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