An excellent textbook beginning from the utter basics (it even defines what a subject is and what an object is) and extending in-depth in very simple language.
#A practical review of german grammar plus
(ISBN 9780030657580) - A 600 plus pages, thorough German grammar book in English from the faculty at Middlebury college renowned for its foreign languages department. Modern German: By Kimberley Sparks and Van Horn Vail. It is difficult to get as the last edition was in 1981. Hebert Lederer says this in the title of his book. (ISBN 978684413297) - This is a book from the 70's written in English and based on the famous German grammar book " Grammatik der Deutschen Sprache" by highly renowned authors and probably the pioneers of German as foreign language learning/teaching era - Heinz Griesbach and Dora Schulz. Reference Grammar of German language by Herbert Lederer. (ISBN - 9781138785816) - Written by the same authors as Hammer's grammar book and often referred to as "Hammer-lite", this is probably good for beginners as it is smaller in size but still very rigorous and does not shy away from using overly technical terms (copular verbs!!!). But its not intended for beginners due to its depth, and being a reference book it is not organised in a sequence normally followed in courses/classes as it will present all the alpha and omega of nouns in one chapter, same for verbs, prepositions and other elements of grammar in their respective chapters.Įssential German Grammar. A highly reputed resource and as rigorous as it gets. (ISBN - 9781138853713) - A reference book for German grammar written in English. Second edit: I forgot to say (but already added to the title) that I have a preference for books without exercises, even though it is not a big deal if it has exercises. Thank you and I apologize for any inconvenience.Įdit: Links for some questions I intended to refer to in my first paragraph:īrief, To the point, no-nonsense German grammar book written in Englishīooks like "English Grammar in use" for the German language I also don't care about "reader-friendliness" - honestly, I even prefer old writing styles. it may be difficult to understand because of its completeness, but not because it didn't give a thing you need to understand what is being said), with the exception of vocabulary (I have a dictionary already). Difficulty doesn't matter provided that it gives you everything you need (i.e.
#A practical review of german grammar series
It can be a series of books, but the less the better. aimed at deep understanding rather than just application).
that is complete) in a rigorous way (i.e.
aimed at beginners at start) and that covers up to relatively advanced grammar (i.e. Question: I am looking for suggestions of grammar books that anyone starting studying German can read (i.e. not only containing grammar) or a textbook focused on the practical side rather than the rigorous side. Meta-observation: Firstly, I apologize for posting another question like this one, but most of grammar books related posts give a recommendation of either a general textbook (i.e.
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