German grammar

Practice German grammar with free online exercises

Learn German grammar through interactive exercises and real sentences. Practice der, die and das, accusative, dative, word order, pronouns, prepositions and other essential German grammar topics.

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Why is German grammar difficult?

German grammar can feel difficult because articles, word order and word forms change depending on how a sentence works. Words like der, die, das, den and dem appear everywhere.

Short interactive exercises help you recognize these patterns in context, instead of memorizing grammar tables.

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Articles and noun gender

Learn der, die and das and build intuition for German noun gender.

Der, die and das Practice German noun gender and learn when to use der, die and das. Articles NY

Der, die and das arcade Sort German nouns by article and build speed with der, die and das. Arcade

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German cases

Practice accusative and dative through clear everyday sentence patterns.

German accusative Practice der → den, direct objects and common German accusative patterns. Accusative NY

German dative case Practice dem, der and common German dative sentence patterns. Dative

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Sentence structure and questions

Practice German word order, question words and linking words.

German word order and the V2 rule Practice German sentence structure, verb-second word order and common sentence patterns. Word order NY

German question words Practice wer, was, wo, woher, wohin, wann, warum and wie. Questions NY

German conjunctions Practice und, oder, aber, denn and weil with sentence-building exercises. Linking words

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Everyday German grammar

Practice pronouns, possessives, negation and useful prepositions.

German pronouns Practice ich, du, er, sie, es, wir, ihr and Sie in common German sentences. Pronouns NY

German possessive pronouns Practice mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser and euer in everyday sentences. Possessives NY

German negation Practice nicht, kein, keine and keinen in common German sentences. Negation NY

German prepositions Practice in, auf, unter, vor, hinter, neben and zwischen. Prepositions

What is the difference between accusative and dative?

The accusative is often used for the direct object: Ich sehe den Mann. The dative often appears after certain prepositions or with indirect objects: Ich spreche mit dem Mann.

You do not need to memorize every rule at once. Repeated examples help the pattern become familiar.

Why is German word order important?

German often follows the V2 rule, where the verb comes in the second position: Heute gehe ich nach Hause. This is one reason German sentence structure can feel different from English.

Practicing full sentence patterns makes word order easier to recognize naturally.

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