Lessons
Your Next Lesson
Guten Tag!
Throwback Thursday
Learn about German greetings
Study now
Vocabulary
My Teacher
My Teacher Messenger Live Private Classes Live Group Classes My Assessment Test My Report
More
Start Your
Free Trial

Start Learning German in the next 30 Seconds with
a Free Lifetime Account

Or sign up using Facebook
By clicking Join Now, you agree to our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and to receive our email communications, which you may opt out at any time.

GermanPod101.com

Skip to content

"in" vs "im"

connor2009
New in Town
Posts: 2
Joined: December 19th, 2009 12:34 am

"in" vs "im"

Postby connor2009 » August 24th, 2010 10:03 am

How do you use correctly "in" vs "im" ? Danke.
Top
Salivia_Baker
Established Presence
Posts: 92
Joined: June 25th, 2008 8:21 pm

Postby Salivia_Baker » August 25th, 2010 11:02 am

im is short for in dem
(like ins = in das)

That means you use im when you use the dative when the subject is neuter or masculine.
i.e. Sie ist im Haus. (She is in the house). Or Sie ist in dem Haus.
"German is basically a Lego language - just take word blocks like Welt and Schmerz, smash them together, and you've got some real Weltschmerz. It may sound painful, but it can be practical." - Dan Hamilton
Top
Get 51% OFF

Return to “ General Discussion and Help Learning German”