Online exercise · A2

Dative and accusative

Identify the object's role and use the correct German article or pronoun.

Level A26 minutes6 questions

Wen oder wem?

The two object cases

CaseQuestionExample
AccusativeWen oder was?Ich sehe den Mann.
DativeWem?Ich helfe dem Mann.

Articles and pronouns

Mini self-test

Insert the correct German form.

Learning tip

Typical verbs

Accusative: sehen, besuchen, kaufen, brauchen. Dative: helfen, danken, gefallen, gehören.

Ask the case question

Wen oder was? signals accusative. Wem? signals dative.