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Grammar Guides

Nouns

nouns 101
gender
plural
compound nouns
diminutives
weak masculine nouns

Pronouns

pronouns 101
personal pronouns
possessive pronouns
reflexive pronouns
relative pronouns
interrogative pronouns

Case

case 101
nominative (Nominativ)
accusative (Akkusativ)
dative (Dativ)
genitive (Genitiv)

Articles

determiners 101
der-words
ein-words

Verbs

conjugation (Konjugation)
regular verbs (regelmäßige Verben)
valency
separable and inseparable verbs (trennbare und untrennbare Verben)
modal verbs (Modalverben)
indicative mood (Indikativ)
imperative mood (Imperativ)
subjunctive mood (Konjunktiv I + II)
auxiliary verb haben
auxiliary verb sein
auxiliary verb werden

Tenses

present tense (Präsens)
past tense (Präteritum)
perfect tense (Perfekt)
past perfect tense (Plusquamperfekt)
future tense (Futur I)
future perfect (Futur II)

Adjectives

adjectives 101
declension (Deklination)
comparative & superlative

Adverbs

time
place
manner
degree

Prepositions

accusative prepositions
dative prepositions
genitive prepositions
two-case prepositions (Wechselpräpositionen)
verb-preposition combinations
auf
an
zu
bei

Conjunctions

conjunctions 101
coordinating conjunctions
subordinating conjunctions
correlative conjunctions

Word Order

word order 101
V2 rule
forming questions
time-manner-place
main clause (Hauptsatz) vs. subordinate clauses (Nebensatz)
separable verbs
conditional sentences
word order of pronouns
word order – don’t panic!

Miscellaneous

cardinal (eins, zwei, drei) and ordinal numbers (erster, zweiter, dritter)
derivation and inflection
capitalisation
modal particles
es as a place holder
collocations
idiomatic expressions