Category: German

The prepositions in and auf (followed by the accusative case) or zu and nach (followed by the dative case) are used. Prepositions of place or locative prepositions show…

Adverbs of place indicate position and answer the question “where?” (wo?) Adverbs of direction provide information about direction and answer the question: “where from?” (woher?) or “where to?” (wohin?). Adverbs help…

Adverbs are often combined with prepositions, which refer either to the dative or the accusative object. Let’s look at some of the “temporal” adverbs (adverbs describing time). Adverbs help…

We conjugate the modal verbs (as well as a handful of others) in the Subjunctive II by adding the subjunctive endings to the simple past stem and adding an umlaut.…

The Konjunktiv II also known as Subjunctive II is the verb form that we use for polite requests, wishes, suggestions, theories and hypothetical situations. The general subjunctive (Konjunktiv II) is used…

Some genitive prepositions are still used, but more and more are replaced by dative constructions. How does one know what to use and when? There…

The genitive case in English or in German shows a relationship between two nouns. The noun in the genitive case modifies (tells us something about) the other noun. The…

The past perfect or pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) expresses actions that took place before a certain point in the past. It is the German equivalent of the English…

A German reflexive verb is a verb that has an object which is the same as the subject of the verb ==> the action of…

Wo + preposition is useful when asking questions for clarification such as in Worauf wartet er? (What is he waiting for?) Many of the wo + prepositions replace the German word combination preposition + was. (incorrect -> Für…