\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{beomunic} \pdfinfo{ /Title (german-grammar.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (beomunic) /Subject (German Grammar 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}{A36F85} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F9F6F7} \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 Grammar Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{beomunic} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/196195/cs/41218/}}} \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}beomunic \\ \uline{cheatography.com/beomunic} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 7th November, 2023.\\ Updated 7th November, 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}{Noun Gender}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Noun Endings}} & {\bf{Noun Groups}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{MASCULINE}} NOUN ENDINGS (der) \{\{nl\}\} - ling \{\{nl\}\} - ig \{\{nl\}\} - ich & {\bf{MASCULINE}} NOUN GROUPS \{\{nl\}\} - months \& seasons \{\{nl\}\} - weather elements \{\{nl\}\} - currency \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{FEMININE}} NOUN ENDINGS (die) \{\{nl\}\} - heit \{\{nl\}\} - schaft \{\{nl\}\} - ung \{\{nl\}\} - keit & {\bf{FEMININE}} NOUN GROUPS \{\{nl\}\} - trees \{\{nl\}\} - fruits \{\{nl\}\} - flowers \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{NEUTER}} NOUN ENDINGS (das) \{\{nl\}\} - chen \{\{nl\}\} - lein \{\{nl\}\} - kett \{\{nl\}\} - il & {\bf{NEUTER}} NOUN GROUPS \{\{nl\}\} - metals \{\{nl\}\} - countries \{\{nl\}\} - hotels \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Noun Plurals}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/beomunic_1699375342_plural-forms-hierarchy-320.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Image Credit: German with Laura} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Declension Patterns}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/beomunic_1699375477_all-in-one_declensions-chart.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{e.g.: Dies{\emph{er}} alt{\emph{e}} Mann gabe d{\emph{er}} nett{\emph{en}} Frau jen{\emph{es}} heulend{\emph{e}} Baby. (This old man gave the nice woman that bawling baby.) \newline \newline NOMINATIVE \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} subject \newline ACCUSATIVE \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} direct object \newline DATIVE \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} indirect object \newline \newline Image Credit: German with Laura} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.58804 cm} x{2.38896 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Nominative Pronouns}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Single}} & {\bf{Plural}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ich & wir \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} du & ihr \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} er, sie, es & sie/Sie \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.73735 cm} x{2.23965 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Accusative Pronouns}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Single}} & {\bf{Plural}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} mich & uns \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} dich & euch \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ihn, sie, es & sie/Sie \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.68758 cm} x{2.28942 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Dative Pronouns}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Single}} & {\bf{Plural}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} mir & uns \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} dir & euch \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ihm, ihr, ihm & ihnen/Ihnen \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Word Order Rules}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Rule \#1}}: The nominative and verb must be next to each other. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{Rule \#2}}: The verb must be in the 2nd position in the sentence.% Row Count 4 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Standard Sentence Pattern}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Nominative + verb + \seqsplit{Accusative/Dative/Adverbs}% Row Count 1 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Transposed Sentence Pattern}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/beomunic_1699376923_Screen Shot 2023-11-07 at 8.08.20 PM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\_\_\_\_\_ (to emphasize) + verb + Nominative + \seqsplit{Accusative/Dative/Adverbs}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}