german basics

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Basic Phrases
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87  cards
Alphabet
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1  cards
Nouns & Cases
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11  cards
Articles & Demonstratives
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4  cards
Subject Pronouns
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7  cards
To Be, Have, Become
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8  cards
Useful Words
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43  cards
Question Words
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12  cards
Numbers
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4  cards
Days of the Week
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22  cards
Months of the Year
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17  cards
Seasons
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5  cards
Directions
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10  cards
Colors and Shapes
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26  cards
Time
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17  cards
Weather
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20  cards
Family
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51  cards
To Know People & Facts
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3  cards
Formation of Plural Nouns
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5  cards
Possessive Adjectives
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2  cards
Accusative Case
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5  cards
Dative Case
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5  cards
Genitive Case
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2  cards
To Do or Make
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1  cards
Work & School
Note: For the careers, both German masc and fem terms are in the answers, in that order
120  cards
Prepositions
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10  cards
Prepositional Contractions
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2  cards
Countries & Nationalities
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62  cards
Negative Sentences
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3  cards
To & From Places (Countries and Cities)
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3  cards
To Come & To Go
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2  cards
Modal Verbs
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9  cards
Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Present Tense
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68  cards
Reflexive Verbs
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5  cards
Exceptions: Irregularities in Regular Verbs
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7  cards
Verbs with Prepositions
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2  cards
Separable Prefixes
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2  cards
Inseparable Prefixes
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1  cards
Present Perfect Tense or Past Indefinite Tense
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9  cards
Irregular Past Participles with Haben
These irregular past participles end with -en, and some have vowel changes in the stem. All of the following irregular past participles use haben as the auxiliary verb.
69  cards
Sein Verbs & Participles
The following verbs use sein as the auxiliary verb, and many have irregular past participles.
31  cards
Foods and Meals
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44  cards
Fruits, Vegetables, Meats
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44  cards
Genitive Partitive
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1  cards
Commands
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3  cards
Subordinating Conjunctions
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6  cards
Holiday Phrases
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12  cards
Helfen, Lassen & Senses
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2  cards
Places
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37  cards
Transportation
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15  cards
Simple Past / Imperfect Tense
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8  cards
Irregulars in Simple Past/Imperfect Tense
Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle | Translation
104  cards
House and Furniture
Remember that in Europe, buildings always start with the ground floor, and then the next floor up is the first floor. Many Americans would refer to these floors as the first floor and second floor, respectively, and not even use ground floor.
62  cards
Location vs. Direction
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14  cards
Clothing
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36  cards
Future Tense
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2  cards
Asking Questions
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1  cards
Declensions of Adjectives
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6  cards
Adjectives
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72  cards
Comparative and Superlative
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8  cards
Sports
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51  cards
Nature
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32  cards
Object Pronouns
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8  cards
Parts of the Body
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39  cards
Relative Pronouns
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4  cards
Da and Wo compounds
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6  cards
Animals
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34  cards
Likes and Dislikes
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4  cards
Past Perfect Tense
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1  cards
Als, Wenn and Wann
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1  cards
Review of Word Order
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9  cards
Flavoring Particles
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1  cards
Colloquial Expressions and Idioms
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2  cards
Word Formation
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7  cards
Adjectival Nouns
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1  cards
Ordinal Numbers
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2  cards
Passive Voice
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9  cards
Problems with the Passive
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2  cards
Avoiding the Passive
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4  cards
Showing Purpose
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2  cards
Shopping
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14  cards
Post Office and Bank
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30  cards
Zu with Infinitives
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4  cards
Office/School Supplies
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32  cards
Expressions of Time
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3  cards
Travelling/Airport
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22  cards
Another
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1  cards
Cosmetics/Toiletries
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20  cards
Subjunctive II or General Subjunctive (Conditional)
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10  cards
Other Uses of the Subjunctive II
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5  cards
Subjunctive I or the Special Subjunctive (Indirect Discourse)
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7  cards
Parts of a Car
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24  cards
Present Participle
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1  cards
In the Ocean
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25  cards
Als Ob/Als Wenn
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1  cards
In Space
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30  cards
Future Perfect
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2  cards
Fantasy & Make-Believe Stuff
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25  cards
Spelling Reform
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1  cards
Review of Declensions of Nouns
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13  cards
German States/Bundeslander
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Austrian States/Bundeslander
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1  cards
German National Anthem
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