German Language Foundation

Name: German Language Foundation
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Learn German Easily, Quickly and Practically

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Last updated 7/2026

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What you'll learn

Start Speaking the German Language right from the beginning
Master Most Practical Essentials of German Language in 28 hours
Learn Important Key Structures in German Language based on Practical and Easy Example Sentences
Save Considerable Time in Learning German Language Practically
Understand the Underlying Seemingly Complicated Structures of German Language
Avoid Unnecessary Parts of German Language Thereby a Simpler and More Effective Learning Process

Course content

3 sections • 90 lectures • 26h 19m total length

Instructor Introduction0:43
How to Use This Course0:08

German Language Alphabet9:20
German and English Words Share the Same Roots22:45
In this video, we show through some examples that most words in German and English share the same roots. Based on this, if you know the English language, you already know the German languages.
wollen Sie / will you / do you want25:00
Learn to use the modal verb wollen in hochdeutsch to ask what you want, as in was wollen sie trinken or was wollen sie essen.
Pronouncing Words in German8:24
In this video, we discuss the rules regarding the pronunciation of vowels and consonants in German.
wollen Sie / will you / do you want18:47
wollen and können Conjugation16:58
Explore German modal verbs können and wollen, including their conjugations (ich kann, ich will; er/sie/es kann; wir können), and the verb placement with sehen in sentences.
Present Simple Tense in German17:02
Explore how tense structure and meaning diverge in German present simple, contrasted with English present progressive, using kommen and ich komme as examples.
Practicing the Simple Present Tense in German9:46
jetzt and nicht / now and not15:15
Verstehen / understand16:48
Learn the Language Like a Piece of Music9:25
I am sorry / how long / must26:15
to know wissen / to find finden21:10
to have haben / why warum21:11
mich and mir with Prepostions13:04
Explore how mich and mir change with verbs and prepositions in German, and how the four cases—nominative, accusative, dative, genitive—govern after prepositions like für and mit.
mich and mir with Verbs and Prepositions – Examples14:54
Learn to use mich and mir with verbs and prepositions, including es ist für mich. Construct simple questions like können sie mich verstehen and warum können sie mich nicht verstehen.
to have haben – Examples14:32
to you / Ihnen, to be able to / können, to have to / müssen12:22
Explore how to express 'to be able to' and 'must' in German with können and müssen, including dative mir versus accusative mich and verb-final modal usage.
to give / geben, to need / brauchen29:23
Tenses in General9:53
In this video, we will give a general overview of all the possible tenses in English and German.
Future Tense using Modal Verb werden10:06
Comparison of Tenses and Modal Verbs Discussed So Far9:50
at what time / um wie viel Uhr18:02
Learn to say at what time in German with um wie viel Uhr. Explore du, ihr, Sie forms and basic verb conjugation via the Michel Thomas approach.
at what time / um wie viel Uhr, to arrive / ankommen, how long / wie lange19:44
to say / sagen9:40
to go / gehen22:25
Explore how gehen expresses go and going in german, highlighting motion and direction. Learn to distinguish wo vs wo hin, dot vs dot hin, and use nicht for negatives.
Different Forms of sein, busy / beschäftigt19:12
Busy / beschäftigt / Word Root and Structure7:54
Separable and Inseparable Verbs14:27
Explore separable and inseparable verbs in German, learn how prefixes detach and move to the sentence end, and practice present tense and imperative in questions using wo and wo hin.
The Imperative Case34:32
Explore the imperative case in German, with guidance on forming commands, understanding verb-first question structure, and distinguishing present simple from present progressive in practical examples.
to wait / warten13:02
you, they, she / sie12:13
Examine how the German pronoun sie covers you, they, and she, including capitalization: capital S at sentence start, and conjugation with werden for the future, with practical examples.
be going to / werden, to buy / kaufen, expensive / teuer19:33
Ready / fertig, already / schon, beautiful / schön, everything / alles13:39
Learn essential German words for everyday use: fertig, schon, schön, and alles, with practical usage. Identify pronunciation nuances and common usage patterns for fertig, schon, schön, and alles.
he is staying / er bleibt23:58
Explain German present tense conjugation for the third person singular of bleiben, ending with t, as shown by bliped. Distinguish alles vs alle and introduce future forms with werden.
möchten, möglich, unmöglich, ganz14:33
gladly, with pleasure / gern20:59
Master how to express 'gladly' in German using gern, explore the gern vs mögen constructions, and practice common phrases like ich mag dich gern and ja gern.
to know / wissen16:23
Noun Genders and Cases in German12:10
Busy / beschäftigt, tired / müde, house / das Haus18:16
Verb Conjugation in German14:19
Master German verb conjugation using the example verb verstehen, focusing on ich, du, ihr forms, present tense and other tenses, and eliminating en to add endings for correct forms.
to understand / verstehen10:59
to say, tell / sagen; because / weil20:45
Learn how sagen means to tell or to say, and master German sentence structure with modal verbs and weil, with examples like ich weiss nicht was sie sagen.
Because / weil17:23
Sagen / to say; warum acting like weil15:07
to cost / kosten23:16
Master expressing prices in German with kosten, including how to say it costs, how much it costs, and polite requests for prices in euros.
to ask / fragen; Definite and Indefinite Articles; nothing / nichts25:51
Greetings in German30:44
Learn to greet in German with hallo, guten morgen, guten tag, guten nachmittag, guten abend, and gute nacht; choose formal or informal forms and ask or answer 'how are you'.
Reflexive Verbs in German25:35
Master reflexive verbs in German by studying reflexive pronouns mich, mir, and sich, and how verbs like waschen, beeilen, and fühlen use reflexive forms.
Structure of sich beeilen in German9:58
Explore the structure of the reflexive verb sich beeilen in German, explaining the reflexive sich, the prefix be-, the stem eile, and learning through building blocks rather than memorization.
to hurry / sich beeilen8:02
-ieren Verbs in German21:47
to enjoy / sich freuen29:24
Time / die Zeit19:58
Explore how to talk about time in German using die Zeit, master negation with keine before time nouns, and understand noun formation like Zeitung from Zeit and Heizung from Heizen.
Nouns Ending in -heit and -keit in German18:33
Always / immer; often / oft6:51
Learn how to express always with immer and often with oft in German, using nicht for negation and examples like ich habe nicht immer die gelegenheit zu sehen.
wichtig, nötig, spät, rufen, fahren28:38
to speak / sprechen11:17
spät, später, bald9:37
Learn how to express lateness and intention in German using spät, später, and bald, with phrases like es ist zu spät and es wird nicht möglich sein.
Would / würden9:14
weil, denn; to buy / kaufen17:09
Learn to say buy and sell in German with kaufen and verkaufen, including inseparable prefixes. Explore negation and inversion using würde, werden, and while with weil or denn.
will, be going to, would, can20:09
If / wenn12:22
Whether / ob10:53
I have been living here.23:56
Quick Review of Modal Verbs15:44
could (was able to) / konnten10:07
Past Tenses of sein, können and haben18:19
Learn the German past tenses for sein, können and haben, with subject-verb forms like ich war, du warst, wir waren, ich hatte, ich konnte, and their usage in sentences.
Could / könnten25:49
Learn how the German modal verb können and its form könnten express past ability, hypothetical situations, and polite requests, with practical examples and context guidance.
Review of müssen, wollen, werden, had to25:24
Modal Verbs wollen and wollten8:17
Modal Verbs sollen and sollten25:29
Desire / Lust; to enjoy / sich freuen; wären22:42
to have/get done / lassen14:22
Explore how the German verb lassen expresses having or getting something done by others, with examples for repair, washing, and getting it repaired or cleaned.
Phrasal Verbs in German35:56
Again / wieder; may / dürfen24:56
bekommen; ankommen; Vormittag; Nachmittag; übermorgen16:20
Hin / towards there; her / towards here30:27
explains hin and her as motion and direction markers in German, with detachable prefixes and examples like hingehen, hinfahren, hierher, and imperatives such as kommen sie her.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs and Cases32:02
Indicating Motion Using her or r10:15
Learn how to indicate motion in German with prefixes hin and her and the verb gehen, including how to say going out and using detachable prefixes to convey direction.
legen, liegen, stellen21:55
Explore how the German verbs legen, liegen, and stellen distinguish transitive and intransitive usage, including motion with hin and placement on surfaces.
Using Prepositions in German11:15
Using Prepositions with da13:57
überlegen, rüberkommen, reinkommen36:02
ziehen, schließen37:43
anfangen, anrufen, hoffen17:00
denken, glauben, entschuldigen19:46

Requirements

No Prerequisites other than the English Language

Description

Welcome to German Language Foundation!

If you want to learn the German language easily and effectively in such a way that you can use it practically (speak German with native German speakers) right away, take this course.

This course is the first in our course series which means that it does not need any prerequisites.

The complete course series is as follows:

German Language foundation (current course)
German Language Advanced
German Language Buider Course
German Vocabulary Course
German Grammar Course

The complete course series would not take more than 150 hours of study time which can be spread over a period of two months, if you study two hours every day on your own.

Once you have completed the course series, you can use your acquired knowledge of the German language to do the following:

live in Germany
Work in Germany
Study in Germany
Pass German language standardized tests of levels A1, A2, B1, etc. for immigaration purposes, etc.

To have a complete overview and links to all individual coures in this course series, please visit our website that can be accessed from our Udemy profile page.

The internal code for this course is 1s1 which you can use in your correspondence with us when you wish to refer to this course.

Thank you for using this course to learn the German language!

Who this course is for:

Learn German Language to Live in Germany or any German Speaking Country
Learn German Language to Study in Germany
Learn German Language to Work in Germany
Learn German Language to Pass German Language Standardized Tests of Levels A1, A2, B1, etc. for Immigration Purposes, etc.

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Introduction2 lectures • 1min

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Where to Go From Here?1 lecture • 1min

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