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Although we don't use them in English, cases are really important in German! Every noun/pronoun in a German sentence is in a particular case, depending on its function in the sentence. There are 4 cases – Th...

In German there are three genders for nouns: masculine, feminine and neuter. There are some rules for each gender regarding how the words are formed, however the best bet is to learn each gender with the wor...

In the German language there are two types of subjunctive: the Konjuntiv I and Konjunctiv II. The first form is used in reported speech, in order to report something that may or may not be true. The Konjunct...

What is Translation? Translation, or Uebersetzung , is quite simply the art of rewriting a source text (ie, an original piece of writing in one language) into a piece of text that can be read in the target l...

In German some verbs are separable . This means that they are formed of two parts which can be separated. Some examples are: an kommen (to arrive), aus gehen (to go out), ein laden (to invite), ab waschen (t...