I took three years of German. Never had problems with the word order, including verbs. I guess I'm lucky in that; I've taken some Japanese too, and all the verbs are at the end there ;-)
After all these years, I've forgotten the genders of most nouns, and I'm very shaky on my declensions.
After all these years, I've forgotten the genders of most nouns, and I'm very shaky on my declensions.