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I am sure that you are aware of the three different genders we use for nouns in German, are you not? However, do not blame yourself in case you struggle with the articles! When working with non-native sp...

There are four different casus (Fälle) which apply to a noun in German. There is Nominativ, Akkusativ, Genitiv and Dativ. Every casus has a different role.

For example: You would use the Nominativ ...

The accusative word in a sentence is the direct object. It also appears after the use of these prepositions. 

für - For
um - Around/for/at (time)
durch - Through
gegen -...

aus - From
bei - At
mit - With
nach - To (a place) - after/past (time)
seit - Since
von - From
zu - To
gegenüber - Opposite
außer - Except for

In German, articles are a bit more complicated than in English. 

Instead of only using 'the', you have 'der', 'die' and 'das'  which are all definite articles. 'Der' is masculin, 'die' is...