Ten (10) Easy Rules to Help Your German:

When you’re engaged in speaking a language, you don’t have time to think much about grammar. Conversations just move too fast. There are, however, a few rules that are easy to keep in mind. With time, you’ll apply them automatically.

1. Diminutive nouns with the ending -chen or  -lein are neuter:

2. Nouns ending in -heit, -keit, -ung are always feminine

3. “die” is the plural article for all nouns (subject forms)

4. All seasons are masculine:

5. All days are masculine:

6. A group of prepositions contract with “das."  

      These all imply a “change  of place” or “direction to”:

7. A predicate Adjective takes no ending

      A predicate adjective follows a noun and is preceded by a form of “sein” (to be).

8. Numbers: 

e.g.: einundzwanzig - twenty-one (21), neununddreißig - thirty-nine (39), etc.

9. The verb forms of formal "you" (Sie) and "they" (sie) are the same.

10. Word Order: In simple sentences, the verb is in second position.

Note: Whatever word/phrase occurs before the verb is emphasized.