"Water is running into the kitchen."

Translation: Wasser läuft in die Küche.

[jloris]

How would you distinguish "Water is running into the kitchen" vs. "Water is running in the kitchen" auf Deutsch? These have two very different meanings in American English.

[philster043]

Probably accusative form vs dative form. "Wasser läuft in die Küche" would be accusative, meaning the water is moving into the kitchen. "Wasser läuft in der Küche" would be dative, meaning the water is already somewhere in the kitchen. Just my guess though.

[oqughuchi]

philster is absolutely correct.

[muitosabao]

You are most likely right.

[nathanjohnson83]

context?

[pauLiou]

Why not Wasser rennt in die Küche?

[8KAITO8]

I also want to know why rennt cant be used :(

[PopSixSquish]

Me, too.

[fehrerdef]

Simply because you don't use this word with liquids. They "laufen".

[JohnMacDon586955]

German has a general term for 'to run' which is laufen, and a specific term which is rennen, tears laufen, people laufen. People rennen, but tears don't rennen.

[Eey91]

Can wasser "rennt in die Küche" or only "läuft"?

[Helge.]

Water can not run. It doesn't have legs.

[dalina_plesu]

why ist the article die different in these two sentences : Ich komme nicht in die Kuche? and Die Flasche ist in der Kuche? I do not see a difference between them..

[christian]

http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa052101a.htm

[crush]

See philster043's comment above, the accusative (in die Küche) shows that there is movement from outside the kitchen into the kitchen. Ich komme in die Küche means i am outside the kitchen going in. The dative case (in der Küche) shows that it is in the kitchen and stays in the kitchen.

[mnarhins]

There's a big difference between "Ich komme in die Küche" and "Ich komme in der Küche".

[moje63]

Hahaha

[dalina_plesu]

Thank you very much

[jramirezf]

Check Christian's link, it clarifies everything

[catonano]

so there´s some water, presumably on the floor, drifting towards the kitchen ? That´s how I understand it. Maybe because a pipe broke up and the house is being flooded ? Theese sentences seem so weird to me

[oqughuchi]

Or it could be raining a lot, and water is overflowing outside and running into the kitchen. Seems like a perfectly normal sentence to me, for what it's worth.

[dashadog]

How about "Wasser läuft die Küche hinein."

[Kathryn462585]

lauft vs rennt Machts Nichts!

[Poncho936779]

Isn't it: In der Küche ???

[scorbett]

If the question was "water is running in the kitchen", then yes, you'd be correct. Like, you left the kitchen tap running or something. But the question says "water is running into the kitchen", which requires accusative case "in die Küche" to convey motion. It's a weird question because I can't picture a scenario where water is going to be running into a kitchen. Maybe a flood or something?

[jeffrey.al]

I imagined it was coming from the faucet which is already in the kitchen. Would this change anything regarding which case to use?

[Renata862598]

See philster043 answer above

[Renata862598]

I wrote "Wasser läuft in die Küche über", understanding that it is going into and over the kitchen floor. Is this wrong?

[fehrerdef]

The "über" is superfluous and doesn't make sense here. I understand your thought, but grammatically this is not possible.

[Renata862598]

thanks!

[Paul822105]

Does "rennt" not work in this context in German?

[fehrerdef]

No, you can't use "rennen" for liquids. It is "laufen".

[Drex450886]

Why can you not use "rennt" instead?

[fehrerdef]

This has already been answered. You can't use "rennen" for the movement of liquids.

[georgde]

I used rennt and it was incorrect. Is the verb laufen more for just movement in general? Could I say for example: "Milch läuft in die Tasse"? - "Milk is running into the cup."

[fehrerdef]

Yes, you can use "laufen" for movement of liquids (not any movement in general). But you can't use "rennen" for that.

[chris_y1190]

Why can't we use "rennen" as in "Wasser rennt in die Kuche"? It was marked wrong.

[Capital_Ash]

Shouldnt it be "der küche" as "in" changes the word after it to the dativ case? I know im wrong here and i would appreciate a correction