Cheatsheets
The German grammar you keep looking up, on one page each
Eight reference sheets for the things that stay hard after the course ends: which case, which ending, where the verb goes. Read them here, or get the PDF to keep on the desk.
Ordered by how much pain each one removes, not by textbook chapter. English only for now.
8 sheets
- Sheet 1 · A1–B1German cases and article declensionThe four cases and how to find them, the article tables, the three facts that carry most of the weight, and the dative verbs that catch English speakers.Read the sheet
- Sheet 2 · A1–B2German word orderVerb second, the sentence bracket, verb last in subordinate clauses, TeKaMoLo, two objects, and where nicht goes.Read the sheet
- Sheet 3 · A1–A2haben or sein in the PerfektA short closed rule: which verbs take sein, why everything else takes haben, and the one overlap that flips.Read the sheet
- Sheet 4 · A2–B1German adjective endingsWeak, mixed and strong on one page, plus the one rule underneath all three tables.Read the sheet
- Sheet 5 · A1–B1German prepositions by caseAccusative, dative, genitive and the two-way prepositions, with the Wohin/Wo test and the contractions you see everywhere.Read the sheet
- Sheet 6 · A1–B1German verb conjugationPresent tense, stem changes, the irregular four, the modals, the strong verbs worth memorising, the Partizip II and the Präteritum.Read the sheet
- Sheet 7 · A1–B1German noun gender by endingThe compound rule, the endings that are safe to bet on, the tendencies, and an honest note on how much they actually cover.Read the sheet
- Sheet 8 · A1–B1German pronouns and the n-declensionThe personal pronoun table in three cases, and the masculine nouns that add -en in every case but the nominative.Read the sheet
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