German Grammar Workbook: Adjective Endings, ein-words, der-words (A2, B1)
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This workbook for students of German (levels A2, B1 and beyond) explains the rules for adjective endings in an easy to understand, not too academic way. In a step-by-step approach, each new rule is accompanied by numerous exercises.
In addition to adjective endings, the book gives a concise overview of "der-words" and "ein-words" and their declension, of the grammatical cases in German and their usage, and provides a list of the most important prepositions and the cases that they require.
A short dictionary lists all nouns and verbs (with grammatical explanations) used in the exercises. The student can find an Answer Key for all exercises at the end of the book.
The author, Ulrich Becker, is an experienced German language teacher (25+ years) and translator, an author of prose, poetry, and essays in German and other languages, and a recipient of the prestigious Humboldt Award (Humboldt University of Berlin).
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German Grammar Workbook - Ulrich Becker
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German 101
New York
German 101 is an imprint of Mondial.
Ulrich Becker:
German Grammar Workbook:
Adjective endings, ein-words, der-words
© 2021 Ulrich Becker
This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means —electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher or the author, except as provided by United States of America copyright law.
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Title Page
img1.jpgAbbreviations
acc., accus. accusative
adj. adjective
dat. dative
def. definite
f, fem. feminine
gen. genitive
indef. indefinite
m, masc. masculine
n, neut. neuter
nom. nominative
pl. plural
sing. Singular
Introduction
In order to use adjectives in English phrases like "my black chair,
the green book, or
happy children", we simply put the basic form of the adjective in front of the noun.
In German, it is a bit more complicated, but if you know the gender of the noun (i.e. if you always memorized the noun with the correct definite article), if you also know what der words
and ein words
are, and if you study the rules on the next page, you should soon be able to use German adjectives with the correct endings.
Here is a summary of what you need to know to apply the correct adjective ending:
the gender of the noun;
whether the noun is singular or plural;
which of the four grammatical cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative) is applied in the phrase;
whether there is an ein word
or a der word
in front of the noun, or not.
You will also have to know the grammatical endings of der words
and ein words
in the four cases, in singular and plural.
I know, this sounds complicated, when you read this for the first time. We will therefore start with an overview of der words
and ein words
and their declensions and slowly approach the adjective endings after that.
You will find plenty of exercises for each of the rules for the adjective endings. If you study carefully, you will never apply a wrong adjective ending again – I promise!
Ulrich Becker
Adjective Endings: Summary Of Rules
Once you have recognized the grammatical form of the noun, you can apply the following rules for German adjective endings.
(You will find a VISUAL OVERVIEW of these rules on the following two pages.)
I. After der words
:
after all der words
in nominative singular, the adjective ending is "-e" (masculine, feminine and neuter alike)
after der words
in accusative singular, the adjective ending is "-e, except in front of masculine nouns (accusative, singular), where it is
-en"
after der words
in genitive singular, dative singular, and in plural (all four cases), the adjective ending is "-en"
II. After ein words
:
after an ein word
in nominative singular (masculine), the adjective ending is "-er"
after an ein word
in nominative singular (feminine) and accusative singular (feminine), the adjective ending is "-e"
after an ein word
in nominative singular (neuter) and accusative