German lessons

Indefinite Articles: Accusative (ein, eine, einen)

Practice choosing the right accusative indefinite article for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

“Ich habe ein Handy.”

Indefinite Articles: Dative (einem, einer)

Practice choosing the right dative indefinite article for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

“Ich helfe einem Mann.”

Indefinite Articles: Nominative (ein, eine)

Practice choosing the right nominative indefinite article for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

“Das ist ein Hund.”

Indefinite Articles: Genitive (eines, einer)

Practice choosing the right genitive indefinite article for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

“Das ist der Hut eines Mannes.”

Definite Articles: Nominative (der, die, das)

Practice choosing the right nominative definite article for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

“der Hund bellt laut.”

Definite Articles: Genitive (des, der, des)

Practice choosing the right genitive definite article for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

“Das ist der Napf des Hundes.”

Definite Articles: Dative (dem, der, dem)

Practice choosing the right dative definite article for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

“Ich fahre mit dem Zug nach Berlin.”

Definite Articles: Accusative (den, die, das)

Practice choosing the right accusative definite article for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

“Ich sehe den Hund im Park.”

Noun Gender: 100% Reliable Endings

Practice guessing der/die/das from noun endings that are (essentially) always correct — pattern recognition, not memorization.

“der-ant”

Weil, Dass, Wenn, Ob: Which Connector?

Choose the right connector — because/that/if-whenever/whether — based on meaning, not grammar.

“Ich esse jetzt, weil ich Hunger habe.”

Word Order After Every Connector

Practice the three word-order patterns connectors trigger: verb-to-the-end after subordinating words, unchanged order after coordinating words, and each correlative pair's own arrangement.

“Ich bleibe zu Hause, weil ich krank bin.”

Adjective Endings After Definite Articles

Practice the "weak" adjective ending pattern used after der/die/das, dieser, jeder, and welcher.

“Der große Mann wohnt nebenan.”

Adjective Endings With No Article

Practice the "strong" adjective ending pattern used when there's no article at all — mass nouns, bare plurals, and after viele/einige/mehrere.

“Kalter Kaffee schmeckt mir nicht.”

Adjective Endings After Indefinite Articles & Possessives

Practice the "mixed" adjective ending pattern used after ein/kein and possessives like mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser.

“Ein großer Mann steht vor der Tür.”

Prepositions and Case: Dative, Accusative, or Both?

A mixed drill on all three preposition groups — decide which case applies before picking the article.

“Ich fahre mit dem Auto zur Arbeit.”

Personal Pronouns: Dative and Accusative

Practice choosing the correct dative or accusative form of personal pronouns depending on the verb.

“Ich sehe ihn jeden Tag.”

Da, Denn, Obwohl & More: Reason or Contrast?

Tell reason connectors (da, denn) apart from concession connectors (obwohl, obgleich, obschon), and see how denn's word order differs from weil.

“da es schon spät ist, gehen wir jetzt.”

Durch, Für, Gegen & More: Choosing by Meaning

The case is already correct in every sentence here — the only question is which preposition the meaning actually calls for.

“Wir gehen durch den Wald spazieren.”

Während, Bevor, Nachdem & More: Time Connectors

Pick the right time connector — while, before, after, as soon as, as long as, until, since, or when — based on how the two clauses relate in time.

“während ich koche, hört sie Musik.”

Verb + Preposition Combinations (Rektion)

helfen bei, sich freuen auf, Angst vor — many German verbs and expressions are welded to one specific preposition. There's no meaning to reason from here, just the pair to memorize.

“Kannst du mir bei der Übersetzung helfen?”

Falls, Damit, Sodass & More: Condition and Purpose

Choose between conditional connectors (falls, sofern, außer wenn) and purpose/result connectors (damit, sodass, indem).

“falls es regnet, nehmen wir einen Regenschirm mit.”

Und, Aber, Sondern & More: Joining Two Main Clauses

Practice the five coordinating conjunctions (und, oder, aber, denn, sondern) that join two main clauses without changing word order.

“Ich koche, und er deckt den Tisch.”

Entweder...Oder, Weder...Noch & More: Two-Part Connectors

Complete two-part (correlative) connector pairs like entweder...oder, weder...noch, sowohl...als auch, and je...desto — plus the subordinating pairs ohne dass and anstatt dass.

“Entweder gehen wir ins Kino, oder wir bleiben zu Hause.”