German Grammar Lessons A1–B1

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A1

Beginner

The absolute foundations: articles, present tense, cases and basic word order.

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  1. 1.The German Alphabet & Spelling
  2. 2.Pronunciation I: Vowels & Umlauts
  3. 3.Pronunciation II: Consonants & Letter Combinations
  4. 4.Personal Pronouns (ich, du, er/sie/es …)
  5. 5.Present Tense: Regular Verb Conjugation
  6. 6.The Verbs sein and haben
  7. 7.Noun Gender: der, die, das
  8. 8.Plural Forms of Nouns
  9. 9.Indefinite Articles: ein, eine
  10. 10.Negation: nicht and kein
  11. 11.Word Order: Statements & the Verb-Second Rule
  12. 12.Yes/No Questions & W-Questions
  13. 13.Cardinal Numbers 0–1,000,000
  14. 14.Telling the Time
  15. 15.Days, Months, Seasons & Dates
  16. 16.The Accusative Case
  17. 17.Possessive Articles (mein, dein, sein …)
  18. 18.Irregular Present-Tense Verbs (fahren, essen, sprechen …)
  19. 19.Separable Verbs (aufstehen, einkaufen …)
  20. 20.Modal Verbs I: können, möchten, müssen
  21. 21.The Imperative (du, ihr, Sie)
  22. 22.The Dative Case
  23. 23.Prepositions with Accusative (für, ohne, gegen …)
  24. 24.Prepositions with Dative (mit, nach, bei, von …)
  25. 25.Two-Way Prepositions: Basics (in, auf, an …)
  26. 26.Perfekt Tense I: haben + Past Participle
  27. 27.Perfekt Tense II: sein + Past Participle
  28. 28.Simple Past of sein and haben (war, hatte)
  29. 29.Personal Pronouns in Accusative & Dative
  30. 30.Conjunctions: und, oder, aber, denn
A2

Elementary

Build on the basics: past tenses, all four cases in action, subordinate clauses.

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  1. 1.Reflexive Verbs & Pronouns
  2. 2.Modal Verbs II: dürfen, sollen, wollen + Simple Past of Modals
  3. 3.Comparative & Superlative
  4. 4.Adjective Endings I: After Definite Articles
  5. 5.Adjective Endings II: After Indefinite Articles
  6. 6.Adjective Endings III: Without Article
  7. 7.Subordinate Clauses with weil & dass
  8. 8.Subordinate Clauses with wenn
  9. 9.Indirect Questions (ob & W-Words)
  10. 10.The Genitive Case: Basics & Possession
  11. 11.Prepositions with Genitive (während, wegen, trotz)
  12. 12.Two-Way Prepositions in Depth (Wechselpräpositionen)
  13. 13.Verbs with Fixed Prepositions (warten auf, sich freuen über …)
  14. 14.Dative Verbs (helfen, gefallen, gehören …)
  15. 15.Präteritum: Regular & Common Irregular Verbs
  16. 16.Future Tense with werden
  17. 17.Konjunktiv II: Polite Requests (würde, könnte, hätte)
  18. 18.Ordinal Numbers & Dates
  19. 19.Relative Clauses I: Nominative & Accusative
  20. 20.The Pronoun es: Uses
  21. 21.Word Order: Time–Manner–Place (TeKaMoLo)
  22. 22.Word Order: Dative & Accusative Objects
  23. 23.Infinitive with zu
  24. 24.Purpose Clauses: um … zu / damit
  25. 25.als vs. wenn: Talking About the Past
  26. 26.The Verb lassen
  27. 27.Passive Voice I: Present Tense
  28. 28.Demonstrative Pronouns (dieser, jener, der)
  29. 29.Indefinite Pronouns (man, jemand, etwas, nichts)
  30. 30.welcher vs. was für ein
  31. 31.Adverbs of Frequency & Time
  32. 32.Connectors: deshalb, trotzdem, also
  33. 33.Word Formation Basics & Diminutives (-chen, -lein)
  34. 34.Plusquamperfekt: Introduction
  35. 35.Imperative Review & Softening Requests
B1

Intermediate

Intermediate grammar: passive voice, Konjunktiv II, relative clauses and more.

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  1. 1.Relative Clauses II: Dative, Genitive & with Prepositions
  2. 2.Relative Clauses with was & wo
  3. 3.Passive Voice II: Past Tenses
  4. 4.Passive with Modal Verbs
  5. 5.Passive Alternatives (man, sich lassen, -bar)
  6. 6.Konjunktiv II: Unreal Conditions & Wishes
  7. 7.Konjunktiv II Past (hätte … gemacht)
  8. 8.Temporal Clauses: während, bevor, nachdem, seitdem, bis
  9. 9.Plusquamperfekt & Sequence of Tenses
  10. 10.n-Declension (der Junge, den Jungen)
  11. 11.Adjective Declension: Full Review
  12. 12.Participles as Adjectives (Partizip I & II)
  13. 13.Concession: obwohl & trotzdem
  14. 14.Comparisons with je … desto
  15. 15.da- and wo-Compounds (darauf, worauf …)
  16. 16.Infinitive Clauses: ohne … zu, anstatt … zu
  17. 17.brauchen + nur/nicht + zu
  18. 18.Future II & Assumptions with werden
  19. 19.Modal Verbs: Subjective Meaning (Basics)
  20. 20.Nominalization (das Lesen, die Hoffnung)
  21. 21.Word Formation: Verb Prefixes (ver-, be-, ent- …)
  22. 22.Word Formation: Noun & Adjective Suffixes
  23. 23.Genitive in Depth (innerhalb, außerhalb, aufgrund …)
  24. 24.Two-Part Connectors (entweder … oder, sowohl … als auch)
  25. 25.Verbs with Prepositional Objects: B1 Set
  26. 26.Subjectless & Impersonal Passive
  27. 27.Light-Verb Constructions: Introduction (eine Frage stellen)
  28. 28.Position of nicht in Complex Sentences
  29. 29.Modal Particles (doch, mal, ja, eben)
  30. 30.es as Placeholder & Dummy Subject
  31. 31.Noun Declension Review Across All Cases
  32. 32.Conditional Clauses: Real & Unreal Compared
  33. 33.Verb Valency: Which Case Does the Verb Take?
  34. 34.Text Connectors & Discourse Structure
  35. 35.Indirect Questions & Reported Questions Review
  36. 36.Comparative Clauses (so … wie, als ob)
  37. 37.Präteritum: Strong Verbs in Written German
  38. 38.Word Order in the Midfield (Mittelfeld)
  39. 39.Capitalization & Spelling Rules