\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. 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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*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.36 cm} x{6.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Modal verben}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{dürfen} & to be allowed to, a permission, an ability \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} m{\"o}chten & to want \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} k{\"o}nnen & to be able to or can \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} m{\"o}gen & to like \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{wollen} & to want, a desire \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{sollen} & supposed to \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{müssen} & a neccesity, to have to, a must \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility. English modal verbs include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, and might.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Question Words}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wann & when \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} wo & where \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} woher & where from \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} wohin & where to \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wie & how \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} was & what \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wer & who \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} warum & why \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wofür & for what \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.08 cm} x{5.92 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Important Adjectives}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} unruhig & agitated; anxious; choppy \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} stressig & stressful; fraught \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{inzwischen} & meanwhile \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} damals & back then, back in those days \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} eher & rather, earlier \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} lebendig & lively, alive \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} extrem & extreme \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Konjunktiv modal}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{ich} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{du} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{er/sie/es/xier} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{wir} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{ihr} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{sie / Sie} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{deshalb= for this reason, because} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Connecting sentences or phrases}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In a simple sentence with just a main clause, the conjugated verb is in the \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) position. In a weil-clause (subordinate clause), the conjugated verb is in the \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2) position. \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) Also note that weil kicks the verb to the end.% Row Count 6 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}Der Koala {\bf{backt}} einen Kuchen. \newline \newline \newline Der Koala{\bf{ backt}} einen Kuchen, weil seine Schwester morgen Geburtstag {\bf{hat}}. \newline \newline \newline Weil seine Schwester morgen Geburtstag {\bf{hat}}, {\bf{backt}} der Koala einen Kuchen.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.232 cm} x{1.224 cm} x{1.728 cm} x{2.016 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Wanting to do someting (Würden)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} f & Pr{\"a}sens & Pr{\"a}teritum & Konjunktiv II \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ich & werde & wurde & würde \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} du & wirst & wurst & würst \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{er/sie/es/xier} & wird & wurde & würde \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wir & \seqsplit{werden} & wurden & würden \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ihr & \seqsplit{werdet} & wurdet & würdet \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sie / Sie & \seqsplit{werden} & wurden & würden \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2 cm} x{6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Tenses}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Pr{\"a}sens & used for actions happening now, general facts, habitual actions, and, frequently, planned future events when a time marker is included. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pr{\"a}teritum & is primarily used in written narratives (books, news, reports) to describe past events. In speech, it is restricted to modal verbs, sein, and haben (e.g., ich war, ich musste). For all other verbs in conversation, the Perfekt tense is preferred. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 9) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Konjunktiv} II & is used to express unreal situations, hypothetical scenarios, politeness, wishes, or advice—essentially anything contrary to reality (equivalent to "would/could/might"). Common uses include conditional sentences ("If..."), polite requests, and imaginary scenarios. \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 9) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Konjunktiv} I & primarily used in formal German—specifically journalism, news reports, and academic writing— to express indirect speech (indirekte Rede), reporting what someone else said without taking responsibility for the accuracy of the information. It indicates a neutral, non-factual report \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 10) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.432 cm} x{0.836 cm} x{4.332 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{IMPORTANT}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} anfangen & \seqsplit{mit+dat} & Morgen farhen wir mit dem Streik an. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} beginnen & \seqsplit{mit+dat} & Wir beginnen mit der Protestaktion \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} aufh{\"o}ren & \seqsplit{mit+dat} & Er h{\"o}rt mit dem Protest nicht auf \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} steiten & \seqsplit{mit+dat} & Wir streiten mit dem Mann \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} beschweren (complain) & \seqsplit{bei+dat} & Sie beschwerte sich bei ihm \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} helfen & \seqsplit{bei+dat} & Er hilft ihm bei den Hausaufgaben \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} verlangen (demand) & \seqsplit{von+dat} & Wir verlangen von ihr ein Geshenk \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} überreden (persuade) & \seqsplit{zu+dat} & Ich überrede meinen freund zum Lesen. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.128 cm} x{2.356 cm} x{3.116 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pronounts (nom, akk, dat)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ich & mich & mir \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} du & dich & dir \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sie/er/es & sie/ihn/es & ihr/ ihm/ ihm \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} wir & uns & uns \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ihr & euch & euch \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} sie/Sie & sie/Sie & ihnen/Ihnen \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Articles}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{f} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{nom} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{akk} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{dat} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Akk- movement, actor \newline dat- stationary, acted upon} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.48 cm} x{3.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Important verbs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} verlassen (verl{\"a}sst), verlie{\ss}, hat ... verlassen & to leave \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} schaffen & to accomplish; to create \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} vershicken & to post; to send \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} betreiben & to run (a buisness); to practice \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} unterhalten (unterh{\"a}lt), unterhielt, hat ... unterhalten & to entertain \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} sich (akk.) trauen, traute, hat ... getraut & to dare, have the courage to \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} weitergeben, gab ... weiter, hat ... weitergegeben & to pass along \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} bewerben (bewirbt), bewarb, hat ... beworben & to apply; advertise \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} schie{\ss}en, schoss, hat ... geschossen & to shoot/kick a ball \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} werfen (wirft), warf, hat ... geworfen & to throw \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} übernehmen (übernimmt), übernahm, hat ... übernommen & to take over \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} binden, band, hat ... gebunden & to bind; bundle; braid \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} teilnehmen (nimmt ... teil), nahm ... teil, hat ... teilgenommen & to participate \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.48 cm} x{3.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Important verbs (cont)}} \tn % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} erleben, erlebte, hat ... erlebt & to live to see, to experience \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} tauchen, tauchte, ist ... getaucht & to dive or plunge \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\"a}ndern, {\"a}nderte, hat ... ge{\"a}ndert & to change, alter \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.6 cm} x{6.4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Verb Moods}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Indikativ} & used most often, describes what is actually happening \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Imperativ} & For giving commands, does not describe what is actually happening \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Konjunktiv} & allows for hypothetical/"would like" statements (subjunctive in english) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.648 cm} x{2.128 cm} x{1.824 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Konjunktiv have/to be conj.}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} f & to have & to be \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ich & h{\"a}tte & w{\"a}re \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} du & h{\"a}ttest & w{\"a}rest \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} er/sie/es/xier & h{\"a}tte & w{\"a}re \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wir & h{\"a}tten & w{\"a}ren \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ihr & h{\"a}ttet & w{\"a}ret \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sie / Sie & h{\"a}tten & w{\"a}ren \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{W{\"a}ren vs Würden}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{würde is more for an action/process/time span. \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) würde is the Konjunktiv II of werden (to become) \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) w{\"a}re more for a state/point in time. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) w{\"a}re is the Konjunktiv II of sein (to be) \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) Ich würde altern = I would get old. \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) Ich w{\"a}re alt = I would be old.% Row Count 6 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Haben vs Sein}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{You use {\emph{haben with transitive verbs}} and {\bf{sein with intransitive verbs}}. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{Intransitive verbs}} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) All verbs of motion are intransitive verbs. This means that the verb must describe a movement towards something, or from A to B. \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 3) Verbs of motion include verbs like laufen (to run), springen (to jump), schwimmen (to swim) or fallen (to fall).% Row Count 9 (+ 3) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{There are three important verbs that do not fit into the intransitive verb rule and have to use sein as the auxiliary verb: {\bf{bleiben}} (to stay), {\bf{werden}} (to become) and {\bf{sein}} (to be). They do not express movement but they must take sein.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.28 cm} x{1.748 cm} x{3.572 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{verbs with prepositional objects}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} brauchen (to need) & für+akk & to need something \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{demonstrieren} & \seqsplit{für/gegen+akk} & to demostrate for/against \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sich engagieren & \seqsplit{für/gegen+akk} & to campaign for/against \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} sich entsheiden & \seqsplit{für/gegen+akk} & to decide infavor of/against \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sich \seqsplit{interessieren} & für+akk & to be interested in \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} k{\"a}mpfen & \seqsplit{für/gegen+akk} & to fight for/ against \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{protestieren} & \seqsplit{für/gegen+akk} & to protest for/against \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}