

Fixed gen

Front 29

Dann sind wir des Todes

Back 29

Fixed gen

Front 30

Sie sind der festen Überzeugung, dass

Back 30

Fixed gen

Front 31

Das Wort ist _ Urspungs

Back 31

Fixed gen

Front 32

Nouns of Indefinite or habitual time

Back 32

Gen

Front 33

unverrichteter Dinge

Back 33

Fixed gen

Front 34

letzten Endes

Back 34

Fixed gen

Front 35

meines Erachtens (m.E.)

Back 35

Fixed gen

Front 36

allen Ernstes

Back 36

Fixed gen

Front 37

stehenden Fußes

Back 37

Fixed gen (lit.)

Front 38

gesenkten/erhobenen Hauptes

Back 38

Fixed gen

Front 39

leichten/schweren Herzens

Back 39

Fixed gen

Front 40

Sie fährt erster Klasse

Back 40

Fixed gen

Front 41

seines Weges gehen

Back 41

Fixed gen (lit.)

Front 42

meines Wissens (m.W.)

Back 42

Fixed gen

Front 43

Indirect object of transitive verbs

Back 43

Dat

Front 44

Sole object of intransitive verbs

Back 44

Dat

Front 45

Mark person on whose behalf action in done

Back 45

Dat

Front 46

Things being altered, repaired, improved

Back 46

Dat

Front 47

Physical action, 'benefactive'

Back 47

Dat. reflexive pronoun

Front 48

Indicate person disadvantaged by action

Back 48

Dat

Front 49

Mark person from whose standpoint action is judged

Back 49

Dat. Typically involves adj. w/ zu or genug

Front 50

Indicate speaker's emotional involvement

Back 50

Dat (1st person, commands or exclam)

Front 51

Noun phrases which depend on adjectives

Back 51

Dat

Front 52

With sein/werden and adj. Of sensation

Back 52

Dat