Category: German

In English and in German, there are some verbs that are used extensively with certain prepositions. In English, these are called “phrasal verbs”. Adding a…

After briefly reviewing the basics of the Präteritum, in this chapter we will turn to the Präteritum forms of modal verbs, which, unlike most forms…

The future perfect (Futur II, vollendete Zukunft) expresses the assumption that an action will have been completed by the time of speaking, or by a particular point…

The German future tense (Futur I) is mostly used to express assumptions about the present or future in German. We can also use this tense to express future intentions,…

The simple past is the tense used in the German language when writing–as opposed to speaking–about events that happened in the past and have now been completed. The…

German subordinate clauses and, therefore, subordinating conjunctions change the word order in a sentence. Let’s learn the words that are on this list. In German…

A number of verbs use the reflexive pronoun in the dative case. Only two of the dative reflexive pronouns are different from their equivalent accusative reflexive pronoun.…

German signifies directional movement (vs. position) in several ways that English does not. The adverbs hin and her are examples of this specification of movement in a…

The superlative is the highest form of comparison. We put am or the definite article in front of the adjective and add -ste(n) to the end. The formation is the same for all adjectives…

The comparative is the first form of comparison. The ending -er is added to the adjective and the sentences is constructed with als (than). The German Comparative is quite similar to the forms…