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Brücke

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Über die Brücke kann man dann gehen oder fahren.

You can then walk or drive across the bridge.

Dadurch kommt man schnell auf der anderen Seite der Straße oder des Flusses an.

This way you quickly arrive on the other side of the street or river.

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bridge Plural: die Brücken bridge; The bridge pattern; pons (in the brain, "bridging" the brain stem with the rest of the brain) B1/ˈbʁʏkə/

dadurch

thereby, by that means through it, through that; thus B1

Grammar in this text

Prepositional phrase with 'über' + accusative

Über die Brücke kann man dann gehen oder fahren.

The preposition 'über' takes the accusative case (die Brücke) when indicating movement across something.

Modal verb 'kann' + infinitive

kann man dann gehen oder fahren

The modal verb 'können' is conjugated (kann) and is followed by the infinitive of the main verb at the end of the clause.

Prepositional phrase with 'auf' + dative

auf der anderen Seite

The preposition 'auf' takes the dative case (der anderen Seite) when indicating a static location.

Genitive preposition 'der' with noun

der Straße oder des Flusses

The genitive case is used after 'der' (here: 'der' as genitive article for feminine 'Straße' and 'des' for masculine 'Fluss') to show possession or relation.

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