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Learn GermanGerman Vocabulary: Parts of the Head and Face (Der Kopf und das Gesicht)
Build your German vocabulary with this practical list of words for the head and face. Each entry includes the German article, plural form and an example sentence.
Learn GermanGerman Vocabulary: Parts of the Neck and Torso
Build your German vocabulary with these words for parts of the neck and torso. Each entry includes the German article, plural form and an example sentence.
Learn GermanGerman Vocabulary: Parts of the Arm and Hand (Der Arm und die Hand)
Build your German vocabulary for the arm and hand with useful anatomical terms, plural forms and everyday example sentences.
Learn GermanGerman Vocabulary: Parts of the Leg and Foot
Learn useful German vocabulary for parts of the leg and foot. Each term includes its article, plural form and a practical example sentence.
Learn GermanGerman Prepositions: Cases, Meanings and Practical Examples
German prepositions show relationships such as place, direction, time and reason. This guide explains which case follows each group and how to use them in everyday sentences.
Learn GermanGerman Nouns and the Three Grammatical Genders: der, die, das
Every German noun has a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine or neuter. This guide explains der, die and das, common patterns and why gender matters.
Learn GermanGerman Partizip I: The Present Participle
The German Partizip I describes an action or state happening at the same time as another action. Learn its formation, uses, adjective endings and negation.
Learn GermanGerman Wishes About the Past: Wunschsätze with Konjunktiv II Vergangenheit
German Wunschsätze express wishes, regret and disappointment about past events that could have happened differently. Learn the forms, word order and examples.
Learn GermanAls ob and Als wenn Sentences in the Past: Konjunktiv II Vergangenheit
Als ob and als wenn both mean “as if” or “as though”. Learn their word order, negation, questions and use with Konjunktiv II Vergangenheit.
Learn GermanThe German Past Participle (Partizip II)
The German Partizip II expresses a completed action or state. Learn how to form it and use it with sein or before a noun.
Learn GermanPerfekt and Partizip II: What Is the Difference?
German learners often confuse Perfekt with Partizip II because Perfekt always includes Partizip II. However, one is a tense, while the other is a grammatical form that can also be used independently.
Learn GermanGerman Participles with Expansions: Partizip I and II
German Partizip I and II can stand with several expansions, creating long descriptive phrases before a noun. Learn the structure and practise building them step by step.
Learn GermanGerman Vocabulary: Means of Transport (Verkehrsmittel)
These German transport words are useful when planning a journey, checking a timetable, buying a ticket or describing how you travel. Learn the key vocabulary, examples and grammar patterns.
Learn GermanHow to Use als ob and als wenn in German (Konjunktiv II)
The German conjunctions als ob and als wenn both mean “as if”. Learn why they are usually followed by Konjunktiv II and how to form the sentence correctly.
Learn GermanGerman Subjunctive II: The Conditional Mood (Konjunktiv II)
The German Konjunktiv II expresses unreal, imagined, desired or polite situations. Learn its theoretical forms and the practical use of würde + infinitive.
Learn GermanAn Introduction to German Relative Pronouns: der, die, das
German relative pronouns connect a relative clause to a noun mentioned earlier. Learn the basic nominative forms der, die, das and die with clear examples.
Learn GermanGerman Vocabulary: Internal Organs (Die inneren Organe)
Build your German medical vocabulary with these names for internal organs. Each entry includes the article, plural form and a practical example sentence.
Learn GermanPractical Basic Sentences in the German Past Conditional
The German past conditional, or Konjunktiv II Vergangenheit, describes something that would have happened differently in the past. Learn the basic structure and practise useful everyday sentences.
Learn GermanUsing haben and sein in the German Past Subjunctive
The German past subjunctive, or Konjunktiv II Vergangenheit, is formed with hätte or wäre plus the past participle. The auxiliary verb follows the same rules as in the perfect tense.
Learn GermanThe German Past Conditional: hätte / wäre + Partizip Perfekt
The German past conditional, or Konjunktiv II Vergangenheit, describes something that would have happened differently in the past. Learn the structure, auxiliary verbs and examples.
Learn GermanThe Präteritum of German Modal Verbs
German modal verbs are essential for expressing past obligations, abilities, permissions, wishes and intentions. Learn their Präteritum forms and sentence structure.
Learn GermanThe Präteritum of sein, haben and werden
The German verbs sein, haben and werden are irregular and extremely common. Learn their Präteritum forms and when to use each one.
Learn GermanUsing the German Präteritum
The Präteritum is one of the German past tenses, used mainly in written language. Learn its formation and the most important verb patterns.
Learn GermanGerman Vocabulary: Work and Professions (Arbeit und Berufe)
Work is an everyday topic, from describing your profession to discussing your workplace or attending a job interview. This vocabulary guide covers useful German terms and example sentences.
Learn GermanGerman Präteritum: The Narrative Past
The German past tense has two main forms: Perfekt for everyday speech and Präteritum for written language and narration. Learn the rules, examples and common mistakes.
Learn GermanThe Präteritum of sein, haben and werden
In German, sein, haben and werden are commonly used in the Präteritum even in everyday speech. Learn their irregular forms and practise them with useful examples.
Learn GermanThe Präteritum of German Modal Verbs
German modal verbs have special Präteritum forms that are frequently used in everyday speech. Learn their conjugations and how to use them with infinitives.
Learn GermanPräteritum and Perfekt of German Mixed Verbs
German mixed verbs combine a changed stem with the weak-verb ending -te in the Präteritum. Learn their forms and see how they are used in everyday sentences.
Learn GermanStrong German Verbs: Präteritum and Perfekt, Part 1
Strong German verbs change their stem in the Präteritum and Partizip Perfekt. This first list includes common verbs with their English meanings and forms.
Learn GermanStrong German Verbs in the Präteritum and Perfekt: Part 2
Strong German verbs change their stem in the past tense and must usually be learned individually. This lesson covers 20 common verbs and explains when to use sein or haben in the Perfekt.
Learn GermanGerman Strong Verbs: Präteritum and Perfekt, Part 3
This third group of German strong verbs includes common words for movement, everyday actions and experiences. Learn their changed vowel patterns, past forms and example sentences.