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German Grammar Glossary 2
English and German Grammar Terms
Explained in Plain English


Deutsches Grammatik-Lexikon: A-F | G-P | Q-Z

Continued from Part One - Below you'll find an alphabetical index of grammar terms, each linked to a brief explanation (with the English and German terms) and, in many cases, examples and links to lessons for that particular grammatical concept.

Also see our German Grammar contents page and other specialized English-German Glossaries on a variety of topics.

German Grammar Glossary
Deutsches Grammatik-Lexikon
ALPHABETICAL INDEX G-P
G-H M-N
gender
genitive
gerund

helping verb
High German
   Hochdeutsch
 
main clause
masculine
modal auxiliary
mood

narrative past
negation
neuter
nominative
noun
number
 
I-L O-P
idiom/idiomatic
imperative
imperfect
indefinite article
indefinite pronoun
independent clause
indicative
indirect object
infinitive
inflection
informal
interjection
interrogative
intransitive verb

literary German/register
linking verb
 
object/objective
ordinal number

participle
particle
passive voice
past (tense)
past participle
past perfect
past subjunctive
person
personal pronoun
plural
possessive pronoun
predicate/predicate complement
prefix
preposition
present
present participle
present perfect
preterite
progressive
pronoun
punctuation
 

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Related Pages

The Four German Cases
Lessons on using the accusative, dative, genitive, and nominative cases in German.

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All of the German grammar lessons and guides at this site.

French Grammar Glossary
Another grammar glossary - for French. From About's French Language Guide, Laura Lawless.

Glossaries
All of the specialized, annotated English-German glossaries on this site.


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