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14 October 2014
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auf, zwischen
+ den, die, das

... das Eingehen auf die Lösung von Problemen
 ... attention to the solution to the problems

... auf die Kundenwünsche reagieren
 ... to react to customers' wishes

der Plan auf den Plan
die Lösung die Lösung
das Interesse das Interesse

The words auf and zwischen, called prepositions, can describe a dynamic position or relationship. When they do so as in the above examples, die and das don't change but der in der Plan changes to den.

Die, the plural of der, die and das, does not change after auf.


These changes are triggered by auf and zwischen when they describe an action. They are examples of prepositions followed by the accusative case.



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