Grammatik

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Required Frontmatter

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Articles & Cases

• German Articles — der/die/das, ein/eine, kein
• Declensions — full article ending grid across all cases and genders ⭐
• German Cases — overview of all four cases; prepositions; two-way prepositions ⭐
• Nominative Case — subject role
• Accusative Case — direct object; masculine der → den
• Dative Case — indirect object and dative prepositions
• Genitive Case — possession (add when ready)
• Prepositions — accusative, dative, two-way, and genitive prepositions ⭐

Pronouns

• Personal Pronouns — all cases: nominative, accusative, dative
• Reflexive Pronouns — sich, accusative vs. dative reflexive

Verbs

• Present Tense Conjugation — regular + stem-changing verbs
• Sein & Haben — fully irregular; used as auxiliaries
• Modal Verbs — können/müssen/wollen/dürfen/sollen/möchten
• Separable Verbs — trennbare Verben; prefix splits to end in main clauses
• Perfekt vs Präteritum — when to use each past tense
• Perfekt with Sein — movement and change-of-state verbs

Negation & Word Order

• Negation — nicht vs. kein
• Word Order — V2 rule, questions, TMP, subordinate clauses