German/Grammar
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This will be an article (with sub-articles) on German grammar. It remains very much a work in progress.
Grammar sections
- Nouns
- Gender
- Plurals
- Suffixes
- Articles
- Definite articles
- der-words
- Indefinite articles
- ein-words
- dieser-words
- Definite articles
- Pronouns
- Personal pronouns
- Singular
- Plural
- Reflexive pronouns
- Personal pronouns
- Prepositions (and postpositions)
- Examples of verbs followed by the dative case
- Adjectives
- Irregular forms in the comparative and superlative
- Endings of adjectives after der- and dieser-words
- Endings of adjectives after ein
- Endings of adjectives after kein and the possessives
- Endings of unpreceded adjectives
- Verbs
- Present tense verb forms
- Stem changing verbs
- Separable prefix verbs
- The verbs haben, sein, werden, and wissen
- Imperfect tense
- Modal verbs
- The formation of the future tense
- Command forms
- Interrogatives
- The present verb tense
Verb conjugation
Note: A very simple primer for those just learning German.
To conjugate a regular verb in the present tense, identify the invariant stem of the verb and add the ending corresponding to any of the grammatical persons.
| German Verbs 101 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English Person | Ending | German Example | |
| I | -e | ich spiele | |
| You (singular) | -st | du spielst | |
| He/She/It | -t | er/sie/es spielt | |
| We | -en | wir spielen | |
| You (plural) | -t | ihr spielt | |
| You (formal) | -en | Sie spielen | |
| They | -en | sie spielen | |
See: German/Grammar/Verbs for more example.
External links
- Duolingo
- Wikibooks:German/Grammar
- BEOLINGUS: Dictionary / Wörterbuch - TU Chemnitz — Search in more than 680,000 translations with examples and hints, explanations, synonyms, sayings, aphorisms, and quotations in English and German. Browse lists for special topics. Listen to German and English pronunciations spoken by native speakers.
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