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German Fundamentals Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Learn all the fundamentals required to start speaking German.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Pronouns - Nominative (Subject)

I
ich
You (informal)
du
You (formal)
Sie
He/She/It
er/sie/es
We
wir
You (plural, informal)
Sie
You (plural, formal)
ihr
They
sie
All nouns are always capita­lized in German. Formal pronouns are also always capita­lized.
  

Pronouns - Accusative (Direct Object)

Me
mich
You (informal)
dich
You (formal)
Sie
Him/Her/It
ihn/sie/es
Us
uns
You (plural, informal)
euch
You (plural, formal)
Sie
Them
sie
The accusative case represents who or what the verb directly acts on.
  

Pronouns - Dative (Indirect Object)

To me
mir
To you (informal)
dir
To you (formal)
Ihnen
To him/To her/To it
ihm/ih­r/ihm
To us
uns
To you (plural, informal)
euch
To you (plural, formal)
Ihnen
To them
ihnen
The dative case represents someon­e/s­ome­thing the action is done "­to" or "­for­".
  

Pronouns - Gentive (Posse­ssion)

My
mein
Your (informal)
dein
Your (formal)
Ihr
His/He­r/Its
sein/i­hr/sein
Our
unser
Your (plural, informal)
euer
Your (plural, formal)
Ihr
Their
ihr