Whose is it? (Wessen?) | Mastering German Ownership & Genitiv 💼
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📝 Transcript
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Hello and welcome. Today we're going to become detectives, because together we're going to crack one of the most interesting cases in German grammar. So get your detective hats ready, we're diving right in.
Every good detective story naturally needs a central case. And our case today is the case of possession. It's about the very simple, but super important question: Who owns what? Just imagine it visually.
You are the investigator, arriving at a crime scene, and everything is full of traces, clues, and evidence.
And before you can even ask, "Who did it?", you need to clarify a much more fundamental question: To whom do all these things lying around here belong?
Okay, but before we really dive into the investigation, we first need to take a close look at the scene and learn the appropriate vocabulary, because you know, every good detective has to speak the language of crime.
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| herzlich willkommen | Phrase | warm welcome | Herzlich willkommen zum Podcast! |
| der Detektiv | Nomen (m.) | detective | Der Detektiv sucht Spuren am Tatort. |
| knacken | Verb | to crack (a code, a case) | Wir knacken zusammen einen Fall. |
| der Fall | Nomen (m.) | case | Das ist ein interessanter Fall der Grammatik. |
| gehören | Verb | to belong to | Wem gehört das Buch? |
| der Tatort | Nomen (m.) | crime scene | Am Tatort gibt es viele Hinweise. |
| die Spur | Nomen (f.) | trace, clue | Die Polizei findet eine wichtige Spur. |
| der Zeuge | Nomen (m.) | witness | Der Zeuge kann uns helfen. |
| wessen | Fragewort | whose | Wessen Lupe ist das? |
| der Genitiv | Nomen (m.) | genitive case | Der Genitiv zeigt Besitz an. |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
Wessen ___ ist das? (Lupe)
Das ist das Auto ___ Mannes.
Die Tasche ___ Frau ist neu.
Welches Wort fragt nach dem Besitz?
Wir müssen den Code ___ Grammatik knacken.
Wählen Sie die korrekte Genitivform für "der Detektiv".
Die Regel ___ Genitivs ist wichtig.
Was ist die Genitivform von "das Kind"?
Wem ___ diese Dinge?
Wählen Sie die korrekte Genitivform für "die Zeugen" (plural).
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