Der Danger ist dem Genitiv sein Tod is a book in several parts of German writer and journalist Bastian Sick, in which he deals with grammar, spelling, speech use idiom and other aspects of German language.
ZwiebelfischThe books originated from the Zwiebelfisch columns that Bastian Sick writes for the German 'Mirror Online', the web version of 'Der Spiegel'. After the success of the first book, four follow-up versions have been published. title
The title of the book series Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv signal Tod, freely translated 'The dative (Third name trap) is the genitive (Secondary fall) is dead' means a to the disappearance of the use of the second nouns in German. The title becomes aware of this form, since the genitive is also not used, but instead is used a date. The grammatically better title would be Der Dativ ist des Genitivs Tod, which is quite translated 'The dative is the genitive death'; Hereby, the genitive (Secondary fall, des ... s) is used. Educational materials
The books and columns are nowadays also used in German education. In the state of Saarland, "Der Dativ ist ist Genitiv signal Tod" has been included as compulsory literature for the German exams since 2005. Books in the series Externe link
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