German Function Words List — A1 to C2

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1. ich I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) pron A1
2. Sie you (polite, singular and plural) pron A1
3. das nominative/accusative neuter singular of der pron A1
4. du you (singular familiar), thou pron A1
5. die nominative/accusative singular feminine of der; nominative/accusative plural of der article A1
6. es Refers to a neuter noun (person, animal, thing or abstract); it, that, there (used to… pron A1
7. und and; links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express… conj A1
8. der that; him, he (in informal speech not necessarily emphasizing anything) pron A1
9. wir we pron A1
10. was what; which; referring to the entire preceding clause pron A1
11. zu to, towards (indicates directionality); with respect to; regarding prep A1
12. er he; it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being… pron A1
13. ein one; the same num A1
14. in [with dative] in, inside, within, at (inside a building); [with dative] in (pertaining to) prep A1
15. ja yes; yea; yeah; aye intj A1
16. mit with (in the company of, alongside); with, by (using as an instrument, by means of) prep A1
17. wie like; as conj A1
18. auf [with dative] on, upon (positioned at the top of); [with accusative] on, onto, up… prep A1
19. aber but; however; though conj A1
20. eine nominative/accusative feminine singular of ein num A1
21. für describes an abstract directionality towards a person or matter; describes an exchange… prep A1
22. von from; of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) prep A1
23. wenn when, whenever; if (on the condition that) conj A1
24. ihr her (possessive); its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is… det A1
25. an on, upon, at, in, against; by, near, close to, next to prep A1
26. noch nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of… conj A1
27. da since; as; because; given that; when conj A1
28. auch in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part… intj A1
29. aus out of; from (from the inside of something); from (a place; see usage notes below) prep A1
30. mein my det A1
31. alles everything; all; all (as in "we all" etc.) pron A1
32. oder or conj A1
33. nach after, past (later in time); after, behind (in sequence) prep A1
34. nichts nothing pron A1
35. man one, you, they (indefinite pronoun, referring to people at large; construed as a… pron A1
36. etwas some, a bit of det A1
37. bei by, near; at prep A1
38. bitte you're welcome (acknowledgement of thanks); excuse me, sorry (request to repeat… intj A1
39. danke thanks, thank you intj A1
40. alle inflection of all (“all”); inflection of all (“all”): pron A1
41. wer who (what person or people); what, which (one) (see usage notes) pron A1
42. über [with accusative or dative] above, over (spatially); [with accusative] about,… prep A1
43. kein no; not a(n); not one; not any pron A1
44. viel much, a lot pron A1
45. weil because, given that; while, during conj A1
46. dein thy, your (esp. to friends, relatives, children, etc.). det A1
47. bis until, to, (US) through; by prep A1
48. dieser this one, this; that one, that pron A1
49. zurück stand back!; get back! intj A1
50. zwei two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two… num A1
51. ohne without conj A1
52. drei three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with… num A1
53. unser our det A1
54. unter under; below prep A1
55. beide both; two det A1
56. jeder each pron A1
57. eins one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the… num A1
58. fünf five (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 5; or describing a set with five… num A1
59. vier four (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 4; or describing a set with four… num A1
60. einige inflection of einig: pron A1

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