Grammar Overview

Here you can find the most important german grammar rules.

Verbs
Reflexive verbs
Verbs + preposition
Separable verbs
Conjugation: bügeln
gehen + infinitive
Conjugation: haben
Subjunctive: polite requests
Subjunctive: polite requests
Verbs: position/direction
Impersonal verbs
Conjugation: present tense
Conjugation: present tense
The verb "werden"
Present perfect with "haben"
Past participles: regular
Imperative: informal
The formal imperative
Subjunctive: Wishes
Subjunctive: Wishes
Present perfect with "sein"
Subjunctive: Wishes
Modal verbs
Past participle: irregular
Conjugation: können
Vowel change: a to ä
Modal verbs: the meaning
Conjugation: lesen
Conjugation: mögen
Vowel change: e to i
Conjugation: sprechen
Passive
Passive
Verbs with two objects
Simple past: mixed verbs
Tenses
Simple past: können, wollen
Simple past: müssen, dürfen
Simple past: regular verbs
Present perfect with "haben"
Past participles: regular
Simple past or present perfect?
Present perfect with "sein"
Past participle: irregular
Simple past: sein
Simple past: haben
Passive
Simple past: irregular verbs
Nouns and articles
Location names with an article
Second nominative
Nominalization
Demonstrative: dies-
Word formation: compounds
Articles: definite
Articles: indefinite
Indefinite or definite?
Nouns: plural
Nouns: gender
Word formation: professions
Declination
Relative clauses: nominative
Expressions with the dative
Second nominative
Verbs: position/direction
Accusative
Relative clauses: accusative
Personal pronouns: accusative
Personal pronouns: dative
Prepositions + dative
The dative
Verbs with two objects
Sentence construction: pronouns
Relative clauses: dative
Relative clauses + preposition
Genitive
Relative clauses + preposition
Dative instead of genitive
Negation
Negation: nicht/kein
Negatives: nicht
Article: negation
Pronoun
Reflexive pronouns (1)
Indefinite pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Personal pronouns: er, sie
Personal pronouns: accusative
Personal pronouns: dative
Pronouns: es
Indefinite pronouns: man
Question words: welch-
Question Words: wer, was
Question words: case
Sentence construction: pronouns
Prepositions
Prepositions: vor, seit
Location names without an article
Prepositions of place
Prepositions of place
Prepositions: in, an
Two-case prepositions
Two-case prepositions
Prepositions: vor, nach
Prepositions: für
Prepositions: bei, von
Prepositions: in, an
Prepositions of place
Prepositions: mit
Prepositions: um, von – bis
Prepositions + dative
Prepositions: an
Prepositions: in, nach
Prepositions: aus
Relative clauses + preposition
Adjectives and adverbs
Adverbs: gerne
Adverbs: gradable
zu + adjective
zu + adjective
Adverbs: sequence
Comparison: wie/als
Adjectives following "sein"
Prepositional adverbs
Adverbs: gradable
Sentence structure
Subordinate clauses
Compound conjunctions
Subordinate clauses
Subordinate clauses: weil
Subordinate clauses: dass
Indirect interrogatives
Subordinate clauses
Conjunctions: aber
Conjunctions: oder
Indirect questions: ob
Relative clauses: nominative
Relative clauses: interruptive
Linked relative clauses
Conjunctions: denn
Relative clauses: accusative
Subordinate clauses: als
Question words: wie viel
Multi-part predicates
Sentence construction: subject
Questions and statements
Sentence construction: accusative object
Question words: welch-
Question Words: wer, was
W-questions
Final clauses: um ... zu
Final clauses: damit
Question words: case
Verbs with two objects
Sentence construction: pronouns
Relative clauses: dative
Relative clauses + preposition
Relative clauses + preposition
Sentence construction: Statements
Numbers
Numbers from 20 to 100
Numbers over 100
Numbers over 1000
Saying numbers
Time specification: 24-hour clock
Time: 12-hour clock
Prepositions: um, von – bis
Time: 12-hour clock
Ordinal numbers
Numbers: 0 to 10
Numbers from 11 to 19
Others
Formal conversations
Time specification: Wie oft ...?
Messages without a subject
Informal and formal
Informal and formal
Time specification: Wann ...?
Time specification: Wie lange ...?
Time: seasons
Time: dies-/nächst-
Making suggestions
Instructions