KS4 · German · Year 11
Wie ist die Stadt? Dative articles after 'laut'
My neighbourhood: Mein Wohnort
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Your learning goal
I can use 'laut' with the dative case to report what I have understood from a text or to express other people's opinions.
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Wie ist die Stadt? Dative articles after 'laut': slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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I can use 'laut' with the dative case to report what I have understood from a text or to express other people's opinions.
Key learning points
- The preposition ‘laut’ means 'according to' and is followed by the dative case.
- The dative definite articles are: 'dem', 'der', 'dem', 'den'. 'Dies-' follows the same pattern.
- The dative indefinite articles are: 'einem', 'einer', 'einem'. Possessives follow the same pattern as these articles.
- The preposition 'laut' can be used to report what we have understood from texts, pictures, or from other people.
- The sound-symbol correspondence [au], as in 'laut', sounds like 'Haus'.
Words to know
- laut
- a preposition meaning ‘according to’ which is followed by the dative case
- dative
- case used for the indirect object in a sentence and after a dative verb or preposition
Common mistakes
The word 'laut' always means 'loud' or 'loudly'.
As an adjective, 'laut' means 'loud', and as an adverb it means 'loudly'. However, when used as a preposition followed by the dative case, it means 'according to'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If students have access to research materials, ask them to find out about Heidelberg as Alastair does in Task B2 and then make sentences using information from others in the class, e.g., 'Laut dem Lehrer ist Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg' or 'Laut meiner Freundin Sophie ist das Schloss sehr alt'.