Icelandic grammar
Prepositions
In Icelandic, prepositions determine the case of the following noun. Some examples are given below: The case governed by prepositions depends on the context.

Icelandic grammar

Section Title: Prepositions
Table Section Text: In Icelandic, prepositions determine the case of the following noun. Some examples are given below: The case governed by prepositions depends on the context.

accusative	dative	genitive	acc. or dat. depending on context

um—about	að—at, with	til—to	á—on

gegnum—through	af—of	án—without	eftir—after

umfram—in addition	frá—from	meðal—amongst	fyrir—before

kringum—around	hjá—with	milli—between	í—in

umhverfis—around	úr—out of	sökum—due to	með—with

andspænis—opposite	vegna—because	undir—under

ásamt—along	handan—beyond	við—by

gagnvart—towards	innan—inside	yfir—over

gegn—through	utan—outside

gegnt—vis-à-vis	ofan—above

handa—for	neðan—below

meðfram—along

móti—opposite, against

undan—from under

Sentence(s)

Icelandic is a language with accusative, dative and genitive cases.

final_sentence: Icelandic is a language with accusative, dative and genitive cases.