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
  • Pronouns
    • Personal pronouns
      • Singular
      • Plural
    • Reflexive 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.


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