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Our lecturer split it into

Institution: bei der, beim
Firma: bei
Stadt/Land: in
Haus/Gebäude: im, in dem

But I mix things up.

  • How can "in Büro" be correct (is it a Stadt?)?
  • Can anyone give a concise guide, reference or article about it?

P.S.: I do understand, that in this case we use dative and their gender forms are dem/der/dem/den correspondingly.

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Denys S.
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    „in Büro“ is not correct. It’s „im Büro“. E.g. „Ich bin gerade im Büro.“ – AlexE Oct 23 '12 at 17:29
  • This is the best guide I know of: http://www.canoo.net/services/OnlineGrammar/Wort/Artikel/Prep-Art/Gebrauch.html – dualed Oct 23 '12 at 19:10
  • Closely related: http://german.stackexchange.com/questions/2540/is-there-a-rule-which-preposition-to-use-for-a-place – Takkat Oct 23 '12 at 19:56

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Keep in mind that you often omit the article pronoun for a city's or a person's names (like Berlin, or Peter, etc.). You do use an article for a building's name, however.

Intitutions

  • bei der Verwaltung fem.
  • beim Amt obj.

Companies

  • bei Google (Google is a name, therefore no article)

Cities

  • in Berlin (a name again)

Houses/Buildings

  • im Büro, in dem Büro obj.
  • im Empire State Building (named building)
  • auf dem Empire State Building (means physically on top!)

It is im Büro, which is short for in dem Büro to be explicit. Büro means office and is not a name. Reading the question I'm not sure whether this is clear, sorry if it is.

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