"Das Hemd ist unter der Jacke."

Translation: The shirt is under the jacket.

[jimmy641438]

In every day speech surely it's more common to say the shirt is underneath the jacket

[az_p]

That should also be accepted - report it if not.

[hypehuman]

"The shirt is under the jacket" can have two meanings in English:
- The shirt and the jacket are touching (maybe lying on the ground), and the shirt is closer to the Earth.
- Someone is wearing the shirt and the jacket, and the shirt is closer to the wearer's body.

Can "Das Hemd ist unter der Jacke" mean both those things in German?

[Es-haq1]

Das hemd is nominative and der jacke is dative, right?

[RGWU]

I don't understand the difference between unter and unten. Is unten only used when things are not touching?

[ErikTheRed704]

What makes the jacket into dative?