Best Way to Learn German Language: Full Beginner (A1.1)

Unit 1 teaches greetings and introductions, asking names and origins, polite phrases, small talk, present tense of regular verbs, basic question words, and personal pronouns with formal and informal forms.

Learn essential German greetings, from informal hello and hi for friends to formal Guten Tag, Guten Morgen, and Guten Abend, plus everyday goodbyes.

Practice German greetings through guided exercises after each lesson, repeating the phrases, and look at pictures to pick the right greeting for each situation.

Learn to say your name in German with ich heiße and wie heißt du, including formal address, and practice aloud by writing in a notebook.

Practice introducing yourself in German by imagining yourself as different people and using basic phrases like my name is, wie heißt du, in a structured exercise.

Master basic German introductions and how to ask who someone is, with examples using ich bin, das ist, wer ist, and formal and informal forms including Mr and Frau.

identify a celebrity from a picture and answer questions at your own pace, using the pause sign to think before answering in wer ist das? übung.

Learn how to ask 'woher kommst du?' in German and reply with 'aus' plus the country, using the correct article.

Practice the question woher kommst du using a complete list of country names in German, then come back and answer the question.

Learn how to start and respond to short German small talk with 'wie gehts', explore informal and formal forms, and memorize common replies like gut, prima, schlecht, and neutral 'zozo'.

Practice ordering two conversations in the correct sequence from 1 to 5 as part of the wie gehts? exercise.

Discover the W-Wörter and how they form questions, using examples to build key inquiries, while recognizing false friends and polite phrases like excuse me or pardon.

Engage in a W-Wörter exercise, answering questions and translations, while pausing or adjusting video speed to reinforce German language basics and name origins.

Learn German personal pronouns ich, du, er, sie, es, wir, ihr, Sie, with singular and plural forms. Understand when to use informal du versus formal Sie, and note capitalization rules.

Practice turning nouns into pronouns using ich, du, and wir in beginner German exercises, pause to write your answers, with solutions provided at the end.

Learn the German present tense by forming the stem from the infinitive, applying the endings e s t t n t n, and conjugating verbs through practical examples.

Practice the present tense of German verbs and complete sentences with the correct form of the verb, for beginners.

Learn essential German phrases for polite everyday conversation, including danke, bitte, and gern geschehen, plus how to apologize with es tut mir leid and entschuldigung.

Practice using essential German words and phrases by replying to situational prompts, with multiple correct answers possible, in bite-sized lessons from this exercise.

Practice listening comprehension in German with a simple dialogue, then read along to verify understanding. Adjust speed as needed and repeat the text to improve listening.

Practice pronunciation aloud by yourself, applying what you learned and overcoming shyness during this pronunciation exercise to reinforce German speaking confidence.

Discover unit 2 basics: family and friends, languages including German, where you live, marital status, kids; spell your name, count 0–20, and learn possessive pronouns like mine, dine, zain.

Learn the names of family members in German using the modern family TV show; Alex guides listening practice to remember mother, father, grandfather, uncle, cousins, and other relatives.

Practice family vocabulary in German by answering prompts about your family. This exercise guides you through asking and answering questions to build basic dialogue.

Explore German nouns, their capitalization, and gendered articles. Learn how masculine, feminine, and neuter forms pair with articles, and practice pairing nouns with their corresponding articles.

Master when to use der, die, or das by gender and number, learn rules for days, months, seasons, and plural nouns, plus regional differences and article variability.

Master the basics of German nouns with the der, die oder das exercise, placing words into the correct gender groups in this beginner-friendly practice.

Learn when to use mein and meine to express my in German. Masculine and neutral nouns take mein, feminine and plural take meine, and the possessive pronoun replaces the article.

Practice the German possessive pronouns mein and meine through beginner-level exercises and examples to reinforce ownership expressions and correct usage.

Master the German irregular verb sein (to be) and its present tense conjugation, from ich bin to sie sind, with emphasis on irregular forms and common example sentences.

Practice the German verb sein with pictures to describe people as young or old and to use vocabulary for adjectives like clean, small, big, and gorgeous.

Identify the languages you speak, list their German names, and practice Deutsch and English pronunciation through examples of multilingual phrases.

Identify all languages mentioned in the exercise dialogue. List languages such as German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Chinese.

Examine the irregular verb sprechen, with a stem change from e to i in the second and third person singular, while plural uses regular endings; examples include essen.

Practice the conjugation of the verb sprechen by completing sentences with the correct form, emphasizing the second and third person singular and flexible subject options, such as names.

Learn the full German alphabet with pronunciation drills and spelling practice, using names like Sandra and Sabina Farber to spell first and last names.

Practice German pronunciation from the alphabet exercises, working through a set of words, pausing to pronounce aloud, then resuming to hear the correct pronunciation, reinforcing accuracy through targeted exercises.

Learn to ask 'what's your phone number?' in German, share your own number, and use polite forms to ask someone to repeat it.

Practice listening to German phone numbers, pause to read and write them down, say each number aloud, then resume to hear the correct answer.

Learn the numbers from 13 to 20 in German by combining each unit with ten, continuing from the zero to twelve lesson, and practice counting aloud from zero to twenty.

Practice German numbers from thirteen to twenty by listening to on-screen prompts, pausing to repeat aloud, and checking the correct names during the exercise.

Explore how to ask where you live and build sentences about living and being born, with examples across deutschland and australia to reinforce place and birth concepts.

Practice the wo wohnst du? exercise by writing down answers to related questions, helping beginner German learners build basic conversation skills.

Master how to ask in German if someone is married and whether they have kids, using polite phrasing and practical examples for a beginner A1.1 level.

View pictures of different families, describe their family situation aloud or in writing, and compare your answers with the suggested responses.

Practice filling out a simple form and asking questions in informal and formal German. Write third-person answers and then first-person responses, then compare with solution.

Learn German food vocabulary, including fruits and vegetables, and how to shop or order at a restaurant. Master numbers 21–100, indefinite and negative articles, plural nouns, and essen.

Learn essential shopping vocabulary in German, including supermarket, store, fruits and vegetables, and how to ask prices and costs in euros.

Listen to the read-aloud text twice and write down all the foods you hear, practicing German shopping basics (A1.1). Identify items like orange, banana, milk, coffee, and orange juice.

Practice repeating German vocabulary for fruits and vegetables with a guided exercise. Identify word meanings and reinforce beginner A1.1 skills.

Explore how to use the indefinite articles ein and eine in German, compare them to definite articles der, die, das, and apply rules for gender and singular nouns.

Explore how to use the indefinite articles ein and eine by identifying the noun's gender, with guided exercise steps designed to make choosing the correct form easier.

Explore common German food products, from baked goods and yogurt to eggs, rice, meat, and fish, including sausages, and glimpse the influence of Western cuisine on German dishes.

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Learn to express refusals in German by placing kein/keine directly before nouns, using kein for masculine and neutral nouns and keine for feminine and plural, with dining scenarios.

Practice German negative articles kein and keine through interactive questions and listening exercises with answer checks to reinforce understanding.

Explore a table of German articles and pronouns organized by gender and number, covering definite and indefinite articles, possessives, and the negative form. Notice feminine and plural endings.

Practice pronouns and articles through an exercise that translates sample sentences, uses bracketed articles, and reviews solutions like this is the apple, this is mine, and this isn't an apple.

Learn how German plural endings -e, -en, -er, -s, or none form nouns, and use dictionary entries to identify the correct plural, including rare stem changes.

Engage in plural-form exercises for German beginners and access additional practice resources referenced in the caption, including an 11 percent note.

Learn how to ask for drinks in casual and formal German, with examples like juice, beer, mineral water, wine, and tea, plus insights into German drinking age and beer culture.

Practice conversations modeled on the examples, with tips and tricks to craft similar dialogues for the drinks exercise in German (3.8 Getränke - Übung) for beginners.

Explore the verb haben as an essential German auxiliary and its irregular present-tense conjugation. See how endings differ from regular patterns and practice with real examples.

Complete sentences with the correct form of the verb haben or resign, reinforcing beginner German grammar through a focused exercise.

Learn to form yes-no questions in German by placing the verb first, and answer with yes, no, or doch to contradict a negative statement.

Practice forming yes/no questions in German at the beginner level by placing the verb first, using example sentences from the full beginner course material.

Learn to count 21 to 100 in German by saying the ones before the tens, and add endings to the smaller numbers, noting the 30 exception.

Practice counting from 21 to 100 in German by listening, repeating the correct names, and pausing to think before confirming answers.

Explore talking about money and prices in German, using euros as the official currency. Learn how to ask about price and cite examples like 17 euros 30 cents per kilo.

Practice asking for the price of various items and stating their prices in German as part of the der preis - übung.

Learn to say I like to eat or I like to drink using Ghana to express pleasure, with simple examples and questions about what you like to drink or eat.

Explore the verb essen as a regular verb, noting its second and third person singular changes, and how this pattern mirrors sein, with example sentences.

Practice completing sentences with the verb essen, an irregular verb in the second and third person singular; this beginner exercise reinforces basic German.

Learners practice ordering food at a restaurant on a first date, with a longer conversation and essential phrases for drinks, meals, paying the bill, tipping, and the menu.

practice answering questions about the text from the last lesson, focusing on understanding the question and how to form the answer, with im restaurant - übung context.

Explore homes and living, naming rooms and furniture, and asking where things are. Learn polite opinions, colors, numbers up to 2000, adverbs like here and there, negation, and possessive pronouns.

Learn how German nouns are capitalized with their articles and how compound nouns take the article of their last word, using apartment vocabulary like living room, bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom.

View pictures of different rooms, pause to recall and say the German room names with their articles, then resume to check your answers and continue with more exercises.

Learn how to ask where something is using the German question word wo ist, and practice locating rooms like the bathroom with basic vocabulary.

Practice locating rooms on a floor plan of another house using the German 'wo ist...?' with exercise prompts for Anna, Hindon, and Mabon.

Learn to use German adjectives to describe a house, an apartment, or furniture, and practice asking what something is like, using examples like cheap, expensive, pretty, dark, and light.

Engage in an exercise on adjectives by describing rooms and objects in the pictures, reinforcing German descriptive vocabulary.

Learn to negate adjectives in German by placing nicht in front of the adjective to say something is not big, not expensive, or not ugly, with simple examples.

Practice negation mit nicht in German through targeted exercises, write your answers, and resume the video to check results.

Explore how to substitute nouns with the personal pronouns er, sie, es across masculine, neutral, and feminine nouns. See how verbs adjust in plural when using these pronouns.

Practice German articles and pronouns with a guided example, pause to write answers, then resume to check you got everything correct.

Listen to a short German dialogue about a new apartment, practicing basic questions like what is your apartment like, its size, brightness, balcony, and price at a1.1 level.

Practice answering simple questions from the conversation you just heard, and work through the wie ist deine wohnung übung.

Explore the parts of a house and learn essential vocabulary for ground floor, first floor, second floor, third floor, garden, balcony, and garage.

Learn German house vocabulary by identifying parts of the house and using the correct article in four exercises.

Learn how to say something is in a specific room on the first floor or outside, using masculine, feminine, and neutral nouns with correct articles and basic declension.

An exercise for beginner German learners explores a motor in gardens and offers tips and tricks, with a quirky reference to 11 percent does x y z.

Build a German vocabulary set for the living room and bedroom, covering furniture words like sofa, couch, coffee table, carpet, bed, TV, chair, and table with example usage.

Practice German vocabulary for the bedroom and living room with a beginner exercise at level A1.1, reinforcing bite-sized lessons and essential phrases.

Learn how to express likes and dislikes in German using polite forms, and practice asking and answering wie gefällt dir … with correct verb forms for singular and plural.

Practice giving your opinion about these things in a beginner German exercise from the best way to learn German language course.

Develop basic German vocabulary for the bathroom and kitchen, including fridge, kitchen cupboard, stove, washing machine, sink, shower, toilet, and bathtub. Practice with example sentences to apply the new words.

Practice naming objects from the bathroom and kitchen in German, choosing the correct article for each item shown in the picture.

Learn German color names and describe colors using dunkle for dark and hell for bright or pale, with examples like dark blue and light blue.

Engage in a colors exercise (farben - übung) using picture prompts to describe items and practice possessive phrases in German for beginners.

Master how to say yours, his, and hers in German using possessive pronouns mein, dein, sein, and ihr, with gender and number agreement for masculine, neutral, feminine, and plural nouns.

Practice German possessive pronouns dein, sein, and ihr, with mein as mine, and learn how endings depend on the noun's gender and number through targeted exercises.

Master German numbers from 0 to 1,000,000 by forming hundreds, thousands, and a million, with numbers written together, and examples like einhundert, neun und zwanzig and zweihundert, vier und dreißig.

Practice writing the German names of numbers as you see them during this exercise, up to 1,000,000.

In unit 5, learn to tell the time, discuss daily activities, name days, months, and seasons, and express likes or dislikes; explore separable and irregular verbs, word order, and prepositions.

This unit presents a short story about Timor's day to build everyday German vocabulary for daily routines, times, work, shopping, visiting, and leisure, with listening and follow-along explanations.

Repeat the vocabulary to reinforce meaning and practice more exercises, helping beginners build confidence in German language basics.

Learn how to tell the time in German, with examples like it's ten o'clock and it's nine thirty, and use halb to express half past and half before.

Practice telling time in German with an exercise, then resume the video to see the correct answers.

Learn how to describe actions at a specific time in German using time prepositions, such as at eight o'clock, and compare before and after to mark timing and durations.

Engage in a practice exercise on was macht er by reading a story, answering questions, and resuming the video to see the correct answers.

Master German word order by placing the verb in second position and using time expressions at the front, including multi-word time phrases.

Practice German word order basics by arranging time expressions first, verbs second, and subjects after the verb through targeted exercises.

Learn to tell time in German with both formal and informal forms, using vor and nach, and practice examples like 9:25, 9:30, 9:35, and quarter past seven.

Practice telling time in German by identifying phrases and multiple ways to express time, pause to write answers, then check the solutions; complete two time-telling exercises.

Learn the seven days of the week in German, including the names Montag and Freitag, and practice asking and answering simple questions about days.

Practice identifying days of the week in German (wochentage) and determine yesterday and tomorrow to build your beginner A1.1 skills.

Explore separable verbs in German, where a prefix moves to the end in present tense and the base verb conjugates normally. See how the two parts can be far apart.

Practice forming sentences with separable verbs (trennbare verben) and prefixes. Conjugate the base of the verb and keep the prefix at the end of the sentence.

Learn to ask what you like and don't like to do in German using gern and nicht gern, place the verb first in questions, and handle separable verbs.

Practice conjugating and separating German verbs with gerne and nicht gerne through an exercise that reinforces beginner grammar concepts.

Learn the German months and the four seasons, noting their similarity to English and common mixups. Review all 12 months and seasons with example sentences and der and im usage.

Practice saying and pronouncing German month names aloud, repeat to correct errors, and answer questions about months and seasons in this guided exercise.

Learn how to invite someone in German with die einladung by practicing key phrases and translations for inviting friends to a party, including time and being punctual.

Practice writing a dialogue with updated details, including a seven o'clock party and the address albatross for one party, pause to draft, then review the suggested solution.

Explore the three groups of German present-tense irregular verbs: Mohawks with umlaut on a, stiefel boots turning e into i, and the piercing group adding ie.

Practice forming sentences with irregular verbs in German through a focused exercise, improving verb usage and sentence construction.

Learn the names of popular hobbies and leisure activities, how to describe holidays, express preferences and favorites, discuss the weather, and master the accusative case, yes/no questions, and irregular verbs.

Learn to talk about the weather in German using common phrases for rain, snow, sun, and warm or cold weather to master casual small talk.

Practice forming German sentences about the weather and the seasons using beginner-friendly vocabulary. Apply the weather exercise from the lesson to build confidence in real-life conversation.

Gain beginner German weather vocabulary, from clouds and wind to thunderstorm and rainbow, and practice listening to a real forecast while learning temperatures and cardinal directions.

Practice writing a weather forecast in German by describing the weather in Germany from a picture, building beginner skills in sentence construction and situational vocabulary.

Explore where and why people spend holidays and what they enjoy doing on time off. Learn essential holiday vocabulary: hotel, sightsee, seaside, snorkeling, diving, skiing, ice skating, and countryside walks.

Practice the phrase urlaub machen with a picture-based exercise, looking at the pictures and writing a few sentences in German to reinforce beginner A1.1 skills.

Explore leisure time in German, learn hobbies and activities like reading, biking, cooking, painting, photography, sports, and music, and note that Germans may avoid discussing private lives with strangers.

Engage with beginner German A1.1 by answering questions and practicing exercises on die freizeit and hobbies to strengthen vocabulary and comprehension.

Explore essential phrases to ask about having items, such as hast du einen helm, and learn separable verbs like mitnehmen, their conjugation, and practice in context.

Practice forming German sentences by connecting the person, location, and object, and build questions in two beginner A1.1 exercises.

Understand the German accusative case by analyzing direct objects, showing how masculine nouns take -en and articles change, while neuter, feminine, and plural stay unchanged.

Practice German accusative usage, focusing on masculine nouns changing in the acc while feminine, neutral, and plural stay the same; learn verb conjugation, separable verbs, articles and pronouns, word order.

Learn when to use the German accusative and how the direct object stays in the accusative. Compare English pronouns with German usage to avoid common mistakes and confusion.

Identify the accusative in German sentences through focused exercises, reinforcing Akkusativ usage for beginners at the a1.1 level.

Learn how to express favorites in German by attaching the Liebling prefix to nouns to form compound phrases like Liebling film, Liebling music, and Liebling color.

Answer questions about your favorites to practice beginner German conversation in this A1.1 exercise. Learn to express preferences and ask about music and other favorites in German.

Learn to express opinions in german using the verb findon and ask others how they like something, with examples of questions and responses.

Practice how to ask and answer 'wie findest du…?' in German with the exercise, and discover bite-sized German lessons for quick learning.

Learn to express opinions in German by reinforcing known adjectives and adding new ones, including einfach, interessant, and freundlich.

Practice German adjectives by looking at pictures and writing answers using learned phrases and adjectives as you complete the exercise. For more exercises, visit the additional resources.

Explore phrases to ask for others' opinions and express agreement or disagreement in German, including 'is that right?', 'what do you think?', and 'that's right/that's correct'.

Practice agreeing and disagreeing using phrases from the last lesson, answering questions to reinforce German basics for beginners (A1.1).

Explore talking about your profession, others' abilities, asking what they can or can't do, saying a year in German, writing the perfect email, and mastering the Perfekt.

Learn how to ask in German what your job is, including the polite form, and how to form the female version of job titles with examples.

Practice asking about your profession with the 'Was bist du von Beruf? - Übung' exercise, as part of the best way to learn German for beginners, and access more exercises.

Learn to say what you can or can't do using the verb können, with examples like dancing, riding a bike, cooking, and playing football.

Learn how to express what people can do in German with the 7.2 exercise 'was können die leute machen?' for beginners (a1.1), reinforcing essential language skills.

Learn about German modal verbs, there are six, especially können, with their irregular conjugation and how they require another verb in the infinitive at the end to form many sentences.

Practice sentences with modalverben, noting no endings in 1st and 3rd person singular, a stem change, no umlaut; use the table and place the adverb at end in infinitive form.

Discover German modal verbs, their conjugations and rules, including dürfen, müssen, and sollen, with examples and practice to master endings, stem changes, and usage.

Build sentences using modal verbs like darf ich, muss er, sollen wir, and learn to conjugate them correctly through focused exercises.

Learn the German modal verbs möchten and wollen and their conjugations, with examples like I would like a cake versus I want a cake to express wishes and wants.

Practice choosing the correct verb form for German sentences with möchten and wollen in an interactive beginner exercise.

Explore tips and tricks to learn German, expand vocabulary, and practice modal verbs, while staying motivated and dedicating time to regular practice.

Explore practical strategies for learning German in a full beginner course, A1.1, through an exercise on how to learn.

Learn the German Perfekt past tense by using two parts: the auxiliary verb haben and the past participle, formed by removing the infinitive ending and adding appropriate endings.

Practice the German Perfekt tense with the question 'Was hast du heute gemacht?', through an exercise that reinforces describing what you did today.

Learn how the German perfect tense is formed in a sentence using a sandwich metaphor, with the subject first, the auxiliary verb second, and the past participle at the end.

Practice the perfekt in German sentences with focused exercises tailored for beginners at the A1.1 level.

Master forming the past tense of irregular German verbs in the perfect, using haben with the -en ending and occasional stem changes, illustrated by practical example sentences.

Practice irregular verbs in the German perfect tense through a targeted exercise, using haben as the auxiliary and enriching examples to improve fluency.

Learn when to use the German perfect with sein, especially movement verbs. Some verbs may use haben or both auxiliaries; memorize the rules with the verb.

Engage in exercises to practice the German perfect tense with sein, tailored for beginners in the full German course.

Learn how German years are read as two numbers separated by a hundred, starting with the smaller number and then the larger, with examples.

Explore a German beginner exercise that uses numbers, times like 19:00, and terms such as 3000, 11 percent, and epsilon to illustrate pattern recognition in language learning.

Learn to read, write, and understand a German email, choose informal or formal greetings, craft the subject and body, attach files, and close politely.

Celebrate completing the full course, gain confidence in your German skills, and invite feedback to help improve future lessons.