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Verbs

das Dativverb

In English: dative verb

A verb whose only object is in the dative, although English would treat it as a direct object: helfen, danken, gefallen, gehören, antworten, gratulieren, folgen.

Example: Ich helfe meiner Schwester. (I am helping my sister.)

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das Dativobjekt die Valenz

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