German Grammar Guide
Complete Guide
Short lessons with examples and a quick check at the end. Pass it and the next lesson is waiting.
Beginner
Essential grammar for beginners. Learn the building blocks of the language.
Personal Pronouns
Learn the German personal pronouns used as subjects in sentences. Personal pronouns replace nouns and are essential for basic communication in German.
Present Tense
Master the German present tense (Präsens), the most common verb tense used in everyday communication. Learn how to conjugate regular and irregular verbs to talk about current actions, habits, and general truths.
Articles (Definite & Indefinite)
Learn the German articles - der, die, das (the) and ein, eine (a/an). German has three grammatical genders, and every noun has a specific gender that determines which article to use.
Basic Word Order
Learn the fundamental word order rules in German sentences. German follows specific patterns for statements, questions, and sentences with time expressions that differ from English.
Numbers 1-100
Learn German numbers from 1 to 100. Understanding numbers is essential for shopping, telling time, giving your phone number, and everyday conversations.
Basic Questions
Learn to form yes/no questions and use essential German question words (W-Fragen). Master wer, was, wo, wann, warum, and wie to ask about people, things, places, time, reasons, and manner.
Elementary
Expand your grammar knowledge with everyday structures and expressions.
Past Tense
Learn both German past tenses: the Perfekt (conversational past) and Präteritum (simple past). Understand when to use each tense and how to form them with regular and irregular verbs.
Possessive Pronouns
Learn the German possessive pronouns (mein, dein, sein, etc.) that indicate ownership. Master how they change based on gender, number, and grammatical case.
Present Perfect Tense
Master the German Perfekt tense to describe past events. Learn when to use haben or sein as the auxiliary verb, how to form past participles, and the correct word order in sentences.
Common Prepositions
Master the most important German prepositions for expressing location, time, and direction. Learn which case each preposition requires and how two-way prepositions work.
Comparatives & Superlatives
Learn how to compare things in German using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs. Master regular patterns and common irregular forms.
Modal Verbs
Master the six German modal verbs: können, müssen, wollen, sollen, dürfen, and mögen. Learn how they modify other verbs to express ability, necessity, permission, and desire.
Intermediate
Master complex grammar for fluent communication.
Future Tense
Learn to express future actions in German using the Futur I tense with 'werden' and understand when Germans use present tense for future meaning.
Subjunctive & Conditional
Master the German Konjunktiv II for expressing hypothetical situations, wishes, polite requests, and conditional sentences. Learn both the würde-form and direct subjunctive.
Relative Clauses
Learn to use German relative clauses to combine sentences and add information about nouns. Master the relative pronouns der, die, das and their case forms.
Passive Voice
Learn to form and use the German passive voice (Passiv) with 'werden' to shift focus from who does an action to what is done. Master both process passive and state passive.
Reported Speech
Learn to report what others have said using German indirect speech (indirekte Rede). Master the use of Konjunktiv I for formal reporting and alternative structures for everyday German.
Past Perfect Tense
Master the German Plusquamperfekt (past perfect) to describe actions completed before another past action. Essential for storytelling, explaining sequences of events, and expressing 'had done' in German.