The most common order of a single sentence in German is subject + predicate + object. The subject is then at the beginning of the sentence, and the verb (the predicate) is second. If the predicate is complex, the second part of the predicate goes to the end of the sentence.
| subject | predicate | other parts of the sentence | second part of the predicate | |
| Ich | sehe | das Auto. | ||
| Johann und Monika | kommen | gleich. | ||
| Wir | haben | gut | gearbeitet. |