Learning a language as a professional or student is very simple yet difficult. As we are learning the languages different parts and patterns of the language are learned. Learning a grammar pattern of a language is very important as all the rules of speaking and writing come from it.

So let’s look at the different types of grammar patterns that are used in the German language!

Present tense(Präsens) is used to speak or to indicate the verdin present or future. It is the most often used tense in German. It is similar to the English tense, simple present, present continuous or present progressive and future “ will “ or “ going to”.

Uses of Present tense-

1. Fact or conditions in the present.

2. An action that takes place in the present once, repeatedly, or never.

3. An action that expresses how long something has been going on.

4. Future actions that are already planned or agreed upon.

Present perfect tense (Perfekt) is used to speak about a near past action in English. However, in German, the present perfect tense is used to speak about the past tense.

Usages of Present Perfect-

1. a completed action in the past with focus on the result of the action.

2. an action that will be completed by a certain point in the future.

*The point in the future must be specifically designated, otherwise we use the future perfect.

Simple past(Präteritum) is used for the action or facts that are started and finished in the past. But, in speaking, the perfect tense is used instead of the simple past.

Uses of Simple past-

1. a completed action in the past

2. A fact or condition in the past

Past perfect(Plusquamperfekt) is used to expresses actions that took place before a certain point in the past.

Uses of Past perfect

1. An action before a certain point in the past

The future tense (Futur I) is mostly used to express assumptions about the present or future in German. We can also use this tense to express future intentions, although, in spoken German, it is more common to use the present tense for this. 

Uses of future tense-

1. A future intention

2. An assumption about the future

3. An assumption about the present

The future perfect (Futur II, vollendete Zukunft) expresses the assumption that an action will have been completed by the time of speaking, or by a particular point in the future.

Uses of future perfect

1. An assumption about an action in the past

2. An assumption that an action will have been completed by a certain point in the future

Verbs, or doing words, express an action (e.g. gehen – to go), a process (e.g. schlafen – to sleep), or a state of being (sein – to be). German verbs have to be conjugated which means they change their ending depending on who or what you are talking about, whether the verb refers to a singular or plural noun, and which tense you are using.

Learn about modal verbs, reflexive verbs, separable and inseparable verbs, transitive verbs as well as the passive, imperative and subjunctive moods in German grammar.

• Sein und Haben

Sein and haben can be both main verbs and auxiliaries depending on the context. Learn the difference between them, so you can use sein and haben correctly in German grammar.

• Participle

A participle is a word formed from a verb. In German grammar, there are two kinds of participles; Partizip I is the present participle (similar to the gerund in English Grammar), and Partizip II is the past participle (formed with -ed in English). We can use participles as adjectives, to shorten or replace clauses, or in the conjugation of compound German tense.

The modal verbs in German are dürfen (be allowed to/may), können (be able to/can), mögen (to like/may), müssen (to have to/must), sollen (to ought to/should), and wollen (to want to). Modal verbs express ability, necessity, obligation, permission, or possibility.

Master the rules for conjugating modal verbs and get tips on how and when to use them in German.

The infinitive is the base form of a verb and ends in -en. In German grammar, the infinitive is often used together with a conjugated verb. Depending on the verbs it follows, we use the infinitive with or without the preposition zu.

There are many other grammar mentions above that are used in German some of them are; Reflexive verbs, Separate verbs, Transitive/Intransitive verbs, Passive, Imperative, Subjunctive and irregular verbs.

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