im
Translation
in the
Examples
Das Auto steht im Stau.
The car is in a traffic jam.
Wir treffen uns im August.
We are meeting in August.
Er ist im Moment beschäftigt.
He is busy at the moment.
Grammar Patterns
im+3 ((location)) in the... (place) I am in the office. Ich bin im Büro.
im+3 ((time)) in... (month, season) We go on vacation in the summer. Wir fahren im Sommer in den Urlaub.
Similar Words
in der (dative feminine), ins (in das, accusative neuter)
Etymology
It's a shortened form of the preposition 'in' plus the dative article 'dem'.
Memory Tips
Think of the 'm' in 'im' as standing for 'masculine' (and neuter) dative case with 'in'.