German Sentence Structure
German word order follows a few firm rules: the verb comes second, and in a subclause it goes to the end. Learn those and your sentences sound German.
6 lessons · a few minutes each
A1 · Beginner
All A1 grammar →A2 · Elementary
All A2 grammar →B1 · Intermediate
All B1 grammar →Other grammar topics
- Nouns & Articlesder, die, das, plurals and compound nouns
- Pronounsich, mich, mir — and when to say du or Sie
- VerbsConjugation, modal and separable verbs
- TensesPresent, perfect, past, future and Konjunktiv
- CasesNominative, accusative, dative, genitive
- PrepositionsWhich case each preposition takes
- AdjectivesEndings, comparative and superlative
- AdverbsWords for when, where and how
- Conjunctionsund, aber, weil, dass — and where the verb goes
- NumbersCounting, ordinals, prices and phone numbers
- Time & DatesTelling the time and saying the date
- Passive Voicewerden + participle in every tense