also 5.3, 79.2, 83.2f
alterations 75.3e, 76.8
alternatives to the passive 40.4
am 19.5
amount 75.5, 23.2f
an 18.3, 19.5
ancestors 78.4
andern 76.8d
anders 76.8f
anger 111.l
another 93.4
any 22.3, 23.1, 24.2
apologizing 68: accepting apology 68.3;
expressing regret 68.2; seeking forgiveness
68.1
apostrophes 59.5
appearance: physical 74.3
apposition 21; apposition in comparisons 21.6;
in phrases denoting measurements and
quantities 21.2–3; see also eating and
drinking 63
appreciation see thanking
area 80.4
article: definite article 22.2; following als 23.1;
forms 22; indefinite article 22.3; negative
article (kein) 22.3, 23.1c, 24.2; use of
article 23; when giving amount 23.2;
when giving price 23.2; no article 23.1;
see also 74.5a, 74.7 for talking about
professions
article with: abstract nouns 23.2b; countries,
preceded by an adjective 23.2h;
geographical names 23.2i; with infinitives
used as nouns 23.2c; medical conditions
23.2k; names of famous people 23.2;
nationalities 23.1; parts of the body 23.2e;
with personal names 23.2g; professions
23.1b; a qualifying adjective 23.2; religion
23.1b; streets and buildings 23.2j
as 48.6, 105.2
asking for help 91.1; asking sb. else to do sth.
92.4; asking for sth. to be done 92; errands
92.1
asserting/assertions 35.6b, 85.1, 100
assuming/assumptions 34.3, 89; in a scientific
context 89.2; expressing assumptions
using dass 89.1
assuring 95; assurance of services 95.1;
guarantees 95.1
astonishment 114.4
attention 61.1; attracting attention 90;
attracting attention in a dangerous
situation 90.1; attracting attention when
sb. is busy 90.2; non-verbal ways of
attracting attention 90.5; politely
requesting attention 90.2; turning one’s
attention to sb. 90.3
attributive adjectives 43.2; changes in
attributive or predicative adjectives 47.2
auch 117.1c
auf 18.3, 19.5
auf Wiedersehen/Wiederhören 62.1
aus 19.4
außer 19.4
authorship 78.9
auxiliary verbs 33.8, 35.3a, 40.2a; and perfect
tenses (choice haben or sein) 33.8
availability 71, non-availability 72: availability
through borrowing/rental 71.6;
availability through purchase 71.5; being
at hand 71.3; being temporarily
unavailable 72.3; being within reach
71.3; finished consumables 72.2; getting
sth. 71.4; items in stock 71.2; making or
having sth. available 71.1; not being
available for a caller 72.4; reaching for
sth. 71.4
awe 114.4- bar 40.4c, 55.1
before 81.13a
-r Befund 110.8c
bei 19.4
beide 24.2; + der-declension 44.2
beim 19.5, 114.1a
belief 100.2; hardly believing the news 114.3
bequeathing 78.8
bereavement 65.3, 111.3
bevor 8.3
bill in restaurant 63.5
bis 8.3, 18.2
bitte 92, 117.3
bloß 117.1c
body: parts of 23.2e, 37.4, 110.11
borrowing 71.6
brauchen 93.1, nicht brauchen 35.7,
86.4–5
bringen 33.5a, c, 33.6c, 80.7d
business card 60.9
buying 71.5
cancellation 70.5
capability 74.5
capital letters 59.1INDEX