Learn German - Beginner to Advanced

Learn the German alphabet, a Latin-script system of 26 letters with four letters that don't exist in English, organized into four lessons and three reading exercises from words to sentences.

Learn German vowels with examples like apfel, ich, möchten, and früh, and note that nouns are capitalized in German.

Explore German vowel combinations to produce new sounds, using examples like Kaiser, auto, mean, Europa, and tyre to illustrate each pattern.

Explore german consonants with practical examples and meanings, from b to s z, illustrated by words such as pain, donnerstag, papier, zeit, and strasse, to build foundational pronunciation skills.

Explore German alphabet basics by mastering vowels, vowel combinations, and consonant combinations, including sh and sp, with examples like schule and spiegel, and prepare for reading exercises to expand vocabulary.

Practice reading short German words aloud and focus on the pronunciation of each letter. Try words like apfel, tisch, auto, wasser, garten, and schule.

Practice reading longer or more difficult German words and focus on pronunciation of each letter, repeating the words as shown and preparing for reading short sentences in the next video.

Practice reading short German sentences aloud to improve pronunciation, featuring phrases like Sprechen Sie Englisch, Ein Ticket nach Berlin, Wie geht es Ihnen, Kann ich ein Foto machen.

Learn basic German conversations by greeting others and asking how they are, using informal and formal forms. Use phrases like Guten Tag and wie geht es dir to practice dialogue.

Learn to ask where someone is from using informal wo kommst du her and formal wo kommen sie hier, then answer with ich komme aus plus a country.

Learn how to ask what languages someone speaks in German and how to answer with ich spreche plus a language, using informal and formal forms and example phrases.

Learn how to ask someone's age in German using informal and formal forms, and how to answer with ich bin x Jahre alt, plus a short dialogue and word-by-word translation.

Learn how to ask about others' hobbies and share yours in informal and formal German. Explore vocabulary for hobbies, and study a conversation with translations of 'lesen', 'schreiben', and 'schlafen'.

Learn how to ask what job someone does or what they study in German, using informal and formal phrases and practicing common professions and university studies.

Engage with a German conversation that revisits vocabulary and tracks understanding by repeating each word with English translation, covering greetings, languages, hobbies, ages, and professions, and prepares for grammar.

Explore German personal pronouns and the verb to be, covering ich bin, du bist, wir sind, ihr seid, and formal Sie sind, with example sentences.

Explore German sentence structures, including SVO and VSO word orders, and learn when to use each with practical examples and interrogative usage.

Learn to recognize the gender of singular nouns in the nominative case, using definite and indefinite articles for masculine, feminine, and neutral nouns, with practical examples.

learn how to recognize the gender of plural nouns in the nominative case, apply pluralization rules for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns, and use the plural definite article die.

Learn how adjectives decline in the nominative case by adding -e for singular and -n for plural, with examples like schön, groß, alt, and schnell.

Explore possessive pronouns in the nominative case, agreeing with noun gender, using mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser; feminine and plural forms add an extra e.

Master the nominative case by using near demonstratives dieser, diese, dieses and far demonstratives jener, jene, jenes with nouns like brother, doctor, chocolate, culture, car, and instrument.

Master the present simple conjugation of regular German verbs, learn endings for each person, and handle the extra e for verbs ending in n with practical examples.

Learn the present simple of German irregular verbs: sein, essen, wollen, können, and haben. Memorize their forms and see example sentences, since there is no rule for their conjugations.

Discover two German negation methods: use nicht after the verb to negate actions or adjectives, and use kein/keine to negate nouns, with several examples.

Count from 0 to 20 in German, with zero translated as null, and practice the German numerals through the sequence in the lesson.

Learn to count from 20 to 100 in German using the pattern of a tens part followed by und and the units, and practice by guessing numbers from a table.

Learn to count from 100 to 1000 in German, focusing on the hundreds and the thousand as you count upward from 100.

Count in German from 1000 to 10,000 by placing the amount before the noun, with examples like thousand, eins, zweitausendeins, and 2000–9000 illustrating the same rule.

Explore how the accusative case marks direct objects and how definite and indefinite articles change with singular masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns in German.

Learn the accusative in plural nouns, where plural definite articles stay the same in nominative and accusative. Explore masculine, feminine, and neuter plural forms with die.

Explore the accusative adjectives in German, recap the nominative forms, and learn how adjectives decline for singular and plural nouns, including masculine, feminine, and neuter cases.

Explore the accusative possessive pronouns, noting they match the noun's gender, with masculine forms changing, and that in accusative they mostly mirror nominative forms except for singular masculine.

This lecture explains the accusative demonstrative pronouns in German, focusing on masculine, neuter, feminine, and plural forms (diesen, dieses, diese) and demonstrates their use in sentences.

Learn how object pronouns form the accusative in German and use examples like mich, dich, ihn, sie, uns, euch, and Sie to improve everyday speech.

Explore how German ordinal numbers change by gender for the first three: erster, erste, erstes; zweiter, zweite, zweites; dritter, dritte, drittes. Ordinals form by adding -t, like vierte and fünfte.

Learn essential German vocabulary through 21 videos, covering days, months, weather, colors, fruits and vegetables, clothing, body parts, home items, bakeries, travel hubs, supermarkets, food places, and celebration days.

Learn the days of the week in German, including Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag. Explore weekend wochenende and greetings like guten tag with example sentences.

Learn German months of the year with capitalization of all months. You'll practice with German-English examples like February is a cold month and in July I'll travel to Spain.

Learn essential German family vocabulary, from mother and father to grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, and more, and practice forming simple sentences.

Learn german weather vocabulary, including wie ist das wetter, das wetter ist schön or schlecht, es regnet, es schneit, and the seasons winter, frühling, sommer, and herbst.

Learn the German color vocabulary, including weisse white, schwarz black, rot red, gelb yellow, grüne green, blaue blue, brown, grey, lila purple, beige beige, rosa pink, and orange.

Learn essential German fruit vocabulary, including apfel, birne, banana, orange, mandarine, peach, cherry, apricot, strawberry, watermelon, melon, kiwi, grape, and lemon, and practice ordering with 'ich hatte gerne'.

Learn german vegetable vocabulary, from potato and carrot to tomato, cucumber, onion, paprika, and broccoli, and practice simple requests like 'ich hatte gerne ein kilogramm kartoffeln'.

Learn German clothing vocabulary including coat, jacket, sweater, suit, pants, jeans, t-shirt, shorts, shirt, dress, skirt, underwear, tights, leggings, socks, swimsuit, bikini, shoe, and a pair of shoes, with sentences.

Learn essential German clothes vocabulary, including shoe, boot, scarf, hat, beanie, belt, glasses, glove, and cravat. Practice using them in simple sentences from the lesson.

Learn German body parts vocabulary using terms from the caption, including Kopf, Auge, Nase, Mund, Ohr, Hals, Brust, Bauch, Rücken, Schulter, Arm, Ellenbogen, Hand, Finger, leg, knee, foot, and toe.

Learn German home vocabulary by naming rooms and objects such as house, apartment, kitchen, living room, dining room, study room, bathroom, bedroom, garage, balcony, garden, table, chair, stairs, and toilet.

Explore bakery vocabulary in German, including bread varieties such as white, brown, grain, a sandwich, croissant, cinnamon roll, cookies, cake, and doughnut, plus drinks like milk, juice, and water.

Learn German travel vocabulary at the train station, including bahnhof, zug, bahnsteige, haltestelle, weltraum, public toilets, timetable, ticket, and first class, with example sentences.

Learn airport vocabulary in German, including terms for airport, airplane, taxi, boarding pass, delay, and gate, with example sentences about arrivals.

Practice hotel vocabulary, including reception, reservation, luggage, and guest terms, with examples of a double room, a single room, and an indoor swimming pool.

Master German grocery store vocabulary, including cheese, butter, milk, yogurt, eggs, olive oil, flour, rice, lentils, chickpeas, and beans, with ordering phrases like I would like to have beans, please.

Learn grocery store vocabulary, including vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, minced meat, detergent, cleaning products, paper towels, toilet paper, shampoo, shower gel, conditioner, soap, toothpaste, and groceries, with shopping list practice.

Learn German vocabulary for food and drink places, including restaurant, tavern, fish restaurant, steakhouse, cafe, club, take-away, and pizzeria, and practice with example sentences from the lesson.

Explore occupations in the food sector, including chef, waiter, waitress, barman or barwoman, barista, cashier, cleaner, and masculine and feminine pastry chef roles.

Discover the most important German celebration days, from new year and Three Kings Day to Oktoberfest and German Unity Day.

Learn to tell time in German using key terms such as eine Stunde, Stunden, nach, halb, and vor, with examples like 10:00, 10:05, and 10:15.

Practice telling time in German using time-of-day terms such as morgens, mittags, nachmittag, abends, and at night, with examples like it's seven in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Master German question words and yes-no questions by learning how to switch subject and verb, use ja and nein, and ask who, where, when, why, what, and how.

Master the past simple conjugation of regular German verbs by learning the endings for each person, with examples like kaufen, spielen, tanzen, arbeiten, and öffnen.

Master the past simple of irregular German verbs by memorizing five common forms: sein, haben, gehen, kommen, wissen, and practicing their conjugations with example sentences.

Explore the German future simple by mastering the formula: a personal pronoun followed by conjugation of werden and an infinitive, with practical examples.

Explore the dative case by identifying the gender of singular nouns, applying definite and indefinite articles, and reviewing nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative usage with examples.

Learn the dative case for plural nouns in German. Use the definite article den for all plural nouns in the dative, and practice with masculine, feminine, and neuter examples.

Explores the dative case and adjectival endings, recaps nominative forms, and shows how singular and plural adjectives take endings in dative, with examples like schön and jungen.

Explore how the dative possessive pronouns in German agree in gender with the noun, with forms for masculine, feminine, neuter, and plural across informal and formal you.

Explore the dative demonstrative pronouns, review nominative forms for close-by reference, and practice with example sentences using diesem, dieser, diesen in the dative.

Explore the dative case and its object pronouns in German, and practice using them in sentences like ich gebe ihm das buch and wir zeigen euch den weg.

Explore German location prepositions such as über, vor, zwischen, neben, unter, hinter, mit, mitten in, auf, in, and von with example usages.

Explore time prepositions in german, with examples like ich komme um drei uhr and die schule beginnt am Montag, plus around, gegen, bis, vor, ab, seit, and im.

Master irregular verbs in the imperative by memorizing five common forms—sein, haben, gehen, kommen, wissen—and practice their conjugations across informal and formal you forms.

Discover German adverbs of frequency, such as jeden tag, taglich, immer, fast immer, normalerweise, oft, manchmal, zelten, and never, with examples that illustrate daily usage.

Master the German conditional tense using würde plus an infinitive, with regular conjugation across pronouns and examples like to ring, to smile, and to play.

Master the German second conditional by using the past subjunctive of haben or sein with the verb stem and ending, freely choosing haben or sein.

Explore the genitive case and the gender of singular nouns in German, contrasting the four cases—nominative, accusative, dative, genitive—and how masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns change with article forms.

Learn how the genitive case affects plural German nouns, using the uniform der article across masculine, feminine, and neuter plurals, with practical noun examples.

Learn how genitive adjectives work, adding an e before singular nouns in the nominative, an extra n for plural nouns, and an extra n for genitive singular adjectives, with examples.

Explore the genitive possessive pronouns in German, showing gender agreement with the noun and forms for my, your informal, your formal, his, her, our, and their, with practical examples.

Explore the genitive demonstrative pronouns in German, building on nominative forms and practicing possessive use for masculine, neuter, feminine, and plural nouns with example sentences.

Explore the genitive object pronouns and how they form the genitive version of personal pronouns to improve your German speech. Practice with examples like das geschenk ist von mir.

Learn how German conjunctions connect two main sentences, organized into seven categories for easier memorization, including und, aber, oder, weil, so, to improve speaking.

Learn German conjunctions II focuses on time-related conjunctions, teaching when, if, while, as soon as, before, after, as long as, until, and since with practical examples.

Explore German conjunctions that connect clauses to express cause and effect, with examples using because, durch, and so that, as taught in lesson three.

Learn German conditional conjunctions, including if, in case, as long as, and unless, with example sentences showing how they connect clauses and express conditions.

Explore opposition conjunctions in German, using obwohl and trotz to link clauses, with examples like although she is not invited and despite the poor results.

Explore German conjunctions of comparison, like, as, and as if, with practical examples that connect clauses and build on the sixth lesson.

Learn how German conjunctions connect clauses and sentences, focusing on indirect reason with dass, and on ob for whether, plus examples of time, cause and effect, conditions, opposition, and comparison.

Learn the German present perfect with regular verbs, choosing haben or sein to form conjugations, and practice with kaufen, spielen, tanzen, arbeiten, and öffnen.

Learn the present perfect of irregular German verbs, memorize five common irregular verbs, and practice conjugations with examples like gewesen, gehabt, gegangen, gekommen, gewusst.

Learn the past perfect in German by conjugating regular verbs with haben or sein, using ich hatte and the other forms, with examples like kaufen, arbeiten, spielen, tanzen, and öffnen.

Learn past perfect with irregular verbs in German: conjugate five common verbs (sein, haben, gehen, kommen, wissen), memorize forms, and practice with example sentences.

Master the future perfect in German by conjugating regular verbs with a personal pronoun and werden, plus haben or sein, using examples like kaufen, spielen, tanzen, arbeiten, öffnen.

Explore the future perfect in German by memorizing five irregular verbs: gewesen sein, gehabt haben, gegangen sein, gekommen sein, and gewusst haben.

Explore common German proverbs and their meanings to boost comprehension and conversation, from you don't see the forest for all the trees to practice makes the master.

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