The accusative case is one of the most important German grammar topics. It helps us understand who is doing what to whom in a sentence.
On this page, you can practise prepositions that require the accusative case. The exercises that follow are designed for beginners, but you might also benefit as an intermediate learner (since prepositions can be hard to remember).
Recap: Accusative Prepositions
Before getting started with the exercises, here's a quick reminder for you:
If you need more comprehensive explanations, check out our in-depth tutorial on the German accusative case
How to best practise accusative prepositions?
To practise prepositions that always take the accusative, start by learning
what each one means and how it’s used in simple example sentences.
Then, do exercises where you choose the correct article (like den, die, or das) after the
preposition (like the ones on this page).
You can also in the beginning write down short sentences with these prepositions, and speak them out loud to get used to the structure.
Accusative Prepositions Exercises
Exercise 1: German Accusative Prepositions
This first set of exercises includes the English translations for the prepositions we look for. You can also at any point in time click on the question mark symbol to see the correct preposition. Ready?
Exercise 2: German Accusative Prepositions
This time you'll fill in the article that follows the preposition. The preposition is already there — your job is to pick the right accusative form (den for masculine, die for feminine, das for neuter, die for plural).
Exercise 3: German Accusative Prepositions
Same setup as Exercise 2 — type the right article. By now the pattern should be clicking: only masculine nouns visibly change between nominative and accusative (der → den), so those are the ones to watch most carefully.
The End
And that's it! How did you do?
The more you practise, the more natural German grammar will feel. Keep going with these exercises until you feel confident using the accusative case in everyday sentences.
Come back to this page any time to review, practise, and improve.