Negation is more difficult than in English (particles "doch" and "kein").In most cases, the preposition cannot be guessed very easily and you will also have to memorize it. A verb can be accompanied by a preposition to complete the meaning. Each preposition either corresponds to one or two cases which must be memorized. This order is changed by the use of subordinate conjunction or if it is an interrogative sentence, etc. The word order in the sentence is very important.But, very often, you have to memorize each word's gender. There are a few rules for determining the gender of masculine, feminine and neuter. The construction of the plural is very complex (not so in English).Nouns have 2 types of declensions: The standard one applicable to 95% of nouns and the N-Deklination (the one that creates a lot of confusion). Nouns are declined (they are not in English).Adjectives and pronouns are declined (If you'd like a general overview of this, click on this link: German declension).
There are more verb tenses and they are more difficult to form the irregular verbs are similar to the ones in English. Verbs are conjugated in a way that is much more complicated than in English.Certain words are separable, others appear with endings that have to be taken off, and, often, 2 or more words are combined to make just one word, without it appearing as that word in the dictionary. A student who is starting to learn German, will have a really hard time finding the meaning of words in a dictionary.That is why German is the language of philosophers. German is a very rich language that allows for the expression of ideas and concepts without much confusion.Technical vocabulary is very difficult, not being similar to English.Some every-day words are similar to English ones (Ex.Generally, Latin words are learned more than the Germanic ones. Even though there are plenty of words from Latin, most words have a German origin and it is not easy to guess their meaning.German language, difficult language Vocabulary
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