Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide, Second Edition

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weight 75.3g; gaining and losing weight 110.4c
weil 8.3, 79.1
weiter 76.4
welcher 24.1, 30.4b, 44.2
welcoming sb. 60.6; official welcome 60.6c; to
one’s home 60.6a, b, d
well being 110: addictions 110.6c; exercising
110.4a; feeling and looking well 110.1;
gaining/losing weight 110.4c; giving up
bad habits 110.6b; healthy lifestyle 110.4;
ill health see health; inquiring about well
being 60.5, 110.2; maintaining a balanced
diet 110.4b; prevention of disease and
accidents 110.5; relaxation/stress 110.7;
starving/stuffing oneself 110.6d; talking
about health 60.5, 110.3
wenige + zero-declension 46.3–5
weniges 10.5
wenn 8.3, 82.1, 89.3–4; wenn Sie... machen
würden 94.1
wenn omitted 8.5, 39.7c, 39.8, 82.1a
wer 7.1, 9, 30.4
werden 33.7, 33.9; conditional forms 39.7;
used as full verb 33.7; used in passive voice
40.2, 86.1; position of 5.4; werden + nom.
17.2; werden and future perfect 34.4, 103;
used for assumptions 89.1
werden passive with werden 40.2
weshalb 79.3
wessen 9, 30.4
when (wann) 7, 9; (als/wenn) 8.3; when I was
young 81.5e
wider 18.2, 57.3
wie 7.1, 9, 116.4; (in comparisons: as) 8.7b
wie bitte? 117.3
wie gesagt 5.3
wie in apposition 21.6
wie wäre es mit/wenn...? 98
wieso 79.3
will gemacht haben 35.6b, 85.1
wirklich? 117.2
wishes 66, 93, 113.2; different types of wishes
93.3; for a new home 66.4; for an
examination 66.3; for celebrations 66.8;
for good health 66.2; with food and
drink 66.5; for the journey 62.2; yearning
111.3; good night 66.6
wishes and the acc. 18.7


wissen 33.6, 33.7a, 101.1
wissen or kennen? 101.1
wo + preposition such as wodurch, womit,
wovon 10.6; interrogative 50.5b
wo 7.1, 9, 80.1
wohl 117.1c, 88.2c
wollen: forms 35.2; in reported speech 85.1
meaning 35.6, 85.1; wenn Sie... machen
wollen 94.1
wollte eigentlich 39.3d
womit 7.1, 10.6, 50.5b
woraus 10.6, 50.5b
word formation 52; adjectives 55; adverbs 56;
nouns 54; verbs 53; using prefixes 57
word order: in general 5–13; and emphasis 15;
in commands 7.3; in direct questions 7.1;
final position 15.2; first position 15.1;
flexible word order 15, see also satisfying
needs and demands 112.2; in indirect
questions 9; after introductory words like
ja 5.3; with negation 13; normal word
order 5, 6; of (direct and indirect) objects
12; with the passive 40.2c; with the
present perfect 5.4; of pronouns 12.2; in
relative clauses 10; second idea or element
5, 6; subordinate clauses 8; time – manner


  • place 11; with ‘zu clauses’ 8.7, 77.5; um
    ... zu/ohne... zu 8.3
    worden (past participle of werden, in the
    passive) 40.2
    worin 10.6, 50.5b
    worrying 111.3
    worüber 7.1, 10.6, 50.5
    would have/could have/should have 35.8
    wovon 7.1, 10.6, 50.5b
    wozu 79.3, 50.5b
    würde (conditional form of werden) 39.7
    würde + infinitive 39.7, 91.1


zero/strong declension 46
Zitat 84.1
zu as preposition 19.4; as ‘too’ 42.3j
zu clauses: zu + infinitive 8.7, 77.5; um...
zu/ohne... 8.3
zu*lassen 97.2
zum 19.5
zur 19.5
zwischen 18, 19.5

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