English Translation
He narrowly escaped death.
I’m scratching my head as to why dem Tod is in dative case here.
He narrowly escaped death.
I’m scratching my head as to why dem Tod is in dative case here.
It is “jemandem entkommen”, e.g. “der Polizei, dem Schicksal, dem Hundefänger, dem Sturm, den Fängen der Wölfe …”