Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #15
Word (Wort)

dem

Translation (Übersetzung) the
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /deːm/
A1
Articles
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
article grammar masculine definite most-common dative neuter
Definite article, masculine or neuter, dative case. Fifteenth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich helfe dem Mann.
I help the man.
dative object
Er gibt dem Kind ein Buch.
He gives the child a book.
dative indirect object
Wir fahren mit dem Auto.
We drive by car.
dative with preposition
Das Geschenk ist von dem Freund.
The gift is from the friend.
dative with preposition

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
dem Mann helfen
to help the man
High frequency
dem Kind geben
to give to the child
High frequency
mit dem Auto
with the car
High frequency

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

der das den Artikel

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