{"id":69,"date":"2024-01-01T06:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T06:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:48:44","slug":"die-stellung-des-verbs-in-aussagesatzen-w-fragen-und-ja-nein-fragen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/die-stellung-des-verbs-in-aussagesatzen-w-fragen-und-ja-nein-fragen\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Stellung des Verbs in Aussages\u00e4tzen, W-Fragen und Ja-\/Nein-Fragen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">For A1 learners, mastering the <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"31\">Satzbau<\/b> (sentence structure) is the first step to speaking clearly. Here is a simple guide to the three most important sentence types.<\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"3\">1. Aussages\u00e4tze (Statements)<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">In a normal statement, the verb is always in <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"45\">position 2<\/b>. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you start with &#8220;Ich&#8221; (I), &#8220;Heute&#8221; (Today), or &#8220;In Berlin&#8221;\u2014the verb stays in the second spot.<\/p>\n<table data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Position 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Position 2 (Verb)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Rest<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0,0\">Ich<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">spiele<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1,2,0\">Tennis.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0,0\">Du<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">bist<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2,2,0\">m\u00fcde.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,3,0,0\">Wir<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,3,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">lernen<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,3,2,0\">Deutsch.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"7\">2. W-Fragen (Wh-Questions)<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Questions that start with a &#8220;W-Word&#8221; (like <i data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"43\">Was, Wer, Wie, Wo<\/i>) also keep the verb in <b data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"84\">position 2<\/b>. The question word takes the first spot, and the verb follows immediately.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"9\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Was<\/b> <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"4\">machst<\/b> du? (What are you doing?)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Wer<\/b> <b data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"4\">ist<\/b> das? (Who is that?)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Wie<\/b> <b data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"4\">geht<\/b> es dir? (How are you?)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"11\">3. Ja\/Nein-Fragen (Yes\/No Questions)<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">If you want to ask a question that can be answered with &#8220;Ja&#8221; or &#8220;Nein,&#8221; the verb moves to <b data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"90\">position 1<\/b>. You swap the subject and the verb.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"13\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Spielst<\/b> du Tennis? (Do you play tennis?)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Bist<\/b> du m\u00fcde? (Are you tired?)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Lernst<\/b> du Deutsch? (Do you learn German?)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"15\">Summary Table for Beginners<\/h3>\n<table data-path-to-node=\"16\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sentence Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Verb Position<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Example<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Statement<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,1,1,0\">Position 2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,1,2,0\">Ich <b data-path-to-node=\"16,1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"4\">wohne<\/b> in Weimar.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">W-Question<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,2,1,0\">Position 2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,2,2,0\">Wo <b data-path-to-node=\"16,2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">wohnst<\/b> du?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Yes\/No Question<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,3,1,0\">Position 1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"16,3,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Wohnst<\/b> du in Weimar?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"18\">Vocabulary for your Practice<\/h3>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"19\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"19,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Das Verb:<\/b> The verb<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"19,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Die Position:<\/b> The position<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"19,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Die Frage:<\/b> The question<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"19,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Die Antwort:<\/b> The answer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For A1 learners, mastering the Satzbau (sentence structure) is the first step to speaking clearly. Here is a simple guide to the three most important sentence types. 1. Aussages\u00e4tze (Statements) In a normal statement, the verb is always in position 2. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you start with &#8220;Ich&#8221; (I), &#8220;Heute&#8221; (Today), or &#8220;In Berlin&#8221;\u2014the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a1-grammar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}