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GERMAN PRACTICE

10 levels of German practice

Learn to read, write, and speak German from scratch: the alphabet and special letters, words, phrases, and simple sentences. You need 80% to unlock the next level, and Level 1 is unlocked to start.

10 levels 20 questions each Level 1 unlocked

BASICS

German alphabet, grammar & phrases

German uses the same 26 letters as English, plus three umlauts and the Eszett (ß).

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Alphabet & pronunciation

The alphabet (a–z)

Special letters

Core grammar rules

Three genders

Nouns are der (masculine), die (feminine), or das (neuter); plural is always die.

Capitalised nouns

Every noun is capitalised, wherever it appears in the sentence: das Haus, die Schule.

Verb-second word order

In a main clause, the verb is always the second element: Heute gehe ich zur Schule (Today go I to school).

Cases

Articles and adjective endings change with the noun's role: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), genitive (possession).

Separable verbs

Some verbs split: aufstehen → Ich stehe früh auf (I get up early) — the prefix moves to the end.

Plurals

There is no single plural rule; common patterns add -e, -er, -(e)n, or -s, and the article is always die.

Modal verbs

Modal verbs like können (can), müssen (must), wollen (want) push the main verb to the end: Ich kann gut singen (I can sing well).

Comparatives

Add -er for "more": schnell → schneller (faster); the superlative uses am -(e)sten: am schnellsten (fastest).

Word order for time, manner, place

Adverbials follow the order time, then manner, then place: Ich fahre heute mit dem Bus zur Schule (I go today by bus to school).

Phrasebook

Level 1 · First words Greetings, numbers, days, family, colours and question words.

Greetings & everyday phrases

Hallo HAH-loh Hello
Danke DAHN-kuh Thank you
Wie heißt du? vee HYST doo What is your name?
Ich heiße... ikh HY-suh My name is...
Wie geht es dir? vee gayt es DEER How are you?
Mir geht es gut meer gayt es GOOT I'm fine
Auf Wiedersehen owf VEE-der-zay-en Goodbye
Bitte BIT-tuh Please / you're welcome
Entschuldigung ent-SHUL-dee-gung Excuse me / sorry
Ja / Nein yah / nine Yes / No

Numbers 1-10

eins ynts One
zwei tsvy Two
drei dry Three
vier feer Four
fünf fewnf Five
sechs zeks Six
sieben ZEE-ben Seven
acht ahkht Eight
neun noyn Nine
zehn tsayn Ten

Days of the week

Montag MOHN-tahk Monday
Dienstag DEENS-tahk Tuesday
Mittwoch MIT-vokh Wednesday
Donnerstag DON-ners-tahk Thursday
Freitag FRY-tahk Friday
Samstag ZAHMS-tahk Saturday
Sonntag ZON-tahk Sunday

Family

die Mutter dee MUT-ter Mother
der Vater dair FAH-ter Father
der Bruder dair BROO-der Brother
die Schwester dee SHVES-ter Sister
der Großvater dair GROHS-fah-ter Grandfather
die Großmutter dee GROHS-mut-ter Grandmother

Colours

rot roht Red
blau blow Blue
gelb gelp Yellow
grün grewn Green
schwarz shvarts Black
weiß vyss White

Question words

was vahs What
wer vair Who
wo voh Where
wann vahn When
warum vah-RUM Why
wie vee How

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