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(Where are you traveling to?)

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wo vs. wohin wo is a question word that means where that is used to ask the location wohin is a question word that means where to and is used to express direction towards a place The prepositions nach, in, an, and auf can be used to mean to a place.

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Two-way prepositions an, auf, and in are three examples of two-way prepositions. This means that they take the dative case to indicate location and the accusative case to indicate movement. When using the question word wohin, you are implying movement from one place to another. Therefore, the objects of the prepositions an, auf, in are going to be in the accusative case.

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nach The preposition nach is used to indicate going to a country, city, state, or island that is not proceeded by an article (die, der, das, etc)

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Wohin fhrt Petra? Sie fhrt nach Deutschland Countries with no article

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Wohin fhrst du? Ich fahre nach Bremen Cities

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Wohin fahren John und Susanna? Sie fahren nach Rgen. Islands

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in The preposition in is used to indicate going to a country or geographic area that is feminine or plural. The article for the countries is in the accusative case since the accusative is used to indicate motion. Plural Countries Das LandCountry die USA die Vereinigten Staaten USA United States die NiederlandeNetherlands Feminine Countries Das LandCountry die Schweiz Switzer-land die TrkeiTurkey die Tschechische Czech Republic Republik

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Wohin fhrt Sabine? Sie fhrt in die Schweiz (f) Feminine Countries

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Wohin fahren Elke und Markus? Sie fahren in die Tschechische Republik (f). Feminine Countries

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Wohin fhrt John? Er fhrt in die USA (pl). Plural Countries

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Using in with geographic areas Examples: (Beispiele) Ich fahre in die Alpen (I travel to the alps) Ich fahre in die Berge (I travel to the mountains) Ich fahre in den (accusative) Schwarzwald (m)

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an The preposition an is used to indicate going to a body of water. The articles are in the accusative case to indicate motion to the body of water. Examples: Ich fahre an die Ostsee. (I drive to the Baltic sea) Ich fahre an die Donau. ( I drive to the Danube river) Ich fahre an den Bodensee. (I drive to Lake Constance)

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auf The preposition auf refers to going to heights. Examples: Ich klettere* auf einen Baum. ( I climb a tree)