Zum Pertinenzdativ im Deutschen – Beobachtungen bei Wetterverbend

The pertinence dative constitutes one of the peripheral uses of the dative phrase in German. As a combinatorial case in connection with an accusative or directive complement, it conveys a possessor-possessum relation. On the basis of peripheral verbs, the weather verbs, it will be shown that this combinatorial case, which is used to express motion towards a living being, is quite characteristic of this verb group, both in the inherent meaning of the lexeme and in the meaning caused by metaphorical reinterpretations of the lexeme. After a brief overview of descriptions of the PD in the relevant literature, its occurrence in constructions with weather verbs is subjected to a more detailed analysis. The metaphorical reinterpretations are related, among other things, to the interpretation of precipitation verbs and verbs of air movement as verbs of motion, and accordingly, the interpretation of thunderstorm verbs as verbs of noise.