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

Verbs: position/direction

Impersonal verbs

Conjugation: present tense

The verb "werden"

Present perfect with "haben"

Past participles: regular

Imperative: informal

The formal imperative

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

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

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: in, an

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

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

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

Time specification: Wann ...?

Time specification: Wie lange ...?

Time: seasons

Time: dies-/nächst-

Making suggestions

Instructions