"Wir trinken auf die Autoren!"

Translation: We drink to the authors!

[hataldir]

I think it is a toast

[kirstinmjkeller]

Prost!!!

[lucifervn]

Can it be die Autorin here?
Edit: After listening more carefully, Autoren is the answer :)

[Davoskan]

It would be: "Wir trinken auf die Autorinnen".

[hutcho66]

"Wir trinken auf die Autorin" is possible, it just means we are drinking to the female author, instead of the male/mixed gender authors. But yeah, the audio is clearly "Autoren" if you listen carefully.

[gro_com]

What is the use of this sentence, i don't get it's meaning, not even in English

[AdarBo]

It means "We toast to the authors".
they drink to them, for their memory, respect, ect...

[Wintermote]

I really hate these kinds of sentences.

[keshergege]

I don't understand...
if it is "Autoren" and not "Autorin"- doesn't it have to be "den" and not "die"? isn't it the Dative case? and in dative case it is "den" for plural?

[Andrei_Ulven]

"Auf" can take both Dative and Accusative. I'm not a native speaker, but from what I understood if "auf" means "on" and indicates something static - then it's Dative (i.e. "Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch". If you can translate it with it "to" or suggests a motion towards the object - it's Accusative.

[jaxojax]

ta :)

[lucifervn]

It's the accusative case.

[koushik72]

What is the meaning of auf here?

[JackFrost88]

-Auf is a two way accusative/dative preposition
-The rule is accusative if motion is implied and dative otherwise.
-No motion is implied yet "die Autoren" takes the accusative.

Why?