prepositional

ˌpriːpəˈzɪʃənəl
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Translation of prepositional into German

Adjective

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relating to or functioning as a preposition
TECH.
präpositional präpositionell
  • In the phrase 'on time,' 'on' is a prepositional word..Im Satz 'pünktlich' ist 'on' ein präpositionales Wort
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Expressions with prepositional: examples in English and translations in German

Präpositionalphrase
Präpositionalgruppe
In the sentence, 'She sat beside him,' 'beside him' is a prepositional phrase.
Präpositionalobjekt
In the sentence 'She sat on the chair,' 'chair' is the prepositional object.

Synonyms and analogies of prepositional in English

adj.prepositional phraseMore synonyms

Examples of prepositional in a sentence

  • She struggled with prepositional phrases in her grammar test.

Translations of "prepositional" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
präpositionaladj.

In certain cases (namely, in the dative, prepositional) these words have endings that are characteristic of the third declension nouns.

In bestimmten Fällen (nämlich im Dativ, Präpositional) haben diese Wörter Endungen, die für die dritten Deklinationsnomen charakteristisch sind.

During the reading, I noted several examples of prepositional objects in context.

Während des Lesens habe ich mehrere Beispiele von präpositionalen Objekten im Kontext notiert.

präpositionaleadj.

Examples of prepositional objects help illustrate their function in sentences.

Beispiele für präpositionale Objekte helfen, ihre Funktion in Sätzen zu veranschaulichen.

You can say, "Give a muffin to a mouse," the prepositional dative.

man sagt: "Gib einen Muffin an die Maus", der präpositionale Dativ,

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prepositional: Examples and translations in context

The example just quoted illustrates one of the tendencies that can be observed in the evolution of Esperanto: the increasing frequency of -e forms in cases in which, formerly, a prepositional formula would have been adopted.

Das gerade angeführte Beispiel illustriert eine der Tendenzen, die in der Entwicklung von Esperanto beobachtet werden können: die zunehmende Häufigkeit von -e Formen in Fällen, in denen früher präpositionale Ausdrücke benutzt worden wären.

You can say, "Give a muffin to a mouse," the prepositional, "Give a mouse a muffin," the double-object dative.

"Gib einen Muffin an die Maus", der präpositionale Dativ, oder "Einer Maus einen Muffin geben", der Dativ mit doppelten Objekten,

The online version contains over 5,000 entries with more than 20,000 prepositional connections and is accessible via the platform "De Gruyter Online".

Die Online-Version enthält über 5.000 Lemmata mit über 20.000 präpositionalen Anschlüssen und ist über die Plattform „De Gruyter Online" zugänglich.

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prepositional objectprepositional phrase
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