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- "Ich weiß nichts über ihn."
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dac123
41
Because of u"ber (and it's not dative, since it's not referring to location). This might help:
duuuudeZ
1939
I'd actually visited this link before I posted, but it mentions "motion versus location", and when there's motion to a location, then a "two-way preposition" (like über) should take accusative, if no motion, then it should take dative. So...in this example I don't see location or motion, so.....it is still unclear to me.
dac123
41
I can see why it is unclear --no motion nor location in this example. And I'm sorry--I may have misunderstood your question, too, since ihn is used in the accusative. Sorry I'm not much help :)
duuuudeZ
1939
Well, after a little research, apparently when "über" means "about", it should be followed by accusative. Thanks for your help!