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Some verbs with genitive objects

In German, there are some verbs that are commonly used with the genitive case. Here are a few examples:

  1. bedürfen (to need): bedürfen + genitive
  2. gedenken (to remember): gedenken + genitive
  3. gedenken (to commemorate): gedenken + genitive
  4. Sich erinnern (to remember): sich erinnern + genitive
  5. Sich schämen (to be ashamed): sich schämen + genitive
1) Sie bedarf keiner Hilfe.
2) Wir gedenken der Opfer.
3) Sie gedenken des Krieges.
4) Ich erinnere mich seiner Jugend.
5) Er schämt sich seiner Taten. 		1) She needs no help
2) We remember the victims.
3) They commemorate the war.
4) l remember his youth.
5) He is ashamed of his actions.


These are just a few examples of German verbs that are often used with the genitive case. Remember that the use of the genitive case in German has become less common in everyday language, and in many cases, the dative case or a preposition with the accusative case is used instead.

 

 

� 1997 by Gary Smith
Revised 2023