German Negation 101

Negation in German — or working out whether to use kein or nicht, and then trying to decide where it should go in the sentence — can be tricky. So here's the first volume in a mini series of guides to specific trouble areas in German. Here's what is in this 9 page guide.

• An overview of negation
• A guide to sentence structure in German
• A list of possible sentences — and how to negate them
• Negating different elements in a sentence
• Negating complex sentences