German grammar grammar guides, lessons and exercises.
Our guide to all the grammar articles and references on our site - listed by grammatical topic!
Quickly find the conjugation of many common German verbs.
A simpler approach to learning or teaching the endings. Just ask yourself two questions. A guest feature.
Test yourself on how well you know your German adjective endings.
German is the only world language that requires the capitalization of all nouns. But once you get past that easy rule, the German capitalization rules can be a bit more tricky. Here's a lesson to help you write better German.
German comparisons are similar to English, but there are a few tricks you should know. With exercises.
All of our verb-related pages and verb conjugation charts.
Der, die, or das? It's not always easy to tell the gender of German nouns. Here's some help.
A lesson about using 'Sie' and 'du' ('you' and 'thou') in German. Learning to use the formal versus the familiar forms of German 'you' words.
An introduction to the subjunctive (der Konjunktiv) mood in German - when and how to use it. The German Subjunctive I and Subjunctive II.
The German subjunctive (Konjunktiv) mood - when and how to use it. Subjunctive II, or the 'past subjunctive.'
There is a class of masculine German nouns that do things most German nouns don't do. In certain grammatical situations these nouns have endings that most other nouns don't have. Learn more in this lesson on German nouns with irregular endings.
Our free online course for German. Includes audio.
As in English, German uses both present and past participles as adverbs and adjectives. However, there are some important differences between the ways that the two languages do this. Here's a lesson that points out the differences and gives examples.
Although German and English punctuation is often similar, there are a few key differences. Learn how German punctuation can differ from English--from the use of quotation marks (two kinds) to the lack of commas in certain situations.
Our chart of strong (irregular) verbs in German.
Can't tell the accusative from the dative? Not sure what a conjunction is? Find the answers to your German grammar terminology questions here - in plain English.
Learn when and how to use this German verb mood. With self-scoring quiz.
German prepositions: potential problems and how to avoid them.
The public debate over German spelling reforms - first introduced in 1996 - heated up again in 2004 when several German periodicals announced they were returning to the 'classic' spelling rules. Does this spell the end of the reforms?
A look at one aspect of German spelling reform: to ß or to ss, that is the question.
The German media began using the
neue Rechtschreibung on Aug. 1, 1999. What does it mean for German-learners?
Our chart of strong (irregular) verbs in German.
Learn the top ten kinds of mistakes that beginning students of German are likely to make - and how to avoid them!
