Übungskategorien
Arbeite dich durch die CEFR-orientierten Übungsreihen dieser Sprachkombination — jede Kategorie übt ein einzelnes Thema, von der Begrüßung bis zum Zurechtfinden.
49 Übungen · Niveaus A1 → A2 → B1 → B2 → C1
First Steps
Pronouns and the two key verbs: sein, haben
Marina has just arrived in Berlin. In her first café visit, she meets Luana — and picks up the German personal pronouns, the all- important verbs sein (to be) and haben (to have), and the famous du vs. Sie split.
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First Words
Articles, three genders, greetings, and numbers
Every German noun is der, die, or das — masculine, feminine, or neuter. Learn the article system that powers the rest of the language, the greetings you'll use every day, and your first twenty numbers.
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In the City
Regular verbs, places, and giving directions
Marina is exploring Berlin and gets lost looking for a bookstore. Learn the regular verb pattern that powers most German verbs, name the places of a city, and pick up the precise way Germans give directions.
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Food and Culture
Eating, drinking, and the German bakery
Bread is serious business in Germany — the country has more than 3,000 registered varieties. Step into a Berlin bakery with Luana and Marina, learn the verbs essen and trinken, and pick up the phrases that get you fed at a restaurant.
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Home and Family
Possessives, rooms, and the people who fill them
Marcos invites Marina and Luana to a Sunday lunch at his parents' flat. Pick up the German possessive adjectives, learn the rooms of a house, and the names of family members — masculine and feminine.
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Daily Routine
Reflexive verbs and telling the time
Wake up, wash, get dressed, head to work. Reflexive verbs are how Germans describe most of these everyday actions — and you'll finally learn why "half ten" is 9:30, not 10:30.
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Health
Body parts, symptoms, and the doctor's office
Marina catches a cold and goes to see Doktor Schneider. Learn the body parts, how to describe pain with Ich habe… -schmerzen, and the phrases that get you through a German Arztpraxis.
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The Accusative Case
When der becomes den
Welcome to your first German case. The accusative marks the direct object of a sentence — the thing being acted upon. Good news: only the masculine article changes. The rest stays exactly as you learned.
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Modal Verbs
Can, want, must, should, may, like
Modal verbs are the workhorses of conversational German. With just six of them — können, wollen, müssen, sollen, dürfen, mögen — you can talk about ability, desire, obligation, advice, permission, and preference. And you'll learn the famous rule: the main verb goes to the end.
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Shopping
Demonstratives, comparatives, and the clothing market
Marina and Luana go to a Berlin flea market to hunt for outfits. Learn how to point things out (dieser, jener), how to compare prices (billiger als…), and the vocabulary for clothing, colours, and a friendly bit of haggling.
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Preferences and Opinions
Gern, lieber, am liebsten
Germans express what they like with a tiny word that English doesn't have: gern. Add a verb and you've said you like doing it. Swap to lieber and you've said you prefer it. Swap to am liebsten and it's your favourite of all.
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The Perfekt Tense
How Germans actually talk about the past
The Perfekt is the everyday past tense in spoken German. It's built like the English "I have eaten" — auxiliary verb + past participle. The two tricky bits: which verbs take haben vs. sein, and where the participle goes in the sentence (the end, always).
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Memories
War, hatte, konnte — the Präteritum you actually need
The German simple past, the Präteritum, is mostly used in writing and storytelling. But four verbs use it even in speech: sein, haben, and the modal verbs. Learn war and hatte and you'll understand 80% of past-tense speech.
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Plans and Travels
Talking about the future without a future tense
The easiest way to talk about the future in German is — surprise! — the present tense, plus a time expression. Nächstes Jahr fahren wir nach Italien. Add the days, months, and seasons, and you can plan anything.
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The Subjunctive II
Konjunktiv II: würde, wäre, hätte
The mood of wishes, politeness, and things that aren't real. Form the Konjunktiv II of the key verbs (wäre, hätte, würde, könnte) and use würde + infinitive for everything else.
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Hypotheticals and Conditions
wenn-sentences and the past subjunctive
Imagine what isn't real. Build wenn-sentences with Konjunktiv II, form the past hypothetical (hätte/wäre + participle), and use als ob to say what something is like.
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Opinions and Debates
Stating a view and the modal particles
Say what you think and defend it. Express and hedge opinions, agree and disagree, and decode the modal particles (ja, doch, halt, mal) that carry a German sentence's tone.
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Idioms and Youth Slang
Everyday idioms and Jugendsprache
The German you actually hear. Learn everyday idioms and Jugendsprache — the slang and shortcuts of real conversation, from voll cool to keine Ahnung.
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Professional German
Formal register and the business email
The German of the workplace. Switch between casual and formal register and write a proper business email — greetings, closings, and the polite Konjunktiv II.
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