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German Pronouns
Nom |
Acc |
Dat |
Gen |
Poss |
Refl |
ich |
mich |
mir |
meiner |
mein |
mich/mir |
du |
dich |
dir |
deiner |
dein |
dich/dir |
er |
ihn |
ihm |
seiner |
sein |
sich |
sie |
sie |
ihr |
ihrer |
ihr |
sich |
es |
es |
ihm |
seiner |
sein |
sich |
wir |
uns |
uns |
unser |
unser |
uns |
ihr |
euch |
euch |
euer |
euer |
euch |
sie (Plur) |
sie |
ihnen |
ihrer |
ihr |
sich |
Sie |
Sie |
Ihnen |
Ihrer |
Ihr |
Sich |
Question Tools
German |
English |
Wie |
How |
Was |
What |
Wer |
Who |
Wann |
When |
Warum |
Why |
Wo |
Where |
Woher |
Where from |
Wohin |
Where to |
Wieviel |
How much/How many |
Gender of nouns
Masc |
Femin |
Neut |
-er |
-e |
-chen |
-en |
-heit |
-lein |
-el |
-keit |
-ment |
-ig |
-ung |
-um |
-ling |
-schaft |
-tum |
-ismus |
-ion |
-ma |
-ist |
-tät |
-ium |
-or |
-ik |
-o |
-ant |
-ur |
-sel |
-us |
-ie |
-tel |
-eur |
-enz |
Young Humans |
Days |
-anz |
Young Animals |
Months |
-ei |
Metals |
Seasons |
Flowers |
Hotels, Cafés |
Compass Points |
Trees |
Restaurants |
Cars,Trains |
Motorcycles |
Countries & Cities |
Celestial Bodies |
Alphab Letters |
Scientifict Terms |
■ Exceptions exist for many words; memorization and context are necessary.
■ Rivers → masculine in Germany; feminine abroad.
■ Most metals, chemical elements, and languages → neuter.
■ Celestial bodies → mostly masculine, exceptions like die Sonne, die Erde
■ Infinitives as nouns (das Lesen = “the act of reading” and more...) These are always neuter
Accusative Prepositions
Preposition |
English |
durch |
through |
ohne |
without |
gegen |
against |
für |
for |
um |
around / at |
bis |
until / as far as |
wider |
against |
Dative Prepositions
Preposition |
English |
aus |
from / out of |
bei |
at / near / with |
mit |
with |
nach |
after / to |
seit |
since / for (time) |
von |
from / of |
zu |
to |
außer |
except |
gegenüber |
opposite |
entsprechend |
according to |
Genitive Prepositions
Preposition |
English |
anstatt / statt |
instead of |
außerhalb |
outside of |
innerhalb |
inside of |
trotz |
despite |
während |
during |
wegen |
because of |
oberhalb |
above |
unterhalb |
below |
diesseits |
on this side of |
jenseits |
on the other side of |
beiderseits |
on both sides of |
unweit |
not far from |
infolge |
as a result of |
laut |
according to |
mithilfe |
with the help of |
zugunsten |
in favor of |
zwecks |
for the purpose of |
anlässlich |
on the occasion of |
kraft |
by virtue of |
mangels |
due to a lack of |
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Sein + Haben (Present)
P.pronouns |
Sein |
Haben |
ich |
bin |
habe |
du |
bist |
hast |
er/sie/es |
ist |
hat |
wir |
sind |
haben |
ihr |
seid |
habt |
sie/Sie |
sind |
haben |
Indefinite words and their negations
| |
Words |
English |
People: |
|
| |
Jemand |
someone |
| |
niemand |
no one |
| |
keiner |
nobody |
Things: |
|
| |
etwas |
something |
| |
nichts |
nothing |
| |
gar nichts |
abosolutely nothing |
| |
alles |
everything |
Places: |
|
| |
irgendwo |
somewhere |
| |
nirgends |
nowhere |
| |
nirgendwo |
nowhere |
Time: |
|
| |
immer |
always |
| |
nie |
never |
| |
niemals |
never ever |
Negative expression: |
|
| |
noch nichts |
not yet |
| |
nicht mehr |
no longer/not anymore |
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Definite Articles
Case |
Nom |
Accu |
Dat |
Gen |
Mascu |
der |
den |
dem |
des |
Femi |
die |
die |
der |
der |
Neut |
das |
das |
dem |
des |
Plural |
die |
die |
den |
der |
Two-Way Prepositions (acc+dat)
Preposition |
English |
an |
on / at |
auf |
on / onto |
hinter |
behind |
in |
into |
neben |
next to |
über |
over / above |
unter |
under |
vor |
in front of |
zwischen |
between |
Two-Way Prepositions (acc+dat) (copy)
Preposition |
English |
an |
on / at |
auf |
on / onto |
hinter |
behind |
in |
into |
neben |
next to |
über |
over / above |
unter |
under |
vor |
in front of |
zwischen |
between |
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