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The nominative case

The nominative is the original form for nouns and pronouns. We use the ...

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Nouns and gender

The noun is used to name a person, a thing or an object: Boy, Letter Chair ...

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Pronouns

Personal pronouns – Personalpronomen What are personal pronouns? The ...

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Articles

Articles in singular and plural – Artikeln im Singular und Plural All nouns ...

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Verbs

Verbs are words that shows what a person or any other subject is doing: 'Er ...

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Verbs variations and irregular verbscles

The regular verbs in German always have the same verb ending. When we conjugate ...

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Verbs: Haben and Sein

The verbs 'haben' (to have) and 'sein' (to be) are the most important and ...

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Separable verbs

Some verbs in German have two parts: a prefix added to an infinitive verb in ...

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Imperative

We use imperative to express a request, an instruction or a command in direct ...

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Questions

In a normal sentence, the verb comes in position 2. With yes/no question, the ...

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The four cases

Nouns always have different roles in the sentence. The noun can act as a ...

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The dative case

We use the dative case to show the indirect object of the verb that answers the ...

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The genitive case

The genitive case – Der Genetiv We use genitive to show possession as the ...

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Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe a noun or pronoun and give us more ...

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Possessive adjectives

We use possessive adjectives to express who possesses sth or something belongs ...

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Reflexive verbs

We use reflexive verbs when the Subject and the object are the same in a ...

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Negation

How to form a negative in German? We simply negate the sentence by adding ...

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Modal verbs

Modal verbs used to ask for permission or to express possibility, ability, ...

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The perfect tense

We use the perfect tense as the past simple in English, when we talk about a ...

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Simple Past tense

‘Präteritum’ refers to the events that happened in the past as the perfect ...

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Future tense

Ich fahre morgen nach Berlin.   (I am going to Berlin tomorrow) Wir spielen ...

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Preposition

What is a preposition? Prepositions are words used before nouns or pronouns ...

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Conjunctions and clauses

We use conjunctions as connecting words to connect two clauses or sentences ...

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Word order

The basic word order in German for ‘Haupsatz’ (the main clause/ a complete ...

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Questions 2

Where is, Wo ist Where is the door?, Wo ist die Tür? Why is this, Warum ist ...

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Giving asking direction

Where is, Wo ist Right or left? Rechts oder links? This way? Hier entlang? ...

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Request and permission

May I come? Darf ich kommen? May I go? Darf ich gehen? May I see? Darf ich ...

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Times

Morning Morgen Afternoon Nachmittag Noon Mittag Today Heute Tomorrow Morgen ...

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Expressing Quantity

A few ein paar One ein/eine/einen Less please Weniger bitte More please Mehr ...

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Relations and positions

My Mein/e Your Dein/e His Sein/e Her Ihr/e Their Ihr/e Our Unser/e Under ...

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Statements

I like Ich mag I dislike Ich mag nicht I hate Ich hasse I don't Ich tue ...

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Expressing Feelings

I am Ich bin Are you? Bist du? Sad Traurig Happy Glücklich Jealous ...

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Emergencies

I lost my... Ich verlor mein/e/en I lost my passport Ich verlor meinen Ausweis ...

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Instructions And Orders

Please eat Bitte Iss Please see Bitte sehe Please come Bitte komm Please go ...

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Describing things

This is Das ist This is not Das ist nicht difficult schwierig easy einfach ...

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Suggestions

Shall we go? Sollen wir gehen? Shall we meet? Sollen wir uns treffen? Shall ...

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Verbs and instruction

Please come Bitte komm Please speak Bitte sprich Please think Bitte denk ...

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Verbs in the future

I Ich He Er She Sie They Sie Who Wer You Du Will come Werde kommen Will ...

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Verbs in the past tense

I Ich He Er She Sie They Sie Who Wer You Du Came kam spoke sprach ...

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Verbs in the present continious

I am … Ich … gerade He is … Er… gerade She is … Sie … gerade ...

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Describing an event

It is a holiday Es ist ein Feiertag/Urlaub It is raining Es regnet It is ...

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Connecting words

After nach After 5 o'clock Nach 5 Uhr After lunch Nach dem Mittagessen ...

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Persons and relations

This is my Das ist mein/e Baby Baby / Säugling Child Kind Boy Junge Girl ...

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Places

Bank Bank Movie theatre Kino police station Polizeistation hair saloon ...

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Transportations

car Auto bus Bus bus stop Bushaltestelle trip Ausflug train Zug / Bahn ...

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Food and supplies

Fish Fisch Chicken Hähnchen Pork Schweinefleisch Beef Rindfleisch shrimp ...

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Health and Bodyparts

Fever Fieber Cough Husten Diarrhoea Durchfall Nausea Übelkeit Vomiting ...

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Home and furniture

Furniture Möbel Table Tisch chair Stuhl bed Bett shelf Regal door Tür ...

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Kitchen and dining

Kitchen Küche store Geschäft / Laden oven Ofen plate Teller spoon Löffel ...

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Numbers

One Eins Two Zwei Three Drei Four Vier Five Fünf Six Sechs Seven Sieben ...

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Clothes and Colors

Glasses Brille Hat Hut Gloves Handschuhe Bag Tasche Sweater Pullover Shirt ...

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Occupations

Plumber Klemptner Electrician Elektriker Postman Postbote Police officer ...

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Animals

Dog Hund cat Katze hen Henne mouse Maus snake Schlange spider Spinne ...

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Days of the week months

Monday Montag Tuesday Dienstag Wednesday Mittwoch Thursday Donnerstag ...

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German alphabet

Letter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X ...

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Meeting at the airport

What is the goal of your arriving? Was ist das Ziel Ihres Ankunftes?

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Moving into a flat

I would like to rent a room for a week. Ich möchte ein Zimmer für eine Woche ...

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Getting to know people

I have come from USA to my friend. Ich bin aus den USA zu meinem Freund ...

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At the dinner

For dinner I eat sandwich with cheese and drink coffee Zu Abend esse ich ...

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Shower / wc

I need to take a hot bath with foam Ich muß ein heißes Bad mit Schaum nehmen.

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In a supermarket

Do you have a cheaper toothpaste? Haben Sie eine billigere Zahnpaste?

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Giving a phone call

What code should I dial before the number? Welche Vorwahl soll ich bevor der ...

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Orientation in the city

I can orientate easily using a map. Ich kann mich gut nach der Karte ...

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Using public transport

I'm sorry, where is a subway staton here? Entschuldigung, wo ist die ...

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Going for a walk

Let's go for a walk through the city Wollen wir mal durch die Stadt spazieren ...

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Going shopping

I want to buy a T-shirt with german inscription for my brother. Ich will ein ...

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Entertainments in a park

Let's go for a ride on the roller coaster! Gehen wir mal Achterbahn fahren!. I ...

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At the beach

Tomorrow we're going to bathe at the beach. Morgen gehen wir an den Strand ...

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Taking pictures

I want to take a picture of the church. Ich will die Kirche fotografieren.

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Talking with a co-worker

I am at work the whole day long. Ich bin den ganzen Tag an der Arbeit.

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Chance encounters

Long time no see! (I haven't seen you for such a long time!) Ich habe dich so ...

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At a restaurant / cafe

I'd like an Eisbein and a fruit salad. Ich möchte ein Eisbein und einen ...

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At a birthday party

Congratulations on your birthday! (Happy birthday) Herzliche Glückwünsche zum ...

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At the cinema

Let's go to the movies to watch a comedy tomorrow. Gehen wir morgen eine ...

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In a club

Let's go to play bowling at a club. Gehen wir mal in den Klub Bowling spielen!

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Playing cards and other games

Will you teach me (how to play) that game? Wirst du mir das Spiel beibringen

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On a date

I have a date with Tomas today's evening. Ich bin für heute abend mit Tomas ...

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Complements and flirting

You're the cleverest and the most beautiful girl I know. Du bist das klugste ...

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Speaking about feelings

Can I sencerely speak with you about feelings? Kann ich mit dir aufrichtig ...

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Breaking up

Tell me, why don't you want to be with me? Sag mir, warum willst du nicht mit ...

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Marriage offering

I want to be together with you my hole life long. Ich will mit dir für mein ...

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Getting back together

We need to talk about our relationships. Wir haben unsere Verhältnisse zu ...

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Intimacy

Come closer to me. Komm näher zu mir. I want to make love with you. Ich will ...