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In den ärmsten Ländern brauchen sie sauberes Trinkwasser, um zu überleben.

Words such as 'weil' and 'obwohl' are known as 'subordinating conjunctions' - these types of conjunctions affect the word order in German. They introduce a clause which cannot stand on its own, but is dep...

Both the sein-passive and the werden-passive use a past participle. However the sein-passive uses the past participle as an adjective. For example; Die Wiese ist mit Blumen bedeckt translates as 'the mead...

When using the sein passive, you are using the past participle of the verb as an adjective. For instance; Die Wiese ist mit Blumen bedeckt. This sentence uses the sein-passive and translates as 'the meado...

Using the cases correctly is vital, as different cases will change which word you use for 'the' (there are 12 words for 'the' in German!), and will also have an impact on the endings of adjectives and ind...