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The Perfekt is a compound past tense in German that is used in everyday conversation to talk about completed actions. Most verbs form the Perfekt with the auxiliary verb haben comb...
Although most German verbs use haben to form the Perfekt, a smaller but important group uses the auxiliary sein instead. These are verbs of movement from one place to another, such...
Many German verbs combine a base verb with a prefix, and the prefix can be either separable or inseparable. A separable verb (trennbares Verb) splits its prefix from the stem in th...
German prepositions are divided into three groups based on which case they require. The first group always takes the Akkusativ, and these prepositions are durch (through), für (for...
To compare two things in German, you form the comparative by adding -er to the adjective. Many one-syllable adjectives with the vowels a, o, or u also take an umlaut in the compara...
German personal pronouns change form depending on the case they appear in. The dative pronouns are mir (to me), dir (to you, informal), ihm (to him), ihr (to her), uns (to us), euc...
The Imperative is used to give commands, instructions, or requests in German. For the formal Sie form, you use the infinitive plus Sie: Kommen Sie bitte! means Please come!, and Sp...