The numbers 1000 and beyond
Wow, awesome! The fact that you are reading this article tells me that you already know the numbers from 1 to 20 , the numbers from 21 to 100 and the numbers … Continue reading The numbers 1000 and beyond
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The Numbers 101 to 1000
Congratulations! The fact that you are reading this article tells me that you already know the numbers from 1 – 20 and the numbers from 21 – 100 in German, so good on … Continue reading The Numbers 101 to 1000
Possessive pronouns
If something belongs to you, you’ll need to use a possessive pronoun. Possessive pronouns (Possessivpronomen) are pronouns that show that something belongs to someone. In English, we have two forms: the … Continue reading Possessive pronouns
Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Personalpronomen) are those tiny little words (like I, You, He, She, …) that replace names or even entire noun phrases, that have already been mentioned. So, for example, … Continue reading Personal pronouns
Irregular verbs in German
The most important irregular verbs in German: sein (to be) | haben (to have) | können (to be able) | müssen (to need to) | essen (to eat) | werden … Continue reading Irregular verbs in German
Regular verbs in German
Regular verbs (regelmäßige Verben) are verbs that follow the ‘normal’ pattern, so the formation rules of a particular tense or verb form. If we take the Präsens, for example, they … Continue reading Regular verbs in German
Overview: Tenses in German
Are you confused by the German tenses? Don’t worry! In this lesson we will briefly summarize each of the then and look at their usage and formation. This will allow … Continue reading Overview: Tenses in German
Futur 2
The Futur 2 (future perfect) is the second – less used – future tense in German. It is actually the least used tense in German. It expresses the assumption that … Continue reading Futur 2
Futur 1
The Futur 1 (simple future) is mostly used to express assumptions about the future, as well as future intentions. We can translate it with the English tenses will-future and going-to-future. It … Continue reading Futur 1
Plusquamperfekt
The Plusquamperfekt is formed by using the Präteritum forms (simple past forms) of the Hilfsverb (auxiliary verb) – which can either be ‘sein’ or ‘haben’ – and then adding the … Continue reading Plusquamperfekt
Perfekt
Das Perfekt The Perfekt (present perfect) is the most used past tense in German. The idea behind the perfect is that we use it to talk about actions that were … Continue reading Perfekt
Präteritum
The Präteritum (simple past) is one of the three past tenses in German. It can be compared to the simple past in English and is mostly used in written language. We … Continue reading Präteritum
Präsens
The Präsens (simple present) is the easiest one of all 6 verb tenses in German. We use it to talk about actions that happen in the present or are relevant … Continue reading Präsens
