Genetive case. See possessive. German. German has some special characters that need to be represented with care. Several German vowels can have double dots—an umlaut—over them, which distinguishes their pronounced sound ä, ö, ü; and there is a joined doubles f.Umlauted letters are sometimes represented in English with an added e instead of the umlaut, and the doubled sis sometimes spelled “ss.” It is better to use the accents and special character if you can. Note also that German capitalizes all nouns of any kind “mein Vater, ihrer Mutter, ein Haus” (see capitalization. Check a German grammar, dictionary, or other source book for more details about German usage, punctuation, and soon. See languages. Gerund. The verb form created by adding “ing” to the root of a verb is called a gerund or present