Polyglot Dictionary

von

/fɔn/

preposition A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Prep Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. from, of

    Always takes the dative, and often substitutes for a genitive in spoken German — "das Auto von meinem Vater" instead of the more formal "das Auto meines Vaters."

Practice

1 What does von mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Brief ist ___ meiner Schwester.

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