The German Genitive Isn’t Dead: What It Still Does Better Than Anything Else

Choose your language: Levitin Language School – Languages Thesis: The Genitive Is Alive — Just Selective Saying “the genitive is dead” confuses frequency with function. In informal speech you’ll hear more von + dative, yes. But German still relies on the genitive for meanings and registers that von cannot replace without losing precision, flow, or […]