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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Article
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Number
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There are two numbers in the German language, the singular and the plural.
The singular number refers to only one thing, while the plural to more than one things.
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number | singular | Mann | Frau |
plural | Männer | Frauen |
The number of a noun can be identified
- By its form or
- by words that accompany the noun, like articles or adjectives.
form
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words that accompany the noun
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singular |
Haus
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Auto
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das Mädchen
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ein Wagen
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guter Lehrer
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plural |
Häuser
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Autos
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die Mädchen
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fünf Wagen
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gute Lehrer
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Most nouns have both a singular and a plural number. There are, however, some noun groups that form only one of the two numbers.