Schwabentor The Schwabentor (English Swabian Gate), also called Obertor in the Middle Ages, is the youngest of the two remaining city gates of the medieval defensive wall of Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The gate tower built around 1250 was originally open towards the inside of the city and was only enclosed with a stone wall in In 1572, a stair turret was added; in the same year Matthias Schwäri painted a picture of a merchant with a cart on the inner wall. In the 19th century, this picture sparked a legend about a Swabian man who came to Freiburg with two barrels full of gold to buy the city. He was ridiculed, especially after it turned out that the barrels only contained sand and pebbles. Before his departure, his wife had secretly replaced the gold with a worthless filling. Until 1900 the Schwabentor remained mostly unchanged. Then it was almost doubled in height according to the design of Carl Schäfer and equipped with a crow-stepped gable modelled on city towers of Northern Germany. In 1903 Fritz Geiges added a painting of Freiburg’s city patron, [Saint George], depicted as a dragon hunter on the exterior. The conversions ended in 1913 with the building of historicized annexes. The conversion was partially undone in 1954, and the Schwabentor was provided with a simpler tented roof, which was similar to the original one, and a bell turret with an onion dome.

Frage des Tages Ich möchte mein Deutsch ___. a) perfektieren b) perfektionieren

Objective Students will be able to identify the ein words, genitive case endings and prepositions.

Order of Events 1.Notes on Genitive case ending & prepositions 2.Review ein words & genitive Pg

Genitive The genitive shows possession or relationship. “s” or “es” added to the end of the genitive noun desderdesder

Genitive An –es is added to one-syllable nouns, whereas an –s is added to nouns with two or more syllables. This is only done in the masculine and neuter cases. Ex. das Buch – des Buches der Bruder – des Bruders

Genitive The questions word used for the genitive is wessen (whose). Ex. Wessen Fahrrad ist das? Whose bike is that? Das ist das Fahrrad meines Freundes. Ex. Wessen Briefe sind das? Whose letters are those? Das sind die Briefe unserer Großelter.

Genitive The item or that which is being owned/possessed or in the relationship goes first. That/whom which possesses it goes second and is in the genitive form. Ex. Das ist das Auto meines Bruders. Die Farbe seines Anzugs gefällt mir.

Possessive adjectives mein - mine dein – yours (informal) sein – his & its ihr – hers & their’s unser - ours euer – yours (plural) Ihr – you formal

Possessive Adjective Note: The “e” in front of the r in unser and euer is often omitted if the ending begins with a vowel.

Genitive des eines meines deines seines ihres seines unseres* eueres* ihres Ihres der einer meiner deiner seiner ihrer seiner unserer* euerer* ihrer Ihrer des eines meines deines seines ihres seines unseres* eueres* ihres Ihres der meiner deiner seiner ihrer seiner unserer* euerer* ihrer Ihrer

Genitive Prepositions The following prepositions require the genitive case. anstatt – instead of trotz – in spite of währen – during wegen – because of

Genitive prepositions Ex. Während meiner Reise hatte ich viel Spaß. During my trip I had a lot of fun. Ex. Er kam trotz des Wetters zu uns. He came to us in spite of the weather.

Names The genitive case of proper names is usually formed by adding –s. Contrary to English, there is no apostrophe added. Ex. Rainers Freundin Giselas Bruder Deutschland Städte