• Übercomplicated@lemmy.ml
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    21 hours ago

    But there are plenty of common expressions that use the genitive:

    • Trotz des Regens gingen wir spazieren.
    • Während des Essens hat er angerufen.
    • Wegen des Staus kam sie zu spät.
    • Außerhalb des formellen Schriftverkehrs ist der Genitiv selten.
    • Ich bin mir meiner Sache sicher.
    • usw.

    Using the dative with “von” would just be incorrect here. I certainly use and hear the genitive regularly, at least within these expressions. But maybe I am just one of those uptight formalists 🤷 — I always thought the genitive was rather elegant.

    I do admit that there are some everyday situations in which it sounds clunky though…