German GCSE
Subordinate Clause (Nebensatz)
What Subordinate Clause (Nebensatz) means in German GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Subordinate Clause (Nebensatz)
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A clause that does not make sense on its own and relies on a main clause. The verb is at the end.
Topics that use Subordinate Clause (Nebensatz)
- Grammar (Foundation): Conjunctions (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Subordinating Conjunction
- Conjunction
- Coordinating Conjunction
- Inversion (Comma-Verb-Verb)
- Main Clause (Hauptsatz)
- V2 Rule (Verb Second)
- Verb-End Rule
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