Does Sein Take Accusative

for predicate nouns: when the main verb is sein or werden, use the nominative for both subject and predicate nouns. Das ist ein Tisch. … If a noun follows these prepositions, it will ALWAYS be in the accusative! Er geht um den Tisch.

What case does Sein take?

I read on multiple websites and according to what I have learned, sein is always followed by nominative. Examples: Er ist der Mann. Er ist ein großer Mann.

What words are accusative case?

In the grammar of some languages, the accusative, or the accusative case, is the case used for a noun when it is the direct object of a verb, or the object of some prepositions. In English, only the pronouns ‘me,’ ‘him,’ ‘her,’ ‘us,’ and ‘them’ are in the accusative. Compare nominative.

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