German Grammar

Quick Reference of Basic German Grammar

General

• Alphabet
• Pronunciation
• Cases

Nouns

• Articles
• Gender
• Plural
• Declension

Pronouns

• Personal pronouns
• Reflexive pronouns
• Possessive pronouns
• Demonstrative pronouns
• Relative pronouns
• Interrogative pronouns
• Indefinite pronouns

Adjectives

• Declension
• Comparison
• Adjectives and prepositions

Adverbs

• Intensifying adverbs
• Adverbs of time
• Adverbs of place
• Adverbs of direction
• Adverbs of manner
• Position of adverbs
• Pronominal adverbs

Verbs

• Present tense
• Present perfect tense
• Past tense
• Past perfect tense
• Future tense
• Future perfect tense
• Present participle
• Past participle
• Imperative
• Modal verbs
• Subjunctive I
• Subjunctive II
• Passive
• Infinitive
• Infinitive with zu
• Separable and inseparable prefixes
• Reflexive verbs
• Verbs and prepositions
• Irregular verbs
• Noun-verb combinations

Numerals

• Cardinal numbers
• Ordinal numbers
• Fractions
• Time
• Date
• Calculations

Conjunctions

• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions

Prepositions

• Accusative prepositions
• Dative prepositions
• Two-way prepositions
• Genitive prepositions

Sentences

• Word order
• Negation