(Where are you traveling to?) Wohin fährst du? Wohin fahren Sie?
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wo vs. wohin wo is a question word that means where that is
used to ask the location wohin is a question word that means where
to and is used to express direction towards a place The
prepositions nach, in, an, and auf can be used to mean to a
place.
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Two-way prepositions an, auf, and in are three examples of
two-way prepositions. This means that they take the dative case to
indicate location and the accusative case to indicate movement.
When using the question word wohin, you are implying movement from
one place to another. Therefore, the objects of the prepositions
an, auf, in are going to be in the accusative case.
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nach The preposition nach is used to indicate going to a
country, city, state, or island that is not proceeded by an article
(die, der, das, etc)
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Wohin fhrt Petra? Sie fhrt nach Deutschland Countries with no
article
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Wohin fhrst du? Ich fahre nach Bremen Cities
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Wohin fahren John und Susanna? Sie fahren nach Rgen.
Islands
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in The preposition in is used to indicate going to a country or
geographic area that is feminine or plural. The article for the
countries is in the accusative case since the accusative is used to
indicate motion. Plural Countries Das LandCountry die USA die
Vereinigten Staaten USA United States die NiederlandeNetherlands
Feminine Countries Das LandCountry die Schweiz Switzer-land die
TrkeiTurkey die Tschechische Czech Republic Republik
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Wohin fhrt Sabine? Sie fhrt in die Schweiz (f) Feminine
Countries
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Wohin fahren Elke und Markus? Sie fahren in die Tschechische
Republik (f). Feminine Countries
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Wohin fhrt John? Er fhrt in die USA (pl). Plural Countries
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Using in with geographic areas Examples: (Beispiele) Ich fahre
in die Alpen (I travel to the alps) Ich fahre in die Berge (I
travel to the mountains) Ich fahre in den (accusative) Schwarzwald
(m)
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an The preposition an is used to indicate going to a body of
water. The articles are in the accusative case to indicate motion
to the body of water. Examples: Ich fahre an die Ostsee. (I drive
to the Baltic sea) Ich fahre an die Donau. ( I drive to the Danube
river) Ich fahre an den Bodensee. (I drive to Lake Constance)
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auf The preposition auf refers to going to heights. Examples:
Ich klettere* auf einen Baum. ( I climb a tree)