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Gschossmann-Hendershot, Elke and Feuerle, Lois. Schaum's Outline of German Grammar, 4ed. US: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

Schaum's Outline of German Grammar, 4ed

Authors: Elke Gschossmann-Hendershot and Lois Feuerle

Published:  September 2009

eISBN: 9780071615686 0071615687 | ISBN: 9780071615679
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  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 The Sounds of German: A Key to German Pronunciation
  • The German Alphabet
  • Avoiding Misunderstandings
  • Remember, There Are Differences
  • The Vowels
  • Long vowels versus short vowels
  • The Diphthongs
  • The Consonants
  • Similarities
  • Differences
  • The Glottal Stop
  • Stress
  • Syllabification
  • Single consonants and double consonants
  • Consonant clusters and groups of consonants
  • Chapter 2 Nouns and Articles
  • Capitalization
  • Gender
  • Gender Identification by Noun Groups
  • Nouns referring to people
  • Masculine nouns
  • Feminine nouns
  • Neuter nouns
  • Gender Identification by Word Endings
  • Masculine endings
  • Feminine endings
  • Neuter endings
  • Words with Different Meanings in Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter Forms
  • Compound Nouns
  • Formation
  • Gender of compound nouns
  • Nouns Used Only in the Singular
  • Plural Forms of Nouns
  • Group I
  • Group II
  • Group III
  • Group IV
  • Group V
  • Irregular plural nouns
  • Cases of Nouns
  • Nominative case
  • Accusative case
  • Dative case
  • Genitive case
  • Review of Case Endings for the "der" Words (der, dieser, jeder, jener, mancher, solcher, welcher)
  • Review of Case Endings for the "ein" Words (ein, kein, mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, Ihr)
  • Special Uses of the Definite Article
  • Omission of the Indefinite or Definite Article
  • Chapter 3 Prepositions
  • Prepositions Governing the Accusative Case
  • Contractions of prepositions governing the accusative
  • Prepositions Governing the Dative Case
  • Contractions of prepositions governing the dative
  • Prepositions Governing Either the Accusative or the Dative Case
  • Contractions of the two-way prepositions
  • Combinations with verbs of direction
  • Combinations with verbs of location
  • Da-compounds with accusative and dative prepositions
  • Wo-compounds with accusative and dative prepositions
  • Prepositions Governing the Genitive Case
  • Word Order in Prepositional Phrases
  • Chapter 4 Pronouns
  • Personal Pronouns
  • Nominative case
  • Accusative case
  • Dative case
  • Position of pronoun objects
  • Pronouns in idiomatic verb + preposition combinations (phrasal verbs)
  • Da-compounds
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Accusative case
  • Dative case
  • Position
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Indefinite Pronouns
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Nominative case
  • Accusative case
  • Dative case
  • Genitive case
  • Indefinite relative pronouns
  • Wo-compounds in relative clauses
  • Chapter 5 Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Demonstrative Adjectives
  • Der, das, die
  • Dieser, dieses, diese
  • Descriptive Adjectives
  • Predicate adjectives
  • Attributive adjectives preceded by the definite article or other "der" words
  • Attributive adjectives preceded by the indefinite article or other "ein" words
  • Attributive adjectives not preceded by "der" or "ein" words (unpreceded)
  • Adjectival Constructions: Adjectives Derived from Verbs
  • Present participles used as adjectives
  • Past participles used as adjectives
  • Adjectives Used as Nouns
  • Neuter adjectives used as nouns (following etwas, nichts, viel, wenig)
  • Possessive Adjectives
  • Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Vowel change in monosyllabic adjectives
  • Irregular adjectives
  • Types of comparison of adjectives and adverbs
  • Adverbs
  • Adverbs referring to time
  • Adverbs referring to manner
  • Adverbs referring to place
  • Position of adverbs
  • Idiomatic use of adverbs
  • Chapter 6 Numbers, Dates, Time
  • Numbers
  • Cardinal numbers
  • Numbers over 1,000,000
  • Measurements, prices, and other decimal fractions
  • Ordinal numbers
  • Fractions
  • Dates
  • Days of the week
  • Months
  • Seasons
  • Days of the month and year
  • Dating a letter
  • Reversal of numbers in dates
  • Time
  • Conversational German
  • Official time
  • The use of um … Uhr
  • Periods of the day
  • Customary action
  • Other adverbs of time
  • Time expressions in the accusative case
  • Time expressions in the dative case
  • Time expressions in the genitive case
  • Chapter 7 Verbs
  • Verb Overview
  • Transitive and intransitive verbs
  • Personal endings
  • Forms of address: formal versus informal
  • Verb tenses
  • Strong verbs and weak verbs
  • Simple Present Tense
  • Weak and strong verbs
  • Irregular verbs
  • Special use of the present tense
  • Simple Past Tense
  • Weak verbs
  • Strong verbs
  • Auxiliary verbs sein, haben, werden
  • Usage notes on the simple past tense
  • Present Perfect Tense
  • Formation of the past participle
  • Regular weak verbs
  • Irregular weak verbs
  • Intransitive verbs
  • Strong verbs
  • Auxiliary verbs sein, haben, werden
  • Past Perfect Tense
  • Weak and strong verbs
  • Use of the past perfect tense
  • Future Tense
  • Weak and strong verbs
  • Use of the future tense
  • Future Perfect Tense
  • Weak and strong verbs
  • Use of the future perfect tense
  • Verbs with Inseparable Prefixes
  • Verbs with Separable Prefixes
  • Position of the separable prefix
  • Separable prefix verbs in dependent clauses
  • Case Following Verbs
  • Accusative and dative cases for direct and indirect objects
  • Dative case
  • Prepositional objects
  • Reflexive Verbs
  • Reflexive verbs governing the accusative case
  • Reflexive verbs with separable prefixes
  • Reflexive imperative forms
  • Reflexive versus nonreflexive use of verbs
  • Reflexive verbs governing the dative case
  • Modal Auxiliary Verbs
  • Present tense
  • Simple past tense
  • Compound tenses
  • Dependent Infinitives
  • Simple tenses—present and past
  • Compound tenses—present perfect and past perfect
  • Future tense
  • Dependent clauses
  • Infinitives preceded by zu to
  • Verbs as Other Parts of Speech
  • Infinitives used as nouns
  • Present participles used as adjectives and adverbs
  • Past participles used as adjectives and adverbs
  • Participles used as nouns
  • Imperatives
  • Weak and strong verbs
  • Formal commands (singular and plural) (Sie)
  • Familiar commands
  • Irregular imperative forms
  • First-person command (Let's)
  • Impersonal imperative
  • The Conditional
  • Weak and strong verbs
  • Use of the conditional
  • The Subjunctive
  • Subjunctive forms in German
  • Subjunctive II—Present-time
  • Subjunctive II—Compound forms to indicate past time
  • Subjunctive I
  • Passive Voice
  • Present tense passive
  • Past tense passive
  • Compound tenses
  • Substitute for the passive
  • Passive versus false (or apparent) passive
  • Verbs with Special Meanings
  • Kennen, wissen, können
  • Liegen, sitzen, stehen
  • Legen, setzen, stellen
  • Lassen
  • Chapter 8 Negative Words and Constructions
  • Negation
  • Nicht in final position
  • Nicht preceding certain other elements in the sentence
  • Nicht in dependent clauses
  • Nicht with sondern
  • Nicht with interrogative
  • Answering Affirmative and Negative Questions (ja, doch)
  • The Negative Form of brauchen
  • Other Negative Words
  • The negative article kein-
  • The pronouns nichts, niemand
  • Chapter 9 Interrogative Words and Constructions
  • General Questions
  • Formation of questions by inversion
  • Simple tenses
  • Compound tenses and dependent infinitives
  • Use of doch in answer to negative questions
  • Specific Questions
  • Interrogative adverbs and adverbial expressions
  • Interrogative pronouns
  • Interrogative adjective
  • Chapter 10 Word Order and Conjunctions
  • Word Order
  • Statements
  • Questions
  • Commands (V (+ S))
  • Exclamations
  • Coordinating Conjunctions
  • Subordinating Conjunctions
  • Als, wenn, wann
  • Words Functioning as Subordinating Conjunctions
  • Relative pronouns and interrogatives
  • Haben or werden with the double infinitive
  • Conditional sentences
  • Main clauses following dependent clauses
  • Position of the Object
  • Position of the Adverb
  • Answers to Exercises
  • Verb Chart
  • Index