\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{aila (ailawilliams)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (german-ib.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (aila (ailawilliams)) /Subject (german ib Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{39A31F} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F2F9F1} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{german ib Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{aila (ailawilliams)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/141978/cs/40759/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}aila (ailawilliams) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/ailawilliams} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 10th October, 2023.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{PASSIVE VOICE IN GERMAN}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Present tense: In the present tense, the passive voice is formed by using the present tense of "werden" and the past participle of the main verb. For example, "Der Hund bei{\ss}t den Mann" (The dog bites the man) becomes "Der Mann wird vom Hund gebissen" (The man is bitten by the dog). & Past tense: In the past tense, the passive voice is formed by using the past tense of "werden" and the past participle of the main verb. For example, "Der Mann hat den Hund gebissen" (The man has bitten the dog) becomes "Der Hund wurde vom Mann gebissen" (The dog was bitten by the man). \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 15) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Future tense: In the future tense, the passive voice is formed by using the future tense of "werden" and the past participle of the main verb. For example, "Der Mann wird den Hund bei{\ss}en" (The man will bite the dog) becomes "Der Hund wird vom Mann gebissen werden" (The dog will be bitten by the man). & Perfect tense: In the perfect tense, the passive voice is formed by using the present tense of "werden" and the past participle of "haben" or "sein", depending on the main verb. For example, "Der Mann hat den Hund gebissen" (The man has bitten the dog) becomes "Der Hund ist vom Mann gebissen worden" (The dog has been bitten by the man). \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 17) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{In German, the passive voice is formed by using the auxiliary verb "werden" (to become) along with the past participle of the main verb. The subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action, rather than the doer of the action.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.32733 cm} x{1.64772 cm} x{1.60195 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Geographical names}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} WOHIN & WO & WOHER \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} nach \seqsplit{Deutschland} & in & aus \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} in die Schweiz & in der & aus der \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} in die USA & in des & aus den \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{-} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{articles are always used with rivers, seas, lakes, mountains, oceans} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Rivers & european rivers are usually feminine. non-European rivers are usually masculine, like der Nil, der Gangas & except for a few like der Rhein, der Main, der Neckar \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 8) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} seas, lakes & because a lake (der See) is masculine, all lakes are masculine. like der Bodensee. & seas/oceans are feminine words and neutral words(die See, das Meer), so names will either be fem or neu: die Ostsee, das Schwarze Meer \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 10) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Mountains always masculine: & der Mont Blanc & \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.32733 cm} x{1.64772 cm} x{1.60195 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Geographical names (cont)}} \tn % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Mountain chains always in plural: & die Alpen & \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{countries don't have articles UNLESS: \newline An article is used if the name has an attribute, for example an adjective, in front of it \newline → das wilde Afrika, das sch{\"o}ne Finnland \newline → {\bf{in these cases, the city, continent or country is a neuter word (article das)}} \newline 2. Feminine countries (die article) \newline → have to be learned by heart \newline → for example: {\bf{die Schweiz, die Slowakei, die Türkei, die Ukraine}} \newline 3. Countries in plural \newline → die USA \newline → die Niederlande} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.63781 cm} x{2.33919 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{VOCABULARY}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} aus/brehen & erupt \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} beben & quake/tremble \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} blasen & to blow(strong wind) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} brennen & burn \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} das Abgas, e & the exhaust (gas) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} das Abwasser & the sewage \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} das Erdbeben & the earthquake \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} das Gewitter & the thunder \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} das Hochwasser & the floodwater \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} das Klima & the climeate \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} das Opfer & the victim \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} der Erdrutsch, -e & ther landslide \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Klimawandel & the climate change \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} der Orkan, -e / der Wirbelsturm, -e+ & the hurricane \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Sturm, -e+ & the storm \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} der Treibhauseffekt, -e & the greenhouse effect \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Tsunami, -s & the tsunami \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} der Unfall, -e+ & the accident \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Vulkanausbruch, -e+ & the volcanic eruption \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} der Waldbrand, -e+ & the forest fire \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 1) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Wind, -e & the wind \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} die Atomkatastrope, -n & the atomic catastrophe \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Dürre, -n & the drought \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{white} die Emission, -en & the emission \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Erosion & the erosion \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 1) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.63781 cm} x{2.33919 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{VOCABULARY (cont)}} \tn % Row 25 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Flut, -en & the flood \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{white} die Hitzewelle, -n & the heatwave \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Klimaerw{\"a}rmung / die Erderw{\"a}rmung & the global warming/climate warming \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 28 \SetRowColor{white} die Lawine, -s & the avalanche \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 29 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Naturkatastrophe, -n & the natural catastrophe \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 30 \SetRowColor{white} die Ölpest & the oil spill \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 31 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Schlammlawine,-n & the mudslide \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 32 \SetRowColor{white} die Seuche, -n & the plague \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Überschwemmung, -en & the flooding \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 34 \SetRowColor{white} die Umweltkatastrophe, -n & the environmental disaster \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 35 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} drohen + dat & to threathen \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 36 \SetRowColor{white} evakuieren & evacuate \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 37 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} überfluten, überschwemmen & to flood \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 38 \SetRowColor{white} überleben & survive \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 39 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} um/kommen & to perish \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 40 \SetRowColor{white} verursachen & cause \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 41 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wehen & blow \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 42 \SetRowColor{white} zerst{\"o}ren & destroy \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) % Row 43 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} gewittern & to thunderstorm \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 1) % Row 44 \SetRowColor{white} stürmen & to storm \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 45 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} abwechslungsreich & varying \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 46 \SetRowColor{white} bergig & mountainous \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 47 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} das Feld, -er & the field \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 48 \SetRowColor{white} das Gebirge, - & the mountain range \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 49 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} das Gel{\"a}nde & the terrain \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 1) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.63781 cm} x{2.33919 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{VOCABULARY (cont)}} \tn % Row 50 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} das Gew{\"a}sser, - & the waterbody \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 51 \SetRowColor{white} das Tal, -er+ & the valley \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 52 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} das Ufer, - & the waterline \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 53 \SetRowColor{white} der Archipel, -e & the archipelago \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 54 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Bach, -e+ & the stream \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 55 \SetRowColor{white} der Berg, -e & the mountain \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 56 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Dschungel, - & the jungle \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 57 \SetRowColor{white} der Felsen, - & the cliff \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 58 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Fj{\"a}ll, -s & the fell \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 59 \SetRowColor{white} der Fluss, -e+ & the river \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 60 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Gipfel, & the peak \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 61 \SetRowColor{white} der Gletscher, - & the glacier \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 62 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Hügel, - & the hill \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 63 \SetRowColor{white} der Laubwald, -er+ & the deciduous tree \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 64 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Nadelwald, -er+ & the coniferous tree \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 65 \SetRowColor{white} der Ozean, -e & the ocean \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 66 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Der Regenwald, -er+ & the rainforest \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 67 \SetRowColor{white} der See, -n & the lake \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 68 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Strand, -e+ & the beach \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 69 \SetRowColor{white} der Strom, -e+ & the stream \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 70 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Sumpf, -e+ & the swamp \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 71 \SetRowColor{white} der Teich, -e & the pond \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) % Row 72 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} der Wald, -er+ & the forest \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 1) % Row 73 \SetRowColor{white} der Wasserfall, -e+ & the waterfall \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 74 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} dicht & dense \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 75 \SetRowColor{white} die Ebbe, -n & the low tide \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 76 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Ebene, -n & the plain \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 77 \SetRowColor{white} die Erde & the earth, globe \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 78 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Flut, -en & the high tide, flood \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.63781 cm} x{2.33919 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{VOCABULARY (cont)}} \tn % Row 79 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Gegend, -en & the region \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 80 \SetRowColor{white} die Halbinsel, -n & the headland \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 81 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Insel, -n & the island \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 82 \SetRowColor{white} die Küste, -n & the coast \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 83 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Landschaft, -en & the landscape \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 84 \SetRowColor{white} die Natur & the nature \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 85 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die See / das Meer, -e & the sea \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 86 \SetRowColor{white} die Stromschnelle, -n & the rapid \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 87 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Umgebung, -en & the surroundings \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 88 \SetRowColor{white} die Wiese, -n & the meadow \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 89 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} die Wildnis, -se & the wilderness \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 90 \SetRowColor{white} die Wüste, -n & the desert \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 91 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} feucht & moist \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 92 \SetRowColor{white} flach & flat \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 93 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} flie{\ss}en, flie{\ss}t, floss, ist geflossen & to flow \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 94 \SetRowColor{white} hoch & high \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 95 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\"o}de & deserted \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 96 \SetRowColor{white} steil & steep \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 97 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} str{\"o}men & stream \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 98 \SetRowColor{white} tief & deep \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}