Activities for Willkommen Zurück
Practice some of the vocabulary from this song and the verbs and prepositions that trigger the dative case using these flashcards, games and exercises.
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Activities
Vocabulary Excercises
We have chosen 15 terms out of this song’s lyrics to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.
Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of German to English and English to German flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.
Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.
Grammar Exercises
There are several prepositions and one verb that are followed by the dative case in this song. A refresher of the dative case and its triggers can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice these triggers.
Dative Trigger Flashcards – Practice the dative prepositions and verbs in this song with our sets of German to English and English to German flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Dative Trigger Games – Practice the dative prepositions and verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.
Dative Trigger Exercises – Practice the dative prepositions and verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.
Resources
Vocabulary List
Term | Meaning | P of S | Context |
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Erde (pl Erden) | earth, world; ground; soil | fem noun | Erde |
erzählen | to tell; narrate | reg verb | erzählen |
Gefühl (pl Gefühle) | feeling, sense | neut noun | Gefühle |
Glück (no pl) | (good) luck; happiness | neut noun | Glück |
Landebahn (pl Landebahnen) | runway, landing strip | fem noun | Landebahn |
Leben (pl Leben) | life | neut noun | Leben |
loslassen | to let go; launch, send off | irreg verb | Lass |
mitbringen | to bring, bring along | reg verb | bringst |
schön | beautiful, lovely; nice, fine, good; really, considerably | adj | schön |
sich um etwas drehen | to concern sth, to be about sth | reg reflex verb | Dreht sich … um |
treffen | to hit, strike; hurt; affect; meet, find; reach; make | irreg verb | treffen |
vergessen | to forget; to leave behind | irreg verb | Vergessen |
vermissen | to miss | reg verb | Vermissen |
Zeitreise (pl Zeitreisen) | time travel | fem noun | Zeitreisen |
zu Hause | at home | zu Hause |
Dative Case
The dative case is used for the indirect object of a phrase. It also follows certain verbs and prepositions. The tables below show the declensions of the definite articles and indefinite articles in the dative case.
Definite Articles
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | Meaning |
Nominative | der | die | das | die | the |
Dative | dem | der | dem | den | to the |
Indefinite Articles
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | Meaning |
Nominative | ein | eine | ein | none | a/an |
Dative | einem | einer | einem | none | to a/an |
Note that the possessive adjectives (we see declensions of ‘mein’ in this song) follow the same pattern at ‘ein’.
Declension of ‘fest’
These declensions are only used when adjectives are not accompanied by an article or a pronoun, and therefore they carry the responsibility of showing the gender, number and case of the noun. We see an example in this song with the adjective ‘fest’ in the phrase ‘auf festem Boden’ meaning ‘on solid ground’.
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural |
Nominative | fester | feste | festes | feste |
Dative | festem | fster | festem | festen |
Dative case triggers
In this song, there are three prepositions and one noun that are followed by the dative. They are as follows:
Term | Part of Speech | Meaning | Following Case |
in | preposition | in | dative or accusative* |
auf | preposition | on | dative or accusative* |
von | preposition | from, by, of | dative |
trauen | verb | to trust | dative |
*Some prepositions can take either the accusative or the dative case, depending on the use. For these:
– Use the dative for locations and static positions
– Use the accusative for direction, movement, and changes in position
Contractions
Note that some prepositions contract with certain articles that follow. We see the following in this song:
in + dem | = | im |
von + dem | = | vom |