German grammar
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100 of the Best German Adjectives for Any Place & Time
Adjectives in German. Ever felt a little lost for words when speaking German? Chances are, you were missing an adjective.…
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Difficult Correlative Conjunctions in German
Correlative conjunctions in German are called zweigliedrige Konjunktionen in German, meaning they are conjunctions formed by 2 parts that belong together…
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Modal Particles in German
Modal Particles in German are an interesting feature of spoken language. We use them in order to mold or adapt something…
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Past Tense Of mögen And möchten In German
mögen And möchten In German.The past tense of these two verb forms. Remember that möchten is not a real infinitive but the Konjunktiv…
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The Genitive Case in German
The genitive case is the least frequently used case in German language. In this post I’m going to explain when…
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The German Verb hängen
The German verb hängen means the same as “hang” in English. But grammatically it is quite complex because it has two different…
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Prepositions for Islands in German
Prepositions for Islands. If we want to talk about where we come from or where we live, islands are special…
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Plural in German
Plural in German. Forming the plural of German nouns is not as complicated as you may think. There are some…
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What Is the German “n-Declension”?
n-Declension.There is almost no declension of the nouns left in German. Apart from the opposition singular/plural there are only the…
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German Declension After Certain Words
Declension in German.This is a complementary post about the German declension after specific adjectives, indefinite pronouns and numerals in order…
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Simplifying the German Declension (Part I)
The German declension is like a nightmare to many students. However, it is not as complex as many people say…
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Simplifying the German Declension (Part II)
German Declension. I’m going to explain how the declension of the adjectives works in German. The most important facts about…
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The Difference Between “seit” and “vor” in German
. Seit vor in German. Seit and vor are two important temporal prepositions that many students have asked me about. In this…
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Special German Prepositions (auf, an)
German prepositions are an issue. I can see that because there are many of them, each with different meanings and…
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The Different German Prepositions for Woher, Wo and Wohin
Different prepositions in German. I admit, the German language is quite complex regarding its many prepositions with different uses depending…
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