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Contraction of preposition and definite article |
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Certain prepositions and the unstressed forms dem, das, der and den of the definite article can be contracted into one word:
| an + dem |
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am |
| bei + dem |
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beim |
| für + das |
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fürs |
| zu + der |
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zur |
Contractions are possible with the following prepositions:
an, auf, bei, durch, für, hinter, in, über, um, unter, von, vor, zu
The contracted forms are not equally common in standard German. Their use is sometimes obligatory, sometimes optional, and sometimes impossible. For more information see unter "Article":
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