> I was never taught about such verbs and am glad to know about them As I said: Most of the verbs requiring a genitive object are erudite and sometimes sound o

> I was never taught about such verbs and am glad to know about them As I said: Most of the verbs requiring a genitive object are erudite and sometimes sound old-fashioned. The most important ones are verb + genitive object: bedürfen, erwehren (old-fashioned; you normally rather use "er wehrte sich gegen den Angriff" instead of "er erwehrte sich des Angriffs"), gedenken verb + genitive object + accusative object: anklagen, beschuldigen, bezichtigen (a little old-fashioned), überführen, verdächtigen, zeihen (old-fashioned) Pro tip: If you really want to write German texts that are supposed to sound ancient (for example when you write fantasy literature) combine verbs requiring genitive objects with the outdated genitives (mein, dein, sein, ihr) instead of (meiner, deiner, seiner, ihrer) of the personal pronouns (ich, du, er/es, sie (singular and plural)). For example: "doch bei dem Ringe soll er mein gedenken" (I would translate this very loosely with "if he sees the ring he shall commemorate me") (from the opera "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner: http://www.rwagner.net/libretti/lohengrin/e-lohen-a3s3.html http://www.rwagner.net/libretti/lohengrin/e-lohen-a3s3.html) > the mistaken dative form should be "dem Verstorbenen", not "den Verstorbenen". sbmassey explained it correctly. If you are really interested: "der Verstorbenen" (genitive): either (female & singular) or plural "dem Verstorbenen" (dative): (male & singular) "den Verstorbenen" (dative)": plural