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German: grammar in English
Learn German with 77 grammar topics: clear explanations in English, examples and available podcasts from A1 to B2.
Verbs and Tenses
18 Topics
- Present tense: regular verbsA1Essential
- The verbs sein, haben and werdenA1Essential
- Stem-changing verbs in the present tenseA1Important
- Separable verbsA1Essential
- Modal verbs and their infinitivesA1Essential
- The imperative: informal and formal commandsA1Important
- Inseparable verb prefixesA2Important
- Forming the past participleA2Essential
- The perfect tense: haben or seinA2Essential
- Simple past of sein, haben and modal verbsA2Essential
- Simple past in stories and written GermanB1Important
- Past perfectB1Important
- Future with werden and present-tense alternativesB1Important
- Process passive with werdenB1Important
- Konjunktiv II for wishes, requests and unreal situationsB1Important
- Konjunktiv II for unreal past situationsB2Important
- State passive with seinB2Further study
- Reported speech with Konjunktiv IB2Further study
Nouns, Articles and Cases
10 Topics
- Noun gender: der, die and dasA1Essential
- Noun pluralsA1Essential
- Definite and indefinite articlesA1Essential
- Nominative case: the subjectA1Essential
- Accusative case: direct objectsA1Essential
- Dative case: indirect objectsA2Essential
- When to omit the articleA2Important
- Quantity words with nounsA2Important
- Genitive case and possessionB1Important
- Weak masculine nouns (n-declension)B1Important
Pronouns and Determiners
8 Topics
- Personal pronouns and formal SieA1Essential
- Accusative and dative personal pronounsA2Essential
- Possessive determiners and their endingsA2Essential
- Reflexive verbs and pronounsA2Important
- Demonstratives: dieser and der as pronounsB1Important
- Indefinite pronouns: man, jemand and alleB1Important
- The pronoun es: reference and impersonal usesB1Important
- Reciprocal pronouns: einander and gegenseitigB2Further study
Adjectives and Adverbs
7 Topics
- Uninflected adjectives and adverbsA1Essential
- Adjective endings after definite articlesA2Essential
- Adjective endings after indefinite articlesA2Essential
- Comparatives, superlatives and comparisonsA2Important
- Adjective endings without articlesB1Important
- Present and past participles as adjectivesB2Further study
- Nominalized adjectivesB2Further study
Sentence Structure
10 Topics
- Verb-second word order in main clausesA1Essential
- The sentence bracket: finite verb and final verbA1Essential
- Starting with time or place: subject–verb inversionA2Essential
- Ordering time, manner and placeA2Important
- Order of dative and accusative objectsA2Important
- Verb-final word order in subordinate clausesA2Essential
- Where to place nichtA2Essential
- Main-clause word order after a subordinate clauseB1Important
- Pronoun placement in the middle of a sentenceB1Important
- Verb order with multiple verbs in subordinate clausesB2Further study
Questions and Negation
5 Topics
Prepositions
8 Topics
- Prepositions that take the accusativeA2Essential
- Prepositions that take the dativeA2Essential
- Two-way prepositions: location versus directionA2Essential
- Place and destination: nach, zu, in, bei and ausA2Important
- Time prepositions: am, um, im, seit and vorA2Important
- Verbs with fixed prepositions and casesB1Important
- Pronominal adverbs: da(r)- and wo(r)-B1Important
- Common prepositions that take the genitiveB2Further study
Clauses and Connections
11 Topics
- Connecting main clauses with und, aber, oder and dennA2Essential
- Statements with dass clausesA2Essential
- Reasons with weil and daA2Essential
- Conditions with wenn and fallsB1Important
- Time clauses with als, wenn, bevor, nachdem and seitdemB1Important
- Relative clauses and case-marked relative pronounsB1Important
- Expressing purpose with damit and um ... zuB1Important
- Infinitive clauses with zu, ohne ... zu and statt ... zuB1Important
- Concession with obwohl and trotzdemB1Important
- Results with sodass and consequence connectorsB2Further study
- Paired connectors: entweder ... oder and weder ... nochB2Further study