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ARTICLES, NOUNS & ADJECTIVES

Name it. Describe it.

A16 exercises

Der, die, das

Learn the three German noun genders with memorable examples, useful patterns, and a quick article challenge.

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Adjektive

Learn where German adjectives go, when they take endings, and how to compare two things.

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Nomen

Understand German noun capitalization, gender, plurals, and the little clues hidden in word endings.

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Artikel

Go beyond noun gender. Learn how definite and indefinite articles change when a noun becomes an object or follows a dative preposition.

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CASES & PRONOUNS

Build the sentence.

A1–A29 exercises

Dativ

German dative case. Learn when German uses the dative case, with nine everyday challenges.

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Akkusativ

German accusative case. Learn when a German object takes accusative, which articles change, and why destinations use it after two-way prepositions.

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Personalpronomen

German personal pronouns. Learn ich, du, er, sie and es, then see how the same people become mich, dich, mir or dir in a sentence.

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Genitiv

German genitive case. Understand wessen?, des Mannes and der Frau. Learn the most useful genitive article patterns with clear examples.

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PAST TENSES

Tell the story.

A1–B16 exercises

Perfekt Zeitform

German present perfect tense. Build natural past-tense sentences with haben or sein plus a past participle. Practise the forms you use in everyday conversation.

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Präteritum

German simple past. Learn war, hatte and the common simple-past forms that appear in stories, reports and everyday speech.

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Plusquamperfekt

German past perfect. Build the German past perfect with hatte or war plus a participle, and make the order of two past events clear.

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VERBS & SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Put it together.

A1–A26 exercises

Verben

Practise present-tense verb endings, German verb position, and an everyday separable verb.

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Satzglieder

Find the subject, verb, and object, then use sentence position to make your own German sound natural.

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VERBS & MOODS

Say what you mean.

A1–B16 exercises

Modalverben

German modal verbs. Use können, müssen, dürfen and other modal verbs without losing the main verb. Master the word order in short everyday sentences.

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Konjunktiv 2

German subjunctive II. Use hätte, wäre, könnte and würde to make polite requests, wishes and unreal ‘if’ sentences sound natural.

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Konjunktiv 1

German subjunctive I. Recognise sei, habe and komme in reported speech. Learn why German journalism uses Konjunktiv I to attribute a statement.

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FROM PRACTICE TO REAL LIFE

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