Content: Front Cover
Hammer's German Grammar and Usage
Copyright Page
Contents
List of tables
Abbreviations and points for the user
Preface to the fifth edition
Acknowledgements
The phonetic alphabet
1. Nouns
1.1 Gender
A: Gender and meaning
B: Gender and form
1.2 Noun plurals
1.3 Noun declension
2. Case
2.1 The nominative case
2.2 The accusative case
2.3 The genitive case
2.4 Genitive case or von?
2.5 The dative case
2.6 Apposition
2.7 Measurement phrases: genitive, von or apposition?
3. Personal pronouns
3.1 The forms of the personal pronouns 3.2 Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns3.3 Pronouns of address
3.4 Third person pronouns
3.5 Third person pronoun or prepositional adverb?
3.6 Special uses of the pronoun es
4. The articles
4.1 The declension of the articles
4.2 Articles with abstract nouns
4.3 The use of articles in generalizations
4.4 The use of articles with geographical and other proper names
4.5 The use of articles in time expressions
4.6 Definite article or possessive?
4.7 Miscellaneous uses of the definite article
4.8 Miscellaneous uses of the zero article
4.9 Article use with prepositions 5. Other determiners and pronouns5.1 Demonstratives
5.2 Possessives
5.3 Interrogatives
5.4 Relative pronouns
5.5 Indefinites, quantifiers and other determiners and pronouns
6. Adjectives
6.1 Declension of adjectives
6.2 The use of the strong and weak declensions
6.3 Irregularities in the spelling of some adjectives
6.4 Adjectives used as nouns
6.5 Cases with adjectives
6.6 Adjectives with prepositions
7. Adverbs
7.1 Adverbs of place
7.2 Adverbs of direction: hin and her
7.3 Adverbs of manner, viewpoint, attitude and reason
7.4 Adverbs of degree
7.5 Interrogative adverbs 8. Comparison of adjectives and adverbs8.1 Regular formation of the comparative and superlative
8.2 Irregularities in the formation of comparatives and superlatives
8.3 The use of the comparative and other types of comparison
8.4 Types and uses of the superlative
9. Numerals
9.1 Cardinal numbers
9.2 Ordinal numbers
9.3 Fractions and decimals
9.4 Other numerical usages
9.5 Addresses
10. Modal particles
10.1 aber
10.2 allerdings
10.3 also
10.4 auch
10.5 bloร
10.6 denn
10.7 doch
10.8 eben
10.9 eh
10.10 eigentlich
10.11 einfach
10.12 erst
10.13 etwa
10.14 freilich 10.15 gar10.16 gleich
10.17 halt
10.18 immerhin
10.19 ja
10.20 jedenfalls
10.21 lediglich
10.22 mal
10.23 man
10.24 noch
10.25 nun
10.26 nur
10.27 ohnehin
10.28 ruhig
10.29 schlieรlich
10.30 schon
10.31 sowieso
10.32 uฬberhaupt
10.33 uฬbrigens
10.34 vielleicht
10.35 wohl
10.36 zwar
11. Expressions of time
11.1 Times of the clock
11.2 Days of the week, months and public holidays
11.3 Dates
11.4 The accusative and genitive cases used in time adverbials
11.5 adverbial time phrases with prepositions
11.6 Adverbs of time
12. Verbs: conjugation
12.1 Verb conjugation