Declarative clauses express an assumption or a statement over a fact that can either be true or false.
| Examples |
| Patrick besucht uns morgen. |
| Jemand hat an der Tür geklopft. |
| Hans müsste um diese Zeit zu Hause sein. |
Declarative sentences have the following features:
| position of the finite verb | at the second position |
| mood | indicative |
| Konjunktiv II | |
| intonation | descending |
| punctuation mark | full stop or comma |