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Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage provides you with a complete guide to German as it is written and spoken today. In a revised layout to improve ease of consultation, this new edition includes: concise descriptions of the main grammatical phenomena of German and their use completely reorganized tables of grammatical features examples of grammar taken from contemporary German, helping you to understand the underlying grammatical principles more quickly invaluable guidance on pronunciation and word stress discussion of new words from English roots, helping you to communicate in German as Germans do today clarification on current spellings of German with full detail on the most recent revisions to the rules list of useful internet resources for students, teachers and all learners of German Praised for its lucid explanations, this new edition explains and clearly distinguishes formal and informal spoken and written usage. Hammer’s German Grammar offers you a combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage that you will find invaluable, whether a student or a teacher, at intermediate or advanced level. Martin Durrell is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Manchester, UK. ROUTLEDGE REFERENCE GRAMMARS A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian, Second Edition Edited by Martin Maiden and Cecilia Robustelli French Grammar and Usage, Fourth Edition Edited by Roger Hawkins and Richard Towell A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish, Sixth Edition John B. Butt, Carmen Benjamin and Antonia Moreira-Rodríguez Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage, Seventh Edition Martin Durrell For more information about the Routledge Reference Grammars series, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Reference-Grammars/book- series/RRG Routledge Reference Grammars can be used alone or with companion workbooks from the Practising Grammar Workbooks series: Practising Italian Grammar A Workbook Alessia Bianchi, Clelia Boscolo and Stephen Harrison Practising Spanish Grammar, Fourth Edition Angela Howkins, Christopher Pountain and Teresa de Carlos Practising French Grammar, Fourth Edition A Workbook Roger Hawkins, Marie-Noëlle Lamy and Richard Towell Practising German Grammar, Fourth Edition Martin Durrell, Katrin Kohl and Claudia Kaiser For more information about the Practising Grammar Workbooks series, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/Practising-Grammar-Workbooks/book- series/PGW Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage Seventh edition Martin Durrell Seventh edition published 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2021 Martin Durrell The right of Martin Durrell to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Copyright © 1971 and 1983 the estate of A.E. Hammer Revisions for the second edition © 1991 Arnold Revisions for the third edition © 1996 Arnold Revisions for the fourth edition © 2002 Arnold Revisions for the fifth edition © 2011 Routledge Revisions for the sixth edition © 2017 Routledge Revisions for the seventh edition © 2021 Routledge British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Durrell, Martin, author. | Hammer, A. E. (Alfred Edward). German grammar and usage. Title: Hammer’s German grammar and usage/Martin Durrell. Description: Seventh edition. | Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2021. | Series: Routledge reference grammars | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2020045972 (print) | LCCN 2020045973 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367150235 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367150266 (paperback) | ISBN 9780429054556 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: German language–Grammar. | German language–Textbooks for foreign speakers–English. | German language–Usage. Classification: LCC PF3112 .D77 2021 (print) | LCC PF3112 (ebook) | DDC 435–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045972 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045973 ISBN: 978-0-367-15023-5 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-367-15026-6 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-05455-6 (ebk) Typeset in Univers and Palatino by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India Contents List of tables Abbreviations and points for the user Preface to the seventh edition Acknowledgements The phonetic alphabet 1 Nouns 1.1 Noun gender 1.2 Noun plurals 1.3 The declension of nouns to show case 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 pronouns 3.3 Pronouns of address: du, ihr and Sie
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