Today I want to share with you one of my favorite tools for learning the grammar of the foreign language. I recommend using grammar cheat sheets to all my students who are learning German. German grammar might seem very complex, especially for beginners. But when you have a clear and understandable grammar cheat sheet in front of you, you feel like it is not as bad as it seems at first sight.

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I noticed that many beginners don’t feel confident speaking German because they are constantly trying to remember how to conjugate the article or adjective, or which case to use after which preposition. With this simple grammar cheat sheet in, you can easily find the conjugation that you forgot and concentrate on speaking.

You can download this free printable cheat sheet or make your own.

Download German grammar cheat sheet for beginners (PDF)

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The concept of a grammar cheat sheet is very simple and you can easily create it by yourself. It shouldn’t be too long, the best is just one A4 page. The grammar cheat sheet should contain only the most essential grammar rules. For example, if you are learning German, it could be definite and indefinite articles in different cases, adjective declensions etc. Don’t worry about exceptions at this point, you will start remembering them too, once you learn the basics.

The grammar tables that are included in this pdf:

Conjugation of definite and indefinite articles in 3 cases: Nominative, Dative, Accusative.

Conjugation of personal pronouns in Nominative, Dative and Accusative.

Personal pronouns by case

Nom.	ich	du	er	sie	es	wir	ihr	Sie	sie
Dat.	mir	dir	ihm	ihr	ihm	uns	euch	Ihnen	ihnen
Acc.	mich	dich	ihn	sie	es	uns	euch	Sie	sie

Conjugation of possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns

		ich	du	er	sie	es	wir	ihr	Sie/sie
Nom.	masc	mein	dein	sein	ihr	sein	unser	euer	Ihr/ihr
	fem	meine	deine	seine	ihre	seine	unsere	eure	Ihre/ihre
	neut	mein	dein	sein	ihr	sein	unser	euer	Ihr/ihr
	pl	meine	deine	seine	ihre	seine	unsere	eure	Ihre/ihre
Dat.	masc	meinem	deinem	seinem	ihrem	seinem	unserem	eurem	Ihrem/ihrem
	fem	meiner	deiner	seiner	ihrer	seiner	unserer	eurer	Ihrer/ihrer
	neut	meinem	deinem	seinem	ihrem	seinem	unserem	eurem	Ihrem/ihrem
	pl	meinen	deinen	seinen	ihren	seinen	unseren	euren	Ihren/ihren
Acc.	masc	meinen	deinen	seinen	ihren	seinen	unseren	euren	Ihren/ihren
	fem	meine	deine	seine	ihre	seine	unsere	eure	Ihre/ihre
	neut	mein	dein	sein	ihr	sein	unser	eures	Ihr/ihr
	pl	meine	deine	seine	ihre	seine	unsere	eure	Ihre/ihre

German adjective declencions 

 

adjective declension with no article

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.	Pl.
N	heißer Kaffee	kalte Milch	frisches Brot	warme Brötchen
D	heißem Kaffee	kalter Milch	frischem Brot	warmen Brötchen
A	heißen Kaffee	kalte Milch	frisches Brot	warme Brötchen

 

The list of Dative, Accusative, and two-way prepositions:

Accusative prepositions: bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um

Dative prepositions: ab, aus, außer, bei, dank, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

Accusative/Dative prepositions: an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen

Download German grammar cheat sheet for beginners (PDF)

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Enjoy your cheat sheet! Which grammar topic is the most difficult for you?