If you can already say a few words in German but feel unsure when building correct sentences, this course helps you turn basic vocabulary into accurate, natural-sounding speech. You will learn to make better choices with articles, word order and prepositions so that your German feels controlled rather than guessed.
The lessons focus on the core grammar patterns learners need at A1 and A2: understanding how sentences change in different cases, when and why articles shift, and how to recognize what a verb requires. By training these foundations, you’ll be able to express simple ideas more clearly, avoid typical beginner errors, and follow everyday German with less confusion.
Beyond rules, the course emphasizes practical use. You’ll work with structures that appear constantly in daily conversation, from talking about where you are from, to describing location and direction, to expressing ability, obligation, permission and preference with modal verbs. You’ll also gain confidence with frequently used verb groups, separable verbs, and forms used to talk about past actions with helping verbs.
To make progress stick, the course pairs short explanations with targeted practice. Exercises help you check whether you truly understand what belongs in each part of the sentence, and the common-mistake sections help you fix problems that often block fluency, such as confusing similar words or choosing the wrong pronoun or preposition.
Whether you’re learning German for travel, studies, work, or personal goals, this free online course gives you a strong grammar base you can immediately apply in speaking and writing, setting you up for more confident communication and smoother progress to the next level.
Course content
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Nominative case | Nominativ | A106m
Exercise: _What is the nominative case in German grammar?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Accusative case | Akkusativ | A110m
Exercise: What happens to the masculine article in the accusative case in German?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Dative case | Dativ | A110m
Exercise: _What is the dative object in the sentence "The mother bought a dress for the daughter"?
Video class: Learn German | der die das? | Rules for articles | Hints on how to guess the german articles | A111m
Exercise: What articles do German masculine nouns typically take?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | How to build Plural? | A106m
Exercise: _What is the plural form of the word "Hunt" according to the lesson?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | No article | Kein Artikel | A107m
Exercise: In which case is an article NOT used with nouns in German grammar?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Where are you from? | Woher kommst du? | A106m
Exercise: _What is the correct way to say "I am from the Philippines" in German when using the article "die"?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Wo? oder Wohin? | Part 1 | A1 | A213m
Exercise: What is the correct German preposition for 'going to a city'?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Wo? oder Wohin? | Part 2 | A1 | A213m
Exercise: _What preposition should be used with the location "in the group" when answering the question "wo ist das Mädchen?" (where is the girl?)?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | haben und sein als Vollverb | A110m
Exercise: Which verb is used to express possession in German?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Modalverben | Modal verbs | A110m
Exercise: _What are modal verbs in German?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | mu?ssen | Modal verbs | Modalverben | A106m
Exercise: What is the position of a modal verb in a German sentence with another verb?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | ko?nnen | Modal verbs | Modalverben | A106m
Exercise: _What is the position of the modal verb in a sentence and where is the other verb placed when using a modal verb in German grammar?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | dürfen | Modal verbs | Modalverben | A106m
Exercise: What is the position of modal verbs in German sentences with other verbs?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | mögen | Modal verbs | Modalverben | A105m
Exercise: _What is the position of the modal verb in the sentence when it is used with another verb?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | wollen | Modal verbs | Modalverben | A106m
Exercise: Where is the modal verb 'Will' placed in a German sentence?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | sollen | Modal verbs | Modalverben | A105m
Exercise: _What is the position of the modal verb in a sentence and how is the other verb placed?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Accusative prepositions | Akkusativ Präpositionen | A110m
Exercise: Which preposition denotes an end point in German?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Dative prepositions | Präpositionen im Dativ | A114m
Exercise: _What is the correct article form for "farter" when used with the dative preposition "fun"?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Dative verbs | Verben mit Dativ | A110m
Exercise: Which of the following verbs in German only require a dative object?
Video class: 50 Verben mit Akkusativ16m
Exercise: _Which type of verbs take only the accusative object?
Video class: Learn German | German Grammar | Konjunktionen | oder, sondern, und, denn, aber | A1 | A214m
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | sehr oder viel | A1 | A210m
Exercise: _What is the most common use of Xia in German language?
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | können oder müssen | A1 | A210m
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | wen, wenn oder wann | A1 | A210m
Exercise: _What is the difference between "vin", "van" and "ven" in German grammar?
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | den, denn oder dann | A1 | A210m
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | das oder dass | A1 | A210m
Exercise: _What is the most common use of the word "das"?
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | um, im oder am | A1 | A210m
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | Sie oder sie? | A1 | A211m
Exercise: _What is the difference between Z with a capital S and Z with a small s in German language?
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | ihn oder ihm? | A1 | A211m
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | aus oder von? | A1 | A210m
Exercise: _What is the difference between the prepositions "haus" and "fun"?
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | zu, zum oder zur? | A1 | A210m
Video class: Learn German | Common Mistakes in German | ihr oder Ihr? | A1 | A210m
Exercise: _What is the correct possessive article for the sentence "Sonia's house" in the third person singular feminine?
Video class: Common Mistakes in German | telefonieren? ODER anrufen? | Learn German | A1 | A204m
Video class: Common Mistakes in German | können oder dürfen? | Learn German | A1 | A210m
Exercise: _What is the main difference between the modal verbs Kernan and Doofen?
Video class: Learn German | German for daily use | 25 useful verbs for beginners10m
Video class: Learn German | German for daily use | 25 important verbs in the Kitchen | Verben in der Küche11m
Video class: Learn German | German for daily use | 25 important separable verbs | Trennbare Verben11m
Video class: Learn German | German for daily use | 25 Adjectives and their opposites | A1 | A210m
Exercise: _What is the opposite of "gesund"?
Video class: Learn German | German for daily use | 25 Verbs and their Perfect | A1 | A210m
Video class: Learn German | 25 Verbs in Perfect with helping verbs haben and sein | A2 | B112m
Exercise: _Which of the following verbs takes both "sein" and "haben" as the helping verb depending on the context?
Video class: 25 Verbs with Accusative-Object | Verben mit Akkusativergänzung | Learn German Grammar | A1-A211m
Video class: Fragewort WANN | W-Fragen | | Learn German Grammar | A1-A204m
Exercise: _What is "one" in German grammar?
Video class: Fragewort WOHIN | W-Fragen | | Learn German Grammar | A1-A204m
Video class: Fragewort WAS | W-Fragen | Learn German Grammar | A1-A205m
Exercise: _What is "was" in German grammar?
Video class: Fragewort WARUM | W-Fragen | | Learn German Grammar | A1-A204m
Video class: Fragewort WER | W-Fragen | Learn German Grammar | A1-A205m
What is the difference between the German nominative, accusative, and dative cases?
The nominative marks the subject, the accusative usually marks the direct object, and the dative usually marks the indirect object or follows certain verbs and prepositions.
Why does der change to den in the German accusative case?
Masculine singular articles change in the accusative: der becomes den and ein becomes einen. Feminine, neuter, and plural forms do not change in the same way.
Where do modal verbs and infinitives go in a German sentence?
In a main clause, the conjugated modal verb is in second position, while the other verb stays in the infinitive at the end: Ich muss heute arbeiten.
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Course comments: A1 | A2 | German Grammar
Sally
for my first class it was amazing and easily understandable
Sina Jadidi
best german course I have ever had