Basics of German Grammar
German Language Grammar Guide
German Grammar. The fun part of learning any language.. learning Grammar! The grammar rules you must follow to properly speak the German language. But don’t worry about how hard learning German Grammar might feel at first. Learning German grammar rules is one of the most effective ways to speed up your ability to speak a language.
German Grammar Rules: Sentence Structure
- German Sentence structure as four distinct cases that can potentially follow.
- Nominative case identifies the subject (who or what is doing the action).
- Accusative case identifies the direct object (whom or what the subject “verbs”).
- Genitive case indicates that this noun belongs to someone or something.
- Dative case identifies the indirect object (the receiver of the object or an action.)
Sentence Structure
German Sentence structure as 4 distinct cases that can potentially follow.
- Nominative case
Identifies the subject (who or what is doing the action). - Accusative case
Identifies the direct object (whom or what the subject “verbs”). - Genitive case
Indicates that this noun belongs to someone or something. - Dative case
identifies the indirect object (the receiver of the object or an action.)
Nouns and Pronouns
• German Nouns can be either masculine, feminine, and neuter. German Nouns and Pronouns are always capitalizes.
• Masculine and Feminine don’t always apply to how “manly” or how “female” the subject is.
• Masculine nouns usually include male people and animals, the seasons, and months of the year.
German Grammar Rules: Verbs
• German Verbs have different endings to the words depending on which tense of the word is used.
Adjectives in German
• German Adjectives vary depending on which gender and case of the noun they are describing.
