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| tracker465 Senior Member United States Joined 5147 days ago 355 posts - 496 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 1 of 5 12 July 2010 at 3:16am | IP Logged |
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Does anyone have a comprehensive list of verb + preposition idioms in German, such as suchen nach (search for)? As with many who study foreign languages, these preposition usages drive me crazy, as they cause many of my German grammar problems.
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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6265 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 2 of 5 12 July 2010 at 5:19am | IP Logged |
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These are not idioms but rather regular use of the verbs. Every verb should be learned
with its usage pattern. A good dictionary will tell you what it is, and you can also look up sample sentences through the Tatoeba Project or Google. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tracker465 Senior Member United States Joined 5147 days ago 355 posts - 496 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 3 of 5 12 July 2010 at 6:42am | IP Logged |
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First of all, thank you for the information about the Tatoeba Project. I was not aware of that.
I have several German dictionaries, but they rarely seem to provide me with the correct prepositions needed. When I had studied in Germany, I had actually received a typed chart of about 50 or 60 common verbs plus the correct prepositions, so I was just hoping that maybe someone knew of a more comprehensive source of a similar nature. When I am writing, I primarily use Leo Dictionary but even then I still manage to get the usage wrong on a few verbs/prepositions. Will keep looking for a list. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LangOfChildren Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 5222 days ago 82 posts - 141 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Swedish Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Thai, Russian | Message 4 of 5 12 July 2010 at 1:15pm | IP Logged |
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Maybe this could be helpful. There are certainly many more verb + prepostion cases, but it's a good start.
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| Declan1991 Tetraglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6234 days ago 233 posts - 359 votes Speaks: English*, German, Irish, French | Message 5 of 5 12 July 2010 at 1:31pm | IP Logged |
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dict.leo.org normally shows the correct preposition, but you mention that.
Anyway, I agree with Sprachprofi. You have to learn these things in context, it's a waste of time trying to learn verbs from a list, because the actual usage can not normally be summed up in concise English. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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