German Grammar
The rules you actually need, one short lesson at a time. Scan the forms in seconds, hear real sentences, and skip the mistakes everyone else makes.
Grammar by level
Grammar topics
- Nouns & Articlesder, die, das, plurals and compound nounsNoun gender · Der, die, das · Definite articles
- Pronounsich, mich, mir — and when to say du or SiePersonal pronouns · Du or Sie · Possessive pronouns
- VerbsConjugation, modal and separable verbsRegular verbs · Irregular verbs · sein (to be)
- TensesPresent, perfect, past, future and KonjunktivPresent tense · Imperative · Present perfect
- CasesNominative, accusative, dative, genitiveGerman cases · Nominative · Accusative
- PrepositionsWhich case each preposition takesAccusative prepositions · Dative prepositions · Prepositions of place
- AdjectivesEndings, comparative and superlativeAdjective endings · Adjective opposites · Adjective declension
- AdverbsWords for when, where and howAdverbs of time · Adverbs of place · Adverbs of manner
- Sentence StructureWord order, questions and negationWord order · Questions · Negation
- Conjunctionsund, aber, weil, dass — and where the verb goesCoordinating conjunctions · Subordinating conjunctions · dass or weil
- NumbersCounting, ordinals, prices and phone numbersNumbers 1–20 · Numbers 1–100 · Ordinal numbers
- Time & DatesTelling the time and saying the dateTelling time · Dates
- Passive Voicewerden + participle in every tensePassive voice · Stative passive · Passive perfect
Start here
- Der, die, dasThree words for 'the', explained in 4 minutes
- German casesSee how der, die and das change in each case
- Word orderPut the verb in the right place, every time
- Present perfectTalk about the past the way Germans speak
- Modal verbsSay can, must, may and want to in German
- Adjective endingsKnow when an adjective needs an ending and when not