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German word order is flexible. |
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For simple sentences, it is SVO: |
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Ich spiele Tennis sehr gern |
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Subject: ich |
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verb: spiele (from spielen) |
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* [http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Specific_resources_per_language#German_-_English German-English bilingual dictionary (incubator)] |
* [http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Specific_resources_per_language#German_-_English German-English bilingual dictionary (incubator)] |
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* [http://www.linguee.com/completeDict-latin9.txt >50000 German-English entries], GPL v2, many multiwords and such, no POS-tags. Seems like high quality translations. |
* [http://www.linguee.com/downloads/completeDict-latin9.txt >50000 German-English entries], GPL v2, many multiwords and such, no POS-tags. Seems like high quality translations. |
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Latest revision as of 00:36, 5 January 2013
NOT FINISHED YET
Contents
Nouns and Determiners[edit]
German nouns encompass one of three genders - Masculine, Feminine, Neuter. Each gender has endings for determiners for all of the four cases: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive.
Definite Article:
| Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | Pl. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. | der | die | das | die |
| Akk. | den | die | das | die |
| Dat. | dem | der | dem | den |
| Gen. | des | der | des | der |
Indefinite Article:
| Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | Pl. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. | ein | eine | ein | viele |
| Akk. | einen | eine | ein | viele |
| Dat. | einem | einer | einem | viele |
| Gen. | eines | einer | eines | viele |
Words Inflected like the Indefinite Article:
- The following determiners have the same endings as those that affix to mein: kein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, ihr, ihr
| Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | Pl. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mein | meine | mein | meine |
| Akk. | meinen | meine | mein | meine |
| Dat. | meinem | meiner | meinem | meinen |
| Gen. | meines | meiner | meines | meiner |
Words Inflected like the Definite Article:
- The following determiners have the same endings as those affixed to alle: beide, dieser, einiger, irgendwelcher, jeder, jener, mancher, saemtliche, solcher, welcher, derjenige, derselbe
| Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | Pl. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. | aller | alle | alles | alle |
| Akk. | allen | alle | alles | alle |
| Dat. | allem | aller | allem | allen |
| Gen. | alles/allen | aller | alles/allen | aller |
Verbs[edit]
Tenses[edit]
Separable Prefixes[edit]
Present Progressive[edit]
German has a really crude way of displaying a continuous state of doing something, d.h. the present progressive. I am writing. -> Ich bin am Schreiben. It literally means I am at/on the writing. There has to be a way to keep that from being translated literally in texts though.
- should be possible to make transfer rules like "NP sein am V.inf" => "NP be V.progressive"
Passive Mood[edit]
Dieser Roman wird von vielen Studenten gelesen. Dieser Roman wurde von vielen Studenten gelesen. Dieser Roman wird von vielen Studenten gelesen werden. Dieser Roman ist von vielen Studenten gelesen worden. Dieser Roman war von vielen Studenten gelesen worden.
Active Mood[edit]
Viele Studenten lesen diesen Roman. Viele Studenten lasen diesen Roman. Viele Studenten werden diesen Roman lesen. Viele Studenten haben diesen Roman gelesen. Viele Studenten hatten diesen Roman gelesen.
Adjectives and Adverbs[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Prepositions[edit]
Conjunctions[edit]
Word Order[edit]
(Work in progress) German word order is flexible. For simple sentences, it is SVO: Ich spiele Tennis sehr gern Subject: ich verb: spiele (from spielen)
Resources[edit]
- German-English bilingual dictionary (incubator)
- >50000 German-English entries, GPL v2, many multiwords and such, no POS-tags. Seems like high quality translations.
