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in front of, behind
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Germans use the adverbs hinten and vorn to express "in
back" or "in front" as independent ideas.
Germans use the dative prepositions
hinter and vor to express the static relationship "something in front of something else" or "something behind something else."
To express movement and destination, Germans use related expressions.
They use nach vorn or nach hinten to express the direction "to the front" or "to the back" as independent ideas.
Germans use the accusative prepositions
vor and hinter to express motion in the relationship "something moving in front of something else" or "something moving behind something else."
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Examples of in front of, behind
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