The Nominative Case is used for:
- Subject of a verb
- Predicate nominative
- Direct Object of a verb in the passive voice
- After "als", "wie", and "als ob" when they mean" as"
- After prepositions: aus (out of), außer (except), bei (at, near), entlang (along), gegenüber (opposite), gemäß (according to), mit (with), nach (after, to), seit (since), von (from), zu (to, at, in), zwischen (between)