Master grammar with comprehensive explanations and examples
Full accusative declension with all article types and personal pronouns
Can apply accusative endings to all article types
Complete first: Akkusativ: Einführung
Full dative declension with all article types, pronouns, and dative verbs
Can apply dative endings and use dative verbs correctly
Complete first: Dativpräpositionen
The genitive case for possession and certain prepositions
Can express possession and use genitive prepositions
Complete first: Akkusativ vollständig, Dativ vollständig
Introduction to the accusative case
Can use the accusative case for direct objects
Complete first: Genus & bestimmte Artikel
Mir tut der Kopf weh — dative with body parts
Can describe pain and body issues using dative
Complete first: Dativpräpositionen
German alphabet and key pronunciation rules
Can spell words and recognize German pronunciation patterns
Numbers from zero to ten
Can understand and use numbers in everyday situations
Numbers from eleven to one hundred
Can understand and say numbers up to one hundred
Complete first: Zahlen 0-10
Turning verbs and adjectives into nouns
Can transform verbs and adjectives into nouns in formal style
Complete first: Genitiv
German word formation: compounds, prefixes, and suffixes
Can understand and create compound words and derivations
Review and consolidation for Goethe-Zertifikat B2
Can apply all B2 grammar in Goethe exam task formats
Complete first: Konjunktiv II (vollständig), Passiv mit Modalverben
Review of all A2 grammar for Goethe-Zertifikat A2
Can apply all A2 grammar in Goethe exam task formats
Complete first: Akkusativ vollständig, Dativ vollständig, Präteritum (sein, haben, Modalverben)
Telling time officially and colloquially
Can ask for and tell the time in German
Complete first: Zahlen 11-100
Large numbers and talking about prices
Can understand and use large numbers and prices
Complete first: Zahlen 11-100
Months, seasons, and expressing dates
Can express months, seasons, and dates in German
Complete first: Zahlen 11-100
German sentence intonation patterns and word stress rules
Can recognize and produce basic German intonation patterns for statements and questions
Complete first: Alphabet & Aussprache
Passive voice combined with modal verbs
Can combine passive voice with modal verbs in formal texts
Complete first: Passiv Präsens, Modalverb 'können'
Simple past tense formation for regular (weak) verbs
Can narrate past events using regular simple past forms
Complete first: Präteritum (sein, haben, Modalverben)
Simple past of irregular (strong) verbs with stem vowel changes
Can use irregular simple past forms in written narratives
Complete first: Präteritum regelmäßige Verben
Alternative constructions that express passive meaning without werden
Can use alternative passive constructions like lassen + sich
Complete first: Passiv mit Modalverben
Complete Konjunktiv II system including past and complex conditions
Can express complex unreal conditions in past and present
Complete first: Konjunktiv II (Grundformen), Konjunktiv II (würde + Infinitiv)
Past perfect tense for events before another past event
Can express events that happened before other past events
Complete first: Präteritum unregelmäßige Verben, Perfekt mit sein
Conjugating regular verbs like heißen, kommen
Can introduce themselves using simple present tense verbs
Complete first: Personalpronomen
Konjunktiv I for reported speech in formal German
Can report speech formally using Konjunktiv I
Complete first: Konjunktiv II (vollständig)
Partizip I and II used as adjectives before nouns
Can understand and use extended participial attributes
Complete first: Adjektivdeklination Typ 2+3
Future tenses: werden + Infinitiv (I) and werden + Partizip II + haben/sein (II)
Can express future plans and completed future actions
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
Verbs with reflexive pronouns referring back to the subject
Can use reflexive verbs for daily routines and feelings
Complete first: Dativ vollständig
Perfect tense with sein as auxiliary for movement and state-change verbs
Can choose sein or haben correctly in perfect tense
Complete first: Perfekt: Einführung
Present tense passive voice: werden + Partizip II
Can form and understand passive voice in present tense
Complete first: Akkusativ vollständig
Conjugation and usage of sein (to be)
Can describe people and things using the verb sein
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
Past passive: wurde + Partizip II and ist + Partizip II + worden
Can describe past events using passive voice
Complete first: Passiv Präsens, Präteritum unregelmäßige Verben
Simple past tense of sein, haben, and modal verbs
Can narrate using simple past of sein, haben, and modals
Complete first: Das Verb 'sein', Das Verb 'haben'
Regular verb pattern with wohnen, spielen, lernen
Can talk about daily activities using regular verbs
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
Subjunctive II for polite requests, wishes, and unreal conditions
Can make polite requests and express wishes with Konj. II
Complete first: Modalverb 'können', Modalverb 'müssen'
Conjugation and usage of haben (to have)
Can express possession using the verb haben
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
The würde-construction for Konjunktiv II of most verbs
Can express hypothetical situations using würde + infinitive
Complete first: Konjunktiv II (Grundformen)
Infinitive clauses with zu, um...zu, ohne...zu, statt...zu
Can form infinitive clauses with zu for purposes and conditions
Complete first: Nebensätze: dass, wenn, ob
Inseparable prefix verbs: be-, er-, ver-, ent-, emp-, ge-, miss-, zer-
Can use inseparable prefix verbs with correct meanings
Complete first: Trennbare Verben
Verbs that require a specific preposition
Can use verbs with their required prepositions correctly
Complete first: Wechselpräpositionen (vollständig)
Verbs with stems ending in -t or -d need extra -e-
Can correctly conjugate verbs with -t/-d stems
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
Complete imperative forms for du, ihr, and Sie
Can give commands in all registers: du, ihr, and Sie
Complete first: Imperativ (Sie-Form), Imperativ (du-Form)
Stem-changing verbs: fahren→fährt, lesen→liest
Can use common stem-changing verbs in conversation
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
Verbs that take both a dative and accusative object
Can use verbs with both dative and accusative objects
Complete first: Akkusativ vollständig, Dativ vollständig
Separable verbs: aufstehen, anfangen, einkaufen
Can use separable verbs to describe daily routines
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
Irregular conjugation of essen (to eat)
Can talk about eating using the irregular verb essen
Complete first: Stammvokaländerung
Using möchten to express wishes politely
Can express polite wishes and requests with möchten
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
Separable verbs in shopping and daily contexts
Can use separable verbs in shopping and daily life
Complete first: Trennbare Verben
können for ability and possibility
Can express ability and ask for permission with können
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
müssen for obligation and necessity
Can express obligation and necessity with müssen
Complete first: Modalverb 'können'
Formal commands: Gehen Sie! Nehmen Sie!
Can give formal instructions and commands
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
dürfen for permission and prohibition
Can express permission and prohibition with dürfen
Complete first: Modalverb 'müssen'
Informal commands: Geh! Nimm! Lies!
Can give informal commands to friends and family
Complete first: Imperativ (Sie-Form)
wollen for wishes and intentions
Can express wishes and intentions with wollen
Complete first: Modalverb 'dürfen'
Introduction to past tense with haben + Partizip II
Can talk about past events using the perfect tense
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation, Das Verb 'haben'
Perfect tense with regular verbs: ge- + stem + -t
Can form past participles of regular verbs correctly
Complete first: Perfekt: Einführung
Perfect tense with irregular verbs: ge- + stem + -en
Can use irregular past participles in conversation
Complete first: Perfekt: regelmäßige Verben
Prepositions that always require the accusative case
Can use accusative prepositions für, durch, gegen, ohne
Complete first: Akkusativ vollständig
All prepositions that always require the dative case
Can use all dative prepositions in routine contexts
Two-way prepositions with full accusative/dative contrast
Can use all two-way prepositions with correct case
Complete first: Wechselpräpositionen, Akkusativ vollständig, Dativ vollständig
Prepositions with dative: in, an, auf, bei, mit
Can describe locations using basic dative prepositions
Complete first: Genus & bestimmte Artikel
Two-way prepositions: accusative vs. dative
Can distinguish location and direction with two-way prepositions
Complete first: Akkusativ: Einführung, Dativpräpositionen
Time prepositions: am, um, von...bis, im
Can talk about times and dates using am, um, im
Complete first: Uhrzeit, Dativpräpositionen
Personal pronouns in nominative case
Can use personal pronouns to refer to people
Complete first: Alphabet & Aussprache
Personal pronouns as direct objects in the accusative case
Can replace direct objects with accusative pronouns
Da(r)- and wo(r)- compounds for things with prepositional verbs
Can replace prepositional phrases with da(r)- and wo(r)-
Complete first: Verben mit Präpositionalergänzung
This/that: dieser, diese, dieses
Can point out specific items using dieser/diese/dieses
Complete first: Genus & bestimmte Artikel
Relative clauses with relative pronouns in nominative and accusative
Can define people and things using relative clauses
Complete first: Nebensätze: dass, wenn, ob, Akkusativ vollständig
Relative clauses with dative and prepositional relative pronouns
Can form relative clauses with dative and prepositions
Complete first: Relativsätze (Nominativ/Akkusativ), Dativ vollständig
Question words: wie, wo, woher, was, wer
Can ask basic questions about personal information
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
Embedded questions with ob and W-words
Can embed questions politely in longer sentences
Complete first: Nebensätze: dass, wenn, ob
Paired connectors: sowohl...als auch, weder...noch, entweder...oder, etc.
Can use paired connectors for balanced sentence structures
Complete first: Kausale/Konzessive Konnektoren
Complex temporal clauses with precise time relationships
Can express precise time relationships with temporal clauses
Complete first: Plusquamperfekt
Advanced cause, concession, and condition clauses with varied connectors
Can argue using cause, concession, and condition clauses
Complete first: Kausale/Konzessive Konnektoren
Subordinate clauses with dass, wenn, and ob
Can form complex sentences with dass, wenn, and ob
Complete first: Nebensatz mit 'weil'
Time-related connectors for sequencing events
Can sequence events using temporal connectors
Complete first: Nebensätze: dass, wenn, ob
Negating sentences with nicht
Can negate statements using nicht
Complete first: Regelmäßige Verbkonjugation
The temporal-modal-place word order rule
Can order time, manner, and place correctly in sentences
Complete first: Wortstellung mit Zeitangaben, Dativ vollständig
Advanced connectors for cause and concession
Can express cause and concession with advanced connectors
Complete first: Nebensätze: dass, wenn, ob
Negating nouns with kein/keine/keinen
Can negate nouns using kein/keine
Complete first: Negation mit 'nicht', Genus & bestimmte Artikel
Basic connectors that don't change word order
Can connect simple sentences with und, aber, oder
Word order when time expressions come first
Can place time expressions correctly in sentences
Complete first: W-Fragen, Uhrzeit
There is/there are with accusative
Can describe what exists in a place using es gibt
Complete first: Akkusativ: Einführung
Modal verb at position 2, infinitive at the end
Can build sentences with modal verb and final infinitive
Complete first: Modalverb 'können', Wortstellung mit Zeitangaben
Using es gibt for places and directions
Can give directions and describe places using es gibt
Complete first: 'Es gibt' + Akkusativ
Subordinate clauses with weil — verb goes to end
Can give reasons using weil with verb-final order
Complete first: Wortstellung mit Zeitangaben
Comparing things using comparative and superlative forms
Can compare things using comparative and superlative forms
Complete first: Adjektive für Personen
Adjective endings after definite articles (der, die, das)
Can add correct adjective endings after definite articles
Complete first: Akkusativ vollständig, Dativ vollständig
Adjective endings after indefinite articles (Type 2) and without articles (Type 3)
Can use adjective endings after indefinite and zero articles
Complete first: Adjektivdeklination Typ 1
Describing people: groß, klein, alt, jung
Can describe people using basic adjectives
Complete first: Genus & bestimmte Artikel
Using color words as adjectives
Can describe objects using color adjectives
Complete first: Adjektive für Personen
German grammatical gender and der/die/das
Can use der, die, das correctly with common nouns
Complete first: Alphabet & Aussprache
Possessive articles mein/dein/sein/ihr
Can express possession using possessive articles
Complete first: Personalpronomen, Genus & bestimmte Artikel
Small words (doch, ja, mal, eben, halt, eigentlich, denn) that add nuance
Can use modal particles to sound more natural in German
Days of the week and frequency adverbs
Can talk about weekly schedules and frequency
Expressing preferences with gern, lieber, am liebsten
Can express likes and preferences using gern/lieber
immer, oft, manchmal, selten, nie
Can describe how often things happen using adverbs
Masculine nouns that add -(e)n in all cases except nominative singular
Can decline weak masculine nouns in all cases
Complete first: Akkusativ vollständig, Dativ vollständig
Basic plural formation patterns in German
Can form and recognize plural nouns in German
Complete first: Genus & bestimmte Artikel
Professions used without articles after sein
Can state professions without articles after sein