here 80.2
hier 80.2
hin 50.4, 80.7
hinter 18.3, 19.5
hoping 113.1
how are you? 60.5
Hundert 21.5, 59.1d
Hunger 63.1
hypothesis: expressing 39.2, 89.2, 89.4
identifying 73.1–3; capabilities 74.3; character
74.4; habits and tendencies 74.4; names
73.2a; nationality 73.2c; people 74;
physical appearance 74.3; place and date
of birth 73.2b; residence 73.2f; supplying
personal details 73.2; talents 74.5
if... then 82.1
ihr as pronoun (you) 30.2, 60.1, see also duzen;
(to her) 30.2b; as possessive adjective 30.3
im 19.5
im Gegenteil 5.3
immerhin 117.1c
imperatives 41, 86.1; forms 41.1–3, 99.1c;
see also commands 7
imperfect tense see past tense or simple past
tense; of mixed verbs 33.6; of separable
and inseparable prefix verbs 36; of
strong verbs 33.5; of weak verbs (regular)
33.9
impersonal verbs 19.7, 37.5c, 42.3h
impression 74.6
in 18.3, 19.5
indem 76.6b
in stock 71.2
incomprehension 114.5
indefinite relative pronouns 10.6
indifference 107
indirect object 19.1
indirect questions 9, 50.5; see also explaining
an action 79.5; see incomprehension
114.5b, c
indirect speech see reported speech 39.1–2,
39.6
infinitive 5.1e, 5.2, 33.1; dependent on finite
verb 5.4; double infinitive 5.4; extended
infinitive clause 8.7; impersonal infinitive
constructions 33.7, 86.1, 92, 99; infinitive
clause 8.7; infinitive phrase 5.2, 42.3f;
infinitives as nouns 28.6; position of
5.4; position of dependent infinitive 5.4,
8.7; triple infinitive 8.6; used as past
participles 5.4
infolgedessen 79.2
informal style 58.2–4
information: identifying and seeking 73.1–2
inheriting 78.7–8
initial/first position 5.2
inseparable prefix 36.2
inseparable verbs list 36.3d
instructing 86.1
insulting 111.3m
intention 79.10: future intentions 103; lack of
intention/by mistake 79.11
interrogative/question words 7.1, 50.5; adverb
9; pronouns 30.4; see incomprehension
114.5b, c
interrupting 120.4; please don’t interrupt 120.2
intonation 120.1
intransitive verb + haben 33.8c, d
introducing a speaker 121.1; introducing sb.
61; formal introductions 61.3; informal
introductions 61.5; initial contact 61.1;
introducing oneself on the telephone
61.7; official introductions 61.4
inviting sb.: accepting and declining an
invitation 96.3; for a do 96.1; to come in
61.9a, b; to have refreshments 61.9d,
63.1b; to make him/herself at home 61.9d;
to sit down 61.9c
irgendein 24.2
irony 114.7
irregular verbs list 33.7
items in stock 71.2
ja: word order following ja 5.3; modal particle
89.1, 117.1c
je -er... umso... -er/desto... -er 48.6,
82.1
jemand 31.5
jener 24.1, 31.1
joking 115.9
justifying an action 79.6
kein 22.3, 23.1c, 24.2
kennen or wissen? 101.1a
knowing 101; arts and sciences 101.2a, 102.4
können: forms 35.2, 39.3; for ability 87.1a; in
polite questions and suggestions 91.3;
meaning 35.6, 87.1
könnte 39.3, 91.3
lacking 70.3
lassen/lässt 8.6; forms 35.2; meaning 35.1,
35.6, lässt sich 77, 92.4, 98c, 104.1b,
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