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A1
1. Definite articles and genderder, die, das
2. Indefinite articlesein, eine
3. Regular verbs and statement word orderich -e, er -t
4. The second persondu -st, Sie -en
5. Yes/No questions
6. The verb 'to have'habe, hast, hat
7. Plural pronouns and regular verbswir, ihr, sie
8. Plural 'to be' and 'to have'sind, haben
9. Plural nouns and the plural articledie
10. Sentence negationnicht
11. Noun negationkein, keine
12. Question wordswer, was, wo, wie
13. Numbers 0 to 12null, eins, zwei
14. The accusative caseden, die, das
15. Indefinite accusative articleseinen, keinen
16. Direct object pronounsmich, dich, ihn
17. Greetings and farewells
18. There is / there arees gibt
19. Vowel changes: e to i/ieer spricht, sie liest
20. Vowel changes: a to äer fährt
21. Weather and conditionses regnet
22. First- and second-person possessives in the nominativemein, dein, Ihr
23. First- and second-person possessives in the accusativemeinen, deinen, Ihren
24. Third-person and plural possessivessein, ihr, unser, euer
25. Possession with namesAnnas Auto
26. Demonstrative pronounsdieser, diese, dieses
27. Expressing preferencegern, lieber
28. Asking about direction and originwoher, wohin
29. Expressing abilitykönnen
30. Polite requestsmöchten
31. Expressing intentionwollen
32. Thank you, sorry and good wishes
33. Modal verbs of obligation and permissionmüssen, dürfen
34. Separable prefix verbs
35. Adverbs of frequencyimmer, oft, manchmal, nie
36. The Dative case and definite articlesdem, der, den
37. Dative indefinite and negative articleseinem, einer, keinem
38. Dative personal pronounsmir, dir, ihm, ihr...
39. Dative verbshelfen, danken, gefallen, schmecken
40. Dative prepositionsaus, bei, mit, nach...
41. Accusative prepositionsfür, ohne, gegen
42. Two-way prepositions for locationin, an, auf...
43. Female forms-in
44. Informal singular imperativemach, komm
45. Plural and formal imperativemacht, machen Sie
46. Coordinating conjunctionsund, oder, aber, denn
47. Simple past of sein and habenwar, hatte
48. The perfect tense: regular verbsgemacht, gespielt
49. Everyday replies
50. Past tense: irregular verbsge-...-en
51. The perfect tense: mixed verbsgebracht, gekannt
52. The perfect tense with seinist gegangen
53. The perfect tense: separable verbseingekauft
54. The perfect tense: inseparable and -ieren verbsbesucht, studiert
55. Informal singular commandsmach, lern
56. Numbers 13 to 20dreizehn to zwanzig
57. Counting by tens to 100dreißig, vierzig
58. Telling timeUhr, halb, Viertel, vor, nach
59. Numbers 21 to 99einundzwanzig, zweiunddreißig
A2
60. Numbers 100 to 1,000,000hundert, tausend...
61. Becoming and gettingwerden
62. Parts of the body
63. The impersonal pronounman
64. Colours
65. Indefinite pronounsjemand, niemand...
66. Family and relatives
67. Time sequence prepositionsvor, nach, bei
68. Food and groceries
69. Time span prepositionsvon... bis, seit, für
70. Adverbs of sequencezuerst, dann, danach
71. Two-way prepositions for directionin, auf, an...
72. Directional adverbshin, her
73. Placement verbssetzen, stellen, legen
74. Months of the yearJanuar, Februar
75. The four seasonsFrühling, Sommer
76. Time prepositions and indefinite pronounsan, in, um
77. Ordinal numbers 1st to 19tham ersten
78. Ordinals 20th and beyond-ste, -sten
79. Placement vs. location verbsstellen vs. stehen
80. Rooms and furniture
81. Accusative reflexive pronounsmich, dich, sich
82. Accusative reflexive verbssich freuen
83. Dative reflexive pronounsmir, dir, sich
84. Dative reflexive verbssich etwas merken
85. Ordinal numbers 11th to 19th-te
86. Temporal prepositionsan, in, um
87. Double objects with nouns
88. Double objects with pronouns
89. Personal details and forms
90. The modal verb for advicesollen
91. Simple past of modal verbsmusste, wollte...
92. Simple past of common irregularswurde, wusste, es gab
93. Adverbial connectors of consequencedeshalb, darum...
94. Subordinate clauses for statementsdass
95. Subordinate clauses for reasonsweil
96. Saying what you think
97. Conditional and temporal clauseswenn
98. Single past eventsals
99. Separable verbs in subordinate clauses
100. Nominative adjectives after definite articles-e
101. Accusative adjectives after definite articles-en
102. Dative adjectives after definite articles-en
103. Nominative adjectives after indefinite articles-er, -e, -es
104. Accusative adjectives after indefinite articles-en, -e, -es
105. Dative adjectives after indefinite articles-en
106. Plural adjectives after articles-en
107. Plural adjectives without articles-e, -en
108. Regular comparatives-er
109. Making comparisonsso ... wie, als
110. Comparatives with vowel changes
111. Superlativesam -sten
112. Irregular comparatives and superlatives
113. Verbs with fixed prepositionsAccusative
114. Verbs with fixed prepositionsDative
115. Prepositional questions for thingswo-
116. Prepositional pronouns for thingsda-
117. Prepositional pronouns for peopleauf wen?, mit ihm
118. The subjunctive II of 'to have' and 'to be'hätte, wäre
119. The subjunctive II of modal verbskönnte, sollte
120. Polite requests and hypotheticalswürde
121. Letters, email and the telephone
122. Infinitive clauseszu
123. Indirect yes/no questionsob
124. Indirect W-questions
125. Nominative relative clausesder, die, das
126. Accusative relative clausesden, die, das
127. The genitive case with definite articlesdes, der
128. The genitive caseeines, meiner
129. Future predictionswerden
130. Genitive indefinite and possessive articleseines, meiner
131. Possession with vondas Auto von Anna
132. Weak masculine nouns-n, -en
133. Compound nounsdie Hausaufgabe
134. Accusative prepositiondurch
135. Dative prepositiongegenüber
136. Subordinating conjunctionobwohl
137. Infinitive of purposeum ... zu
138. Purpose conjunctiondamit
139. Dative relative clausesdem, der, denen
140. But rathersondern
141. Contradicting negativesdoch
142. Starting fromab
143. Alongentlang
144. Clauses with beforebevor
145. Clauses with untilbis
146. Neverthelesstrotzdem
147. Time before place
148. Whichwelcher, welche, welches
149. What kind ofwas für ein
150. Indefinite and negative pronounseiner, keiner
151. Possessive pronounsmeiner, meins, meine
152. Strong adjective declension
153. Infinitive clausesohne zu, anstatt zu
154. The semi-modal verb brauchenbrauchen nicht zu
155. The conjunction sinceseitdem
156. Modal particlesmal, doch, halt, eben
B1
157. The simple past of regular verbs-te, -ten
158. The simple past of irregular verbsging, kam
159. The simple past of mixed verbsdachte, wusste
160. The past perfect tensehatte, war
161. Sequencing past eventsnachdem
162. The present perfect of modal verbshat machen müssen
163. The present passive voicewerden
164. Passive agentsvon, durch
165. The simple past passive voicewurde
166. The present perfect passive voiceist worden
167. Passive voice with modal verbsmuss ... werden
168. Stative passivesein + past participle
169. Reciprocal pronounseinander
170. Causative verbslassen
171. Housework and renting
172. Conjunctions of timesobald
173. Conjunctions of reasonda
174. Conditional conjunctionsfalls
175. Conjunctions for simultaneous actionswährend
176. Conjunctions of durationsolange
177. Expressing method and meansindem
178. Result clausessodass, so ..., dass
179. Alternative and negative clausesohne dass, anstatt dass
180. Genitive prepositionswegen, trotz
181. Spatial and temporal prepositionswährend, innerhalb, außerhalb
182. Travel and getting around
183. Genitive adjective declensiondefinite articles
184. Genitive adjective declensionindefinite and possessive articles
185. Prepositional relative clausesmit dem, auf die
186. Possessive relative pronounsdessen, deren
187. Indefinite relative pronounswas, wo
188. Either/orentweder ... oder
189. Neither ... norweder ... noch
190. Not only ... but alsonicht nur ... sondern auch
191. Both ... andsowohl ... als auch
192. Admittedly ... butzwar ... aber
193. Proportional comparisonsje ... desto
194. Anticipatory adverbs with dass-clausesdarauf, dass
195. Anticipatory adverbs with zu-infinitivesdarauf, zu
196. Adjectives with fixed prepositions
197. Present participles as adjectives
198. Weather and the outdoors
199. Past participles as adjectives
200. Adjective suffix for possibility-bar
201. Unfulfilled past conditionshätte / wäre
202. Unreal comparisonsals ob
203. Indefinite adverbsirgendwann, irgendwo, irgendwie
204. Directional adverbshin- and her-
205. Explanatory particlenämlich
206. Adjectives as nouns for people
207. School, exams and applications
208. Adjectives as abstract nounsetwas Gutes
209. Infinitives as nounsdas Lesen
210. Emphatic intensifiersselbst, selber
211. Fractionsdie Hälfte, ein Drittel
212. Exclusion with exceptaußer
213. Feminine noun suffixes-ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft
214. Diminutive suffixes-chen, -lein
215. Passive alternativessich lassen
216. Unfulfilled wishesnur / doch
217. Excessive degreezu ... um zu
218. The dummy subjectes
219. Advanced negation positioningnicht
220. Plural adjective declensionalle, viele
221. Mixed N-declension nouns-ns
222. Adjective suffixes-los, -voll
223. Circumpositionsan ... vorbei, um ... herum
224. Reciprocal prepositional adverbsmiteinander, voneinander
225. Verb-first conditionals
226. Impersonal passive voicees wird...
227. Stative passive in the pastwar / waren...
228. Connectors of additionaußerdem, zudem
229. Modals for assumptionsmüssen, können
230. Pronouns of identityderselbe, dieselbe, dasselbe
231. Nouns from participlesder Reisende...
232. The causal prepositionaufgrund
233. Directional relative clauseswohin, woher
234. Repeated past eventswenn
235. Instead of ((an)statt)
236. Adjectives with dative
237. Illness and the doctor
238. Otherwisesonst
239. In my opinionmeiner Meinung nach
240. Reporting hearsaysollen
241. Subjective claimswollen
242. Passive alternativessein zu + infinitive
243. Adverbs of attitude-weise
244. Noun-verb combinationsNomen-Verb-Verbindungen
245. Fixed expressions with nouns
246. Variable verb prefixesdurch-, über-, unter-, um-
247. Causal prepositionsaus, vor
248. Noun appositions
249. Relatives, pets and celebrations
250. Infinitives without zusehen, hören, bleiben
251. Measurement pluralszwei Liter, drei Glas
252. Colloquial directional adverbsrein, raus, runter
253. Present participles as adverbs-end
254. Free relative clauseswer, wen, wem
255. Past regrets with modalshätte ... sollen
256. Clothes and what you carry
257. Past possibilities with modalshätte ... können
258. Connectors of contrastjedoch, allerdings
259. Connectors of contrastdagegen
260. Relative pronouns for whole clauseswas
261. Formal demonstrativessolch-
262. Colloquial demonstrativesso ein-
263. Prefixes of mistake and changever-
264. Online and official business
265. Prefixes of removalent-
266. Prefixes of destructionzer-
267. Modal particlesja, denn, eigentlich
268. The verb 'to seem'scheinen zu
269. Referencing shared knowledgewie
270. Reported speech of 'to be'sei, seien
271. Adjective suffixes-ig, -lich, -isch
272. The negative prefixun-
273. Present assumptionswerden wohl
274. Active obligationhaben zu
275. Reporting sourceslaut
276. Concessive-conditional clausesauch wenn
277. Unconditional concessionegal
278. Comparative and superlative adjective endings
279. Object forms of 'man'einen, einem
280. Demonstrative pronounsderjenige, diejenige
281. Stating the yearim Jahr
282. Double infinitives in subordinate clauseshabe machen wollen
283. Double accusative verbskosten, nennen, lehren
284. Roles and identityals
285. Contrasting pairseinerseits ... andererseits
286. Connecting your ideas
287. Reported speechhabe, werde, könne...
288. SuggestionsLass / Lasst uns
289. Modal particlesruhig, bloß
290. Stating the topices geht um...
291. The prefix miss-miss-
292. Expressing meansdadurch, dass
293. Expressing dependencyje nachdem
294. Assumptions about the pastwird ... haben/sein
295. The preposition according togemäß
B2
296. High probabilitydürfte
297. Concession with modalsmag
298. State passive with modals
299. Necessitygehören
300. Obligation as an adjectivezu + present participle
301. Reported speech in the pasthabe / sei
302. Reported speech in the futurewerde
303. Reported speech replacementsKonjunktiv II
304. One-word Konjunktiv IIkäme, wüsste
305. Indirect requestssollen / mögen
306. Indefinite pronouns for peopleirgendwer
307. Adjective suffixes-haft, -mäßig
308. Formal prepositions of circumstanceangesichts, anlässlich
309. Formal prepositions of purposemangels, zwecks
310. Formal prepositions of advantagezugunsten, zuungunsten
311. Extended present participles
312. Extended past participles
313. Converting relative clauses to attributes
314. Whole-clause relative connectorsweshalb, weswegen
315. Restrictive relative connectorswobei
316. Generalizing relative pronounsauch immer
317. The placeholder objectes
318. Cleft sentenceses ist ...
319. Phrases after the verbNachfeld
320. Consequencesfolglich, demzufolge
321. Especially sincezumal
322. Provided thatsofern
323. Unlesses sei denn
324. Assuming thatangenommen, dass
325. Insofar asinsofern als
326. Too extreme tozu ... als dass
327. Multi-part connectorsgeschweige denn
328. Amplified negationgar nicht, keineswegs
329. Prepositional noun-verb combinations
330. Causal prepositional phraseswegen, aufgrund
331. Concessive prepositional phrasestrotz
332. Temporal prepositional phrasesnach, vor, während
333. Conditional and final phrasesbei, zu
334. Changing phrases back to clauses
335. The recipient passivebekommen / kriegen
336. Nouns with fixed prepositions
337. Verbs with fixed prepositionsadvanced
338. Unreal comparisonsals
339. Subordinating conjunctions for contrastwohingegen
340. Focus particlessogar, ausgerechnet, lediglich
341. Inseparable verb prefixesbe- and er-
342. Genitive prepositions of consequence and meansinfolge, mithilfe
343. Advanced dative prepositionsentgegen, entsprechend
344. Adverb word orderTeKaMoLo
345. Pronoun placement in the middle field
346. Continuative relative clausesworüber, womit
347. Formal relative pronounswelcher, welche
348. Genitive plural demonstrativesderer, deren
349. Spatial genitive prepositionsoberhalb, jenseits
350. Perfekt with double infinitiveshören, sehen
351. Restrictive conjunctionsaußer dass, außer wenn
352. Omitting 'dass'V2 word order
353. The indefinite pronoun 'welche'welche
354. Dummy object phraseses
355. The postpositioned preposition 'zufolge'zufolge
356. The genitive preposition 'anhand'anhand
357. The conjunction 'teils ..., teils ...'teils ..., teils ...
358. Formal prepositions of referencebezüglich, hinsichtlich
359. Formal framing phrases
360. Adjectives governing the Genitivebewusst, würdig
361. Temporal sequencingkaum ..., als
362. Conjunctions of extentinwiefern, inwieweit
363. Formal conditionalssollte...
364. Modal particle for reassuranceschon
365. Genitive verbssich rühmen, bedürfen
366. Pronominal forms of wegenmeinetwegen
367. Adverbs of substitutionstattdessen
368. Hedging and summing up
369. Postpositioned dative prepositionszuliebe
370. Possessive dativedem Kind die Hände
371. Dative of disadvantagemir ist ...
372. Unfulfilled past eventswäre fast ...
373. Modal particle for disbeliefetwa
374. Consecutive comparativesumso
375. Formal prepositions of calculationzuzüglich, abzüglich
376. Inseparable prefixeshinter-, wider-
377. Indefinite determinersirgendein-, irgendwelch-
378. Adverbs of simultaneityinzwischen, währenddessen
379. The causal prepositiondank
380. Evaluative clausesdafür, dass
381. Exclusionary phrasesabgesehen von
382. Subordinating conjunctionsehe
383. Imminent eventsdrohen / versprechen zu
384. Intensifying comparisonsweitaus, bei weitem
385. Steadily moreimmer + comparative
386. Colloquial progressiveam / beim ... sein
387. Left dislocation in spoken syntax
388. Future perfect for deadlineswerde ... haben/sein
389. Geographic adjectives-er
390. Manner of motionkommen + Partizip II
391. Quantities and materials
392. Going out and paying
393. Impersonal commandsInfinitive / Partizip II
394. Feminine abstract nouns-e
395. Abstract nouns-nis
396. Continuous non-occurrencebleiben + un-
397. Alternative concessionssei es ... oder ...
398. Active vs. passive states in noun-verb pairs
399. Compound nouns-s-, -en-, -er-
400. The absolute comparativeeine ältere Dame
401. Reflexive passive alternativesliest sich gut
402. Love and falling out
403. The preposition binnenbinnen eines Monats
404. Impersonal obligationes gilt, ... zu
405. Annoying actionsdas Ge-...-e
406. Concessive clausesso ... auch
407. Belief, oaths and honour
408. Repeated temporal actionssooft
409. Strong contrastnichtsdestotrotz
410. Past passive with modalsmusste ... werden
411. Perfect passive with modalshat ... werden müssen
412. Future passivewird ... werden
413. Past unreal passivewäre ... worden
414. Past unreal passive with modalshätte ... werden müssen
415. Demonstrative pronounsjener, jene, jenes
416. Textual reference pronounsersterer, letzterer
417. Free participle clauses
418. Elliptical subordinate clauses
419. Formal conditionsandernfalls, gegebenenfalls
420. Concessive prepositionungeachtet
421. Past assumptionsmüssen, können, dürften
422. Past hearsaysollen
423. Crime and justice
424. Formal genitive prepositionsseitens, vonseiten
425. Causative verbsver- ... -en
426. Dative of viewpointmir zu...
427. Multiplicative suffixes-fach, -malig
428. Adjectives of worth-wert, -würdig
429. Habitual actionspflegen zu
430. Extreme conditionsselbst wenn
431. Exception clausesnur dass
432. Adjectives of variety-erlei
433. Formal inclusionsamt, nebst
434. Latin negation prefixesin-, im-, il-, ir-
435. Accusative adjectivesgewohnt, los, wert, leid
436. Comparative clauses of inequalityals
437. Comparative clauses of equalityso ... wie
438. Emphasis with pseudo-cleftswas ... ist
439. Adverbial accusative for time and distance
440. Adverbial genitive for time and mannereines Tages
441. Transitive and intransitive verb pairsfällen/fallen, senken/sinken
442. Proportional-causal clausesumso ... als
443. Reported speech: Time and place shifts
444. Skilled actionswissen zu
445. Preceding preposition alongentlang des
446. Emphatic verb frontingGelesen habe ich...
447. Advanced concessive conjunctionswenngleich
448. Advanced adversative connectorsgleichwohl
449. The epitome particleschlechthin
450. The imperative futureDu wirst...
451. Connectors of compensation and concessiondafür, dabei
452. Infinitive clauses replacing 'dass'zu
453. Gender and plurals of loan words-ion, -tät, -ismus, -ment, -um
454. Case agreement in comparative appositionswie
455. Genitive of names ending in s-sounds-'
456. Infinitive clauses with objectszu
457. Unambiguous possessivesdessen, deren
458. Proximate pronominal adverbshiermit, hierzu
459. Genitive replacement for mass nounsvon
460. Assumptionswohl
461. Whole and half with placesganz, halb
462. Genitive of two and threezweier, dreier
463. Enumeration adverbserstens, zweitens
464. Subject infinitive clauseszu
465. Fronted subject clausesdass, ob
466. Immediate intentionim Begriff sein zu
467. Nouns ending in -ling-ling
468. Emphatic restrictionnichts anderes als
469. Strong demandsgefälligst
470. Intensified superlativesaller-
471. Adverbial derivations-ermaßen
472. Formal abilityvermögen zu
473. Impersonal expectationses bleibt zu
474. Adjective intensificationhoch-, tief-
475. Verbs of perception and outcomegelten als, sich erweisen als
476. Formal modal alternativesimstande sein, gezwungen sein
477. Intensifying adjective compoundsblitzschnell, hundemüde
478. The absolute accusativeDen Kopf gesenkt
479. Ability alternativesin der Lage sein
480. Formal permissiondie Erlaubnis haben zu
481. Formal intentiondie Absicht haben zu