time–manner–place rule This relates to the order in which expressions
of time, manner and place normally occur in a German sentence.
umlaut A mark which appears in German over the letters ‘a’, ‘o’, ‘u’
(ä, ö, ü) and which indicates a change of sound.
verbs Words which describe ‘actions’, such as ‘to see’, ‘to work’, ‘to
think’, ‘to love’.
214 Glossary of grammatical terms