Sie stellte die Mumie (accusative: direct object) in die Ecke (accusative: motion).ĭas Besteck liegt in der Badewanne (dative: location).ĭu legst das Besteck (accusative: direct object) auf den Tisch (accusative: motion). Ich stelle die Büste (accusative: direct object) auf das Klavier (accusative: motion).Įine Mumie stand mitten in ihrem Wohnzimmer (dative: location).Ī mummy stood in the middle of her living room. The bust of Mozart is standing on the bed. See the usage notes below for information on the distinction between stehen/stellen and liegen/legen, information on when to use sitzen/setzen, and information on using tun or stecken and sein for describing where something is being put or where something is located.ĭie Büste von Mozart steht auf dem Bett (dative: location).sinken/senken verschwinden / verschwenden etc.), but they are less common (and not closely associated with two-way prepositions), so here we will focus on these four. As usual with two-way prepositions, you can remember location => dative motion => accusative. Stehen/stellen, liegen/legen, hängen/hängen and sitzen/setzen are almost always used in conjunction with two-way prepositions.In practice, this means forming sentences with two accusatives, which is unusual: the object being moved is the direct object of the verb and therefore in the accusative, and the place to which the object is being moved will be in the accusative also, since it will be the object of a two-way preposition and motion is involved. Stellen, legen, hängen (describing where you hang something) and setzen are weak (regular) verbs that are used when a person or thing is moved (=> Wohin?) into a new location and therefore take the accusative with two-way prepositions.Stehen, liegen, hängen (describing where something is hanging) and sitzen are strong (irregular) verbs that describe where something is located (standing, lying, hanging, sitting) (=> Wo?), and therefore take the dative with two-way prepositions.Please refer to the main Preposition page for practice exercises and diagnostic exercises on this topic Stehen/stellen, liegen/legen, hängen/hängen, sitzen/setzen Summary
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