
Explore how to use the dative object as indirect object in German, including dative prepositions and pronoun order. Learn how emphasis and questions shift the dative and subject pronoun focus.
Learn how the German pronoun es marks general statements and situations, not specific nouns, with examples like es ist kalt and es sind Blumen, including when used with subordinate clauses.
Master the n-declension in German, including dative plural endings with an added n, masculine nouns and nation names, and examples across nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive cases.
Master the German n-declension by examining der, die, das endings and practicing with objects and clients as illustrated in the caption.
An exercise in German B1 focusing on questions and answers in a shopping context, including how to inquire about and order items such as ice.
Explore genitive in German relative clauses with nominative, accusative, and dative forms, and see how masculine singular and feminine and plural nouns pair with the pronoun deren.
Master the use of relative pronouns with preposition-based questions in German, including mit wem, für wen, and wofür, plus wo- and da- constructions like womit and worauf.
Practice German usage of the question words 'wofür' and 'dafür' through an exercise that shows how to ask what someone is interested in and what they have thanked for.
This exercise on Futur I teaches using werden with infinitive to express future actions, plans, and promises, contrasting present form and future usage in German contexts.
Learn emotion and filler words in German, partikeln (particles), and practice using them in everyday phrases and conversations.
Explore how to use the German subjunctions indem and sodass/so dass to express means, purpose, and consequence, with examples using so that, damit, and weshalb.
Master the german connectors namlich und zwar and zwar... aber to introduce specifics and contrasts with examples like water and coffee.
Explore Konjunktiv II with past modal verbs to express obligations and missed opportunities, including forms like hattest sollen and hattest müssen, with examples about telling the truth.
Practice konjunktiv ii with past modal verbs, drawing on sentences from the previous exercise to form and interpret past-subjunctive structures with forms like konnte, durfte, and sollten.
Learn to use hin and her with wo and wohin to express movement to or from a place, including phrases like hinfahren and herkommen.
Explore nominalization in German by converting verbs and adjectives into nouns, forming masculine or feminine designations for people, and using participle-based nominalized forms.
Explore nominalization in German through practical exercises and everyday vocabulary drawn from hospital scenes and daily routines, building B1 intermediate language skills.
Explore the infinitive with zu, including phrases like etwas zu tun and es ist leicht etwas zu tun, and examine its use with subject consistency and general versus specific statements.
Learn to form the passive voice with modal verbs in German, using werden and the past participle, with examples like das haus muss gebaut werden and das zimmer sollte werden.
Explore how to use lassen to have someone do something for you, with examples like ich lasse mir die haare schneiden and ich lasse mein auto reparieren, plus gelassen.
Explore the position of nicht in German sentences, practice negation with verbs of movement and prepositions, and work with relative clauses and verb order in real examples.
Time to get your German to a conversational level !
This course focuses on language skill improvement in line with the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
What's special about this course:
Start off with an entry level test to make sure your A2 level is covered.
The course contains specialized exercises on certain topics, that will support you in a more personalized way by answering questions you might have and providing additonal explanations on solutions. (There are also standard exercises for topics that require straight-forward repetition of structures.)
The grammar and vocabulary is often intertwined, so even if it gets theoretical, there is an immediate practical benefit.
All explanations are in German, so you can train your listening.
There are integrated English subtitles to support your understanding.
The explanations are compact and to the point and are supported by multiple examples, which also give you more options to expand your vocabulary and demonstrate how to use vocabulary and grammar in the context of spoken language. Visuals are an additional support for memorization.
For each explanation video in German, there is also a script with the German text, so you have both, the German and the English version. You can also use the German script to read along as you listen to the lectures. This will further help your reading and listening skills.
The lectures has a pdf-script attached with the lecture presentation and you will also get a written version of the exercises.
A final test covers the whole course content and will give you the opportunity to double-check which topics you have mastered and which might need another review.
At the end of the course you will also get a personalized signed language certificate.
Are you ready to take your German to the next level?
The focus of this course is on effectiveness and efficiency and therefore designed for people, who are serious about studying German systematically and for those who might need it for their university studies or their work.
This course will help you a great deal to take a big step forward in your language acquisition. If you are looking to take a test such as Goethe, telc or FIDE, the material up to any of the B1 tests is covered in this course.
This course is the third of the intensive course series. The German Language Intensive Courses A1, A2 and B1 build up on one another. If you haven't taken the A2, you can find it on my Instructor profile!