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Traditional German Dancing
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German Transition Words

If you’re going to be speaking German in your daily life, you need to learn German transition words so that you can piece together an

Strong woman
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German Comparative and Superlative Endings

The positive form expresses the normal degree of intensity of the adjective. By using the comparative form, you increase the intensity of it. It is often used to compare two

German Strong Adjective Endings

Use strong declensions when a noun has no article or after a pronoun such as ein wenig (a little), etwas (something), dergleichen (the same), or ein paar (a couple). You’ll select 1 of 5 possible

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German Weak Adjective Endings

In English and in German, adjectives can be placed before nouns or after nouns. In German, if an adjective is placed before the noun, it

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German Adjectives, Adverbs and Prepositions

Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Most adjectives are stand-alone words; however, present and past participles can also be used as adjectives. Numbers are also

the historical castle Zavelstein in Germany
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German Prepositions of Place

The prepositions in and auf (followed by the accusative case) or zu and nach (followed by the dative case) are used. Prepositions of place or locative prepositions show

Mature beautiful tourist woman inside the restaurant looking outside the window
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German Adverbs of Place

Adverbs of place indicate position and answer the question “where?” (wo?) Adverbs of direction provide information about direction and answer the question: “where from?” (woher?) or “where to?” (wohin?). Adverbs help

Time is fleeting
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German Adverbs of Time and Frequency

Adverbs are often combined with prepositions, which refer either to the dative or the accusative object. Let’s look at some of the “temporal” adverbs (adverbs describing time). Adverbs help

Brandenburg gate in Berling, Germany
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German Konjunktiv II Modal Verbs

We conjugate the modal verbs (as well as a handful of others) in the Subjunctive II by adding the subjunctive endings to the simple past stem and adding an umlaut.

Woman traveling in Dresden city, Germany
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German Konjunktiv II – General Subjunctive II

The Konjunktiv II also known as Subjunctive II is the verb form that we use for polite requests, wishes, suggestions, theories and hypothetical situations. The general subjunctive (Konjunktiv II) is used