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German grammar

Every German grammar topic, in one place

Filter by CEFR level, search by topic, and pick the piece that fits what you are stuck on. The catalogue covers the full set of German grammar rules from the SVO baseline at A1 to the register-shifting moves at C1.

  1. Beginner (A1-A2)

    Der, Die or Das

    English has one word for the. German has six forms of it, because the article carries information English puts in word order. Here is what der, die and das are really doing.

  2. Beginner (A1-A2)

    The Four German Cases, In The Order They Actually Matter

    Nominative, accusative, dative, genitive. Most courses teach all four at once and learners remember a table instead of a language. Here they are in the order you will actually meet them.

  3. Beginner (A1-A2)

    The Six German Modal Verbs, Learned As One Block

    Koennen, muessen, duerfen, sollen, wollen and moegen misbehave in exactly the same way as each other, which makes them cheaper to learn together than one at a time.