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Verb
Conjugation in indicative
Modal verbs
Present Tense

WORD GRAMMAR (10)▾
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Verb (9)▾
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Conjugation in indicative (6)▾
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Regular verbs (6)▾
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Present Tense
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Präteritum
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Present Perfect
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Past Perfect
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Simple Future
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Future Perfect
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Irregular verbs (8)▾
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Present Tense (1)▾
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All verbs with stem vowel change in the present tense
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Präteritum
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Present Perfect
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Past Perfect
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Simple Future
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Future Perfect
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List of irregular verbs
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(Ir)regular forms of verb stem
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Mixed verbs (6)▾
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Present Tense
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Präteritum
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Present Perfect
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Past Perfect
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Simple Future
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Future Perfect
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Auxiliary verbs (6)▾
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Present Tense
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Präteritum
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Present Perfect
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Past Perfect
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Simple Future
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Future Perfect
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Modal verbs (6)▾
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Present Tense
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Präteritum
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Present Perfect
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Past Perfect
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Simple Future
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Future Perfect
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Special features regarding verb conjugation (7)▾
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Tenses with -haben- or -sein-
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Past Participle with/without the prefix -ge-
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e- addition
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-s- merge
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-e- deletion
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Special cases of perfect tenses formation
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Separable / Inseparable verbs
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Person and number (1)▾
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Difficulties in agreement (concord)
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Tenses (9)▾
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Present Tense
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Präteritum
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Present perfect
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Past Perfect
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Simple Future
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Future Perfect
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Expressing a supposition / prediction
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Overview of tense uses
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Sequence of tenses
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Voice (8)▾
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Active and passive voice
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Formation of the passive voice
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Conversion from active to passive voice (2)▾
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Personal passive
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Impersonal passive
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Passive with modal verbs
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Agent in passive voice
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Verbs without a passive voice
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Zustandspassiv (sein- passive) (2)▾
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Formation
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Distinguishing the Zustandspassiv from other forms
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Alternative ways of passive voice formation (2)▾
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without a modal meaning
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with a modal meaning
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Mood (4)▾
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Indicative
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Konjunktiv I (2)▾
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Conjugation (3)▾
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Present Tense
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Present Perfect
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Simple future - Future perfect
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Indirect speech
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Konjunktiv II (8)▾
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Conjugation (3)▾
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Präteritum
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Past Perfect
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The "würde" forms
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Declarative clauses (unreal)
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Optative clauses (unreal)
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Polite expression of requests
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Conditional clauses (unreal)
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Concessive clauses (unreal)
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Consecutive clauses (unreal)
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Clauses of comparison (unreal)
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Imperative (2)▾
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Formation of the imperative
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Alternative structures of the imperative
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Verb categories (5)▾
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Full verbs
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Auxiliary verbs
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Modal verbs (10)▾
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dürfen
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können
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mögen / ich möchte
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müssen
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sollen
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wollen
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Subjective meaning of modal verbs
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Meaning of modal verbs (Overview)
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Verbs that express modality
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Special features
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Copular(linking) verbs
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Empty (light) verbs
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Valency (3)▾
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Personal / impersonal
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Transitive / intransitive (1)▾
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Special features
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Reflexive / reciprocal (3)▾
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Reflexive verbs
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Reciprocal verbs
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Notes
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Semantic categories of verbs
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Finite / non-finite verb forms (3)▾
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Infinitive
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Present participle
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Past participle
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Noun (4)▾
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Gender (2)▾
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Form and gender
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Special features
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Number (3)▾
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Formation of the plural (2)▾
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Type of plural according to word ending
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Umlaut in the plural
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Only in singular or plural number
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Special features
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Case (4)▾
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Nominative case
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Genitive case
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Dative case
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Accusative case
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Declension (5)▾
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First declension (4)▾
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Genitive with -s/-es
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s- doubling
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n-doubling
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-mann / -leute
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Second declension (1)▾
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Exceptions
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Declension of nominalized adjectives
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Proper names (person)
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Geographical names
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Adjective (5)▾
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Use (1)▾
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Adjectives with limited uses
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Declension (5)▾
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First declension (der-die-das - declension) (1)▾
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Other determiners (First declension)
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Second declension (ein-eine-ein - declension)
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Third declension (zero article - declension) (1)▾
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Other determiners (Third declension)
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All words that can complement an adjective
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Special features
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Comparison (5)▾
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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Absolute superlative
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Formation (1)▾
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According to their use
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Complements
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Numerals (6)▾
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Cardinal numerals
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Ordinal numerals
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Fractional numerals
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Multiplicative numerals
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Generic numerals
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Indefinite numeral adjectives
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Adverb (3)▾
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Use
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Adverb categories (6)▾
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Adverbs of time
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Adverbs of reason / purpose
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Adverbs of manner
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Adverbs of place
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Interrogative adverbs
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The Konjuktionaladverbien
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Comparison
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Article (3)▾
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Use (3)▾
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Definite article
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Indefinite article
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Zero article
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Declension (2)▾
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Definite article
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Indefinite article
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Article merge with preposition
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Pronoun (9)▾
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Personal pronouns (1)▾
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The pronoun es
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Reflexive pronouns
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Reciprocal pronouns
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Possessive pronouns
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Demonstrative pronouns (7)▾
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der, die, das
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solch-
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selbst / selber
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derlei / dergleichen
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derselbe
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derjenige
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dies- / jen-
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Interrogative pronouns (3)▾
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wer / was
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welch-
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was für ein-
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Relative pronouns (2)▾
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der, die, das
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wer / was
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Indefinite pronouns (10)▾
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ein- / kein- / welch-
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man
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jemand / niemand
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etwas / nichts
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all-
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einig- / mehrer-
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manch-
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beide
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irgendein- / irgendwelch-
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jed- / jedermann
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The Praepositionaladverbien (2)▾
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Form
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Use
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Preposition (5)▾
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Use
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Meaning (2)▾
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Prepositions Ι (23)▾
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ab
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an
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auf
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aus
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bei
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bis
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durch
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für
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gegen
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gegenuber
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hinter
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in
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mit
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nach
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neben
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ohne
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über
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um
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unter
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von
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vor
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zu
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zwischen
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Prepositions ΙI
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Case (6)▾
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Accusative
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Dative
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Genitive
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Accusative or dative
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Overview
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Special features
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Position
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Preposition merge with article
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Conjunction (3)▾
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Form
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Use (3)▾
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Coordinating conjunctions
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Subordinating conjunctions
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Two-part conjunctions
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Meaning (11)▾
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Copulative
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disjunctive
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adversative (contrastive)
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final
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causal
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conditional
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consecutive
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concessive
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modal
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temporal
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empty
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Particle
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Interjection
SENTENCE GRAMMAR (6)▾
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Clause types (5)▾
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Declarative clauses
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Interrogative clauses (2)▾
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yes-no questions
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Question-word questions
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Imperative clauses
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Optative clauses
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Exclamative clauses
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Complex clauses (4)▾
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Coordination and subordination (1)▾
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Contracted clauses
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Form of subordinate clauses (2)▾
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with / without introductory word
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with finite / non-finite verb form
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Function of subordinate clauses (5)▾
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Subject and object clause (4)▾
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dass-clause
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indirect interrogative clauses
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Infinitive clauses without a conjunction
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Finite clauses without a conjunction
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Adverbial clauses (9)▾
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Temporal clause
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Causal clause
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Conditional clause
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Final clause
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Consecutive clause
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Concessive clause
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Adversative clause
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Modal clause
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Clauses of place
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Attributive clauses (1)▾
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Relative clauses (2)▾
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Introductory words
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Relative clauses with wer / was
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Sentential relative clauses
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The Korrelat
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Position of subordinate clauses
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Constituents of a sentence (5)▾
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Predicate
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The predicative expression
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Subject
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Object
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Adverbial complements
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Sentence structure (4)▾
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Valency
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Complements
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Primary structures
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Secondary structures
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Word order in a sentence (2)▾
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Position of the Praedikat
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Topological fields (3)▾
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Vorfeld (Prefield)
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Mittelfeld (Midfield) (4)▾
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Subject
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Object
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Αdverbials
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Syntactic tendencies and rules
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Nachfeld (Postfield)
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Negation

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