German Grammar Cheat Sheet

A Education › German cheat sheet in English and Deutsch (German) by beomunic

Cheat Sheet based on Entire German Grammar Course: Learn German Smarter Not Harder | German with Laura. https://youtu.be/paDNTjoWExI?si=90T_ydnGcDwu847E

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Noun Gender

Noun Endings
Noun Groups
MASCULINE NOUN ENDINGS (der)
- ling
- ig
- ich
MASCULINE NOUN GROUPS
- months & seasons
- weather elements
- currency
FEMININE NOUN ENDINGS (die)
- heit
- schaft
- ung
- keit
FEMININE NOUN GROUPS
- trees
- fruits
- flowers
NEUTER NOUN ENDINGS (das)
- chen
- lein
- kett
- il
NEUTER NOUN GROUPS
- metals
- countries
- hotels

Noun Plurals

Noun Plurals
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Declension Patterns

Declension Patterns
e.g.: Dieser alte Mann gabe der netten Frau jenes heulende Baby. (This old man gave the nice woman that bawling baby.)

NOMINATIVE subject
ACCUSATIVE direct object
DATIVE indirect object

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Nominative Pronouns

Single
Plural
ich
wir
du
ihr
er, sie, es
sie/Sie

Accusative Pronouns

Single
Plural
mich
uns
dich
euch
ihn, sie, es
sie/Sie

Dative Pronouns

Single
Plural
mir
uns
dir
euch
ihm, ihr, ihm
ihnen/­Ihnen

Word Order Rules

Rule #1: The nominative and verb must be next to each other.

Rule #2: The verb must be in the 2nd position in the sentence.

Standard Sentence Pattern

Nominative + verb + Accusa­tiv­e/D­ati­ve/­Adverbs

Transposed Sentence Pattern

Transposed Sentence Pattern
_____ (to emphasize) + verb + Nominative + Accusa­tiv­e/D­ati­ve/­Adverbs

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