Three genders
Nouns are der (masculine), die (feminine), or das (neuter); plural is always die.
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German uses the same 26 letters as English, plus three umlauts and the Eszett (ร).
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The alphabet (aโz)
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Nouns are der (masculine), die (feminine), or das (neuter); plural is always die.
Every noun is capitalised, wherever it appears in the sentence: das Haus, die Schule.
In a main clause, the verb is always the second element: Heute gehe ich zur Schule (Today go I to school).
Articles and adjective endings change with the noun's role: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), genitive (possession).
Some verbs split: aufstehen โ Ich stehe frรผh auf (I get up early) โ the prefix moves to the end.
There is no single plural rule; common patterns add -e, -er, -(e)n, or -s, and the article is always die.
Modal verbs like kรถnnen (can), mรผssen (must), wollen (want) push the main verb to the end: Ich kann gut singen (I can sing well).
Add -er for "more": schnell โ schneller (faster); the superlative uses am -(e)sten: am schnellsten (fastest).
Adverbials follow the order time, then manner, then place: Ich fahre heute mit dem Bus zur Schule (I go today by bus to school).
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