| 28.2.3.1 Nominative / Accusative / Dative / Genitive of the interrogative pronoun wieviele |
| 28.2.3.1.2 Accusative |
The Accusative is need if the question goes after a direct object or the preposition requires an Accusative. There is no difference between the substantival and the adjectival interrogative pronoun.
| Adjectival interrogative pronoun | |
| Wieviele Kuchen
backst du? = How many cakes to you bake? |
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| Wieviele Bücher
hast du gelesen? = How many books did you read? |
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| Substantival interrogative pronoun | |
| An wieviele
hast du gedacht?
= How many did you think of? |
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| Für wieviele
hast du gekocht? = For how many did you cook? |
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| 28.2.3.1.3 Dative |
| Adjectival interrogative pronoun | |
| Von wievielen
Kuchen hast
du eine Probe genommen? = Of how many cakes did you take a sample? |
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| Von wievielen
Büchern konntest
du dir den Inhalt merken? = Of how many books could you remember the content? |
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| Auf wievielen
Stühlen sitzt
du? = On how many chairs do you sit? |
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| Substantival interrogative pronoun |
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| Wievielen gibst
du Geld? = How many do you give money? |
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| Wievielen würdest
du vertrauen? = How many would you trust? |
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| 28.2.3.1.4 Genitive |
The Genitive of wieviele is theoretically possible but nobody uses it. Usually a preposition would be used.
| Adjectival interrogative pronoun |
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| Das Geld wievieler
Leute hat er gestohlen? = How many people's money did he steal? |
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| Von wievielen Leuten
hat er Geld gestohlen? = The money of how many people did he steal? |
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| Substantival interrogative pronoun? |
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| Das Geld wievieler
hat er gestohlen? = The money of how many did he steal? |
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| Von wievielen
hat er Geld gestohlen? = Of how many did he steal money? |
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