Duration of the online course: 9 hours and 25 minutes
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Speak with more confidence in German A2: master cases, prepositions and sentence structure in a free online course with practice and exercises.
In this free course, learn about
Use nominative vs accusative cases; choose correct definite articles for gender
Apply two-way prepositions with accusative (motion) vs dative (location): unter, an, etc.
Form contractions of preposition + article: zu/zum/zur, an dem → am
Conjugate and place modal verbs (können, wollen, müssen, sollen, dürfen) in sentences
Build adjective vocabulary (opposites) and meanings like dunkel
Compare adjectives: equality (genauso...wie), comparative and superlative forms (lang → am längsten)
Construct weil and dass subordinate clauses; verb-final word order and linking to main clause
Use fixed-preposition verbs and reflexive verbs; pick correct reflexive pronouns and preps
Use zu + infinitive constructions correctly
Identify separable vs inseparable verbs and their word order effects
Use wo-/da- compounds (womit, worauf) and choose correct dative pronouns/articles
Create relative clauses with nominative and accusative relative pronouns
Use wo vs wohin with verbs/prepositions to decide dative vs accusative
Form wenn conditionals, als time clauses, deshalb, and double conjunctions (nicht nur...sondern auch)
Course Description
Move beyond basic German and start building the accuracy you need for real conversations, messages and everyday situations. This German A2 course helps you strengthen the grammar that makes your sentences sound natural, so you can describe what you do, explain why something happens, and express rules, wishes, abilities and obligations with clarity.
You will develop a solid feel for how German works in practice, especially where many learners get stuck: choosing the right case, handling two-way prepositions, and understanding why the article changes depending on movement or location. Step by step, you will learn to form cleaner sentences using common connectors, place verbs correctly in main and subordinate clauses, and avoid typical word-order mistakes that can make an otherwise good sentence confusing.
As you progress, you will gain control of key everyday structures such as modal verbs, comparisons with adjectives, reflexive forms, verbs with fixed prepositions, and constructions like zu + infinitive. You will also build confidence with important A2 topics that open the door to longer, more detailed communication, including relative clauses, conditional sentences, and the passive voice. The course also supports your understanding of past forms used frequently in stories, descriptions and simple reports.
Each lesson is paired with practice that reinforces what you learned, helping you move from recognizing a rule to actually using it. By the end, you should be able to produce more accurate German with fewer pauses, understand common patterns faster, and feel prepared to continue toward the next level with stronger foundations. Study online at your own pace and turn grammar into a practical skill you can rely on.
Course content
Video class: Nominative and Accusative Case in German Language | Cases in German | A2 German Course | Lesson 114m
Exercise: Which of the following sentences correctly uses a definite article for a feminine noun in nominative case in German?
Video class: Two Way Prepositions in German | Wechselpräpositionen | Akkusativ/Dativ | A2 German Course |Lesson 222m
Exercise: When do two-way prepositions in German act like accusative?
Video class: German two way prepositions Exercises | Wechselpräpositionen Übungen | A2 German Course | Lesson 321m
Exercise: Which case does the two-way preposition 'unter' take when indicating static location, as in 'unter dem Schrank'?
Video class: zu zur zum in German grammar | Short Form of Prepositions and Articles | A2 German Course | Lesson 408m
Exercise: What is the short form of 'an dem' in German grammar?
Video class: Modal Verbs in German language | Modalverb Können | Modal Verb Können | A2 German Course | Lesson 517m
Video class: Modal verb wollen in German Language | Modalverb deutsch lernen wollen | A2 German Course | Lesson 616m
Exercise: What is the correct conjugation of the German modal verb 'wollen' for the pronoun 'wir'?
Video class: Modal Verb müssen in German | Conjugation, Sentence Structure, Examples | A2 German course |Lesson 717m
Exercise: Which model verb conjugation would you use with the subject 'wir' (meaning 'we') in a sentence in German?
Video class: German modal verb sollen | Conjugation, use and sentence structure |A2 German Course | Lesson 815m
Video class: Modalverb dürfen in German language | Conjugation and sentence structure |A2 German Course |Lesson 915m
Exercise: How is the modal verb 'dürfen' conjugated for the subject 'er/sie/es' in German?
Video class: German Adjectives and opposities | Common Adjectives in German Grammar | A2 German Course |Lesson 1007m
Exercise: What is the meaning of the adjective 'dunkel'?
Video class: Comparison of adjectives in German | genauso ....wie | Gleichheit | A2 German Course | Lesson 1108m
Exercise: Which phrase would you use in German to compare two objects indicating that they have the same quality?
Video class: Comparative forms of adjectives in German language | Komparativ Adjektiv| A2 German Course|Lesson 1213m
Video class: German Comparative and Superlative Adjectives | forms and Sentences | A2 German Course | Lesson 1314m
Exercise: Which of the following is the correct superlative form of the German adjective 'lang' (long) when comparing the length of multiple things?
Video class: Nebensatz mit weil | weil conjunction| Rules and Examples | A2 German Course | Lesson 1419m
Exercise: How do you correctly structure German sentences using 'weil'?
Video class: German conjunction weil | Hauptsatz and Nebensatz in German | Lesson 15 | A2 German Course21m
Exercise: What is used to connect the Nebensatz to the Hauptsatz in German sentences to indicate the reason for a situation?
Video class: German verbs with preposition | Verbs with fixed prepositions | Lesson 16 | A2 German Course11m
Exercise: Which preposition is associated with 'begin' in German verb usage?
Video class: Reflexive Verbs in German | Reflexive Verben | Reflexive pronouns | Lesson 17 | A2 German course07m
Exercise: Which of the following verbs is NOT correctly matched with its reflexive pronoun in the dative case?
Video class: German Reflexive verbs | Sentence Structure and Examples | Lesson 18 | A2 German Course18m
Exercise: What is the reflexive pronoun for 'er' in German?
Video class: Reflexive verbs with fixed prepositions | German for beginners| Lesson 19 | A2 German Course13m
Exercise: What is the associated preposition for the reflexive verb 'sich interessieren'?
Video class: Nebensatz mit dass | Nebensatz Konjunktionen | Nebensatz und Hauptsatz |Lesson 20|A2 German Course19m
Exercise: What is the role of 'dass' in German sentence structure?
Video class: zu plus infinitive in German language | How to use zu infinitive | Lesson 21 | A2 German Course14m
Exercise: Which of the following sentences correctly demonstrates the use of 'zu' with an infinitive in German?
Video class: How to identify and use separable and non separable verbs in German | Lesson 22 | A2 German Course14m
Video class: Wo und Da Komposita | Wo14m
Exercise: Which pronoun would be used for a neuter noun in the dative case in German?
Video class: Womit, Wovon, Worauf, Mit wem, Von wem, Auf wen | wo and da compound | Lesson 23 | A2 German Course15m
Video class: What are relative sentences in German | Relative pronouns - Nominative | Lesson 25 |A2 German Course16m
Exercise: What grammatical structure in German is used to combine two sentences that provide additional information about a noun?
Video class: Relative sentences and Relative pronouns in German | Accusative| Lesson 26 | A2 German Course14m
Video class: Wo oder Wohin | Akkusativ oder Dativ | Verbs and Prepositions | Lesson 27 | A2 German Course16m
Exercise: What is the correct definite article to use for the masculine noun 'Stuhl' in dative case when there is no movement involved?
Video class: Conditional sentences in German with conjunction Wenn | | Lesson 28 | A2 German Course11m
Video class: German passive sentences explained with examples| Sentence Structure | Lesson 29 | A2 German Course18m
Exercise: Which tense is today's German A2 lesson focusing on when learning about the passive voice?
Video class: How to make Past Tense in German Language | Präteritum | Lesson 30 | A2 German Course08m
Video class: How to make Paasive sentences in German Past tense | Examples | Lesson 31 | A2 German Course13m
Exercise: In the past passive form of the verb 'werden' for the third person singular (he, she, it), which conjugation is used in German?
Video class: German verb Lassen | Meaning and use of lassen verb with examples | Lesson 32 | A2 German Course11m
Video class: Lassen verb in German language | Meaning and sentence structure | Lesson 33 | A2 German Course09m
Exercise: Which verb position is typically used for the main verb in a sentence when a modal verb like 'lassen' (to let/allow) is used in the second position in a German sentence?
Video class: Wenn conjunction in German language | Nebensätze mit wenn | Lesson 34 | A2 German Course14m
Video class: Als Conjugation in German language | Nebensätze mit als| Lesson 35 | A2 German Course13m
Exercise: Which of the following best describes the events for which the 'als' conjugation is used in German?
Video class: Meaning of Deshalb in German language | Use and Sentence Structure | Lesson 37 | A2 German Course10m
Video class: Nebensätze mit als | Subordinate clause using als in German | Lesson 36 | A2 German Course10m
Exercise: What is the correct sentence structure for a Nebensatz following a Hauptsatz when using 'als' conjugation?
Video class: nicht nur, .... sondern auch | Doppelkonjunktionen | Examples and more| Lesson 38 | A2 German Course11m
Video class: Welch, welche, .... dies, diese, .... | Demonstrativpronomen| Lesson 39 | A2 German Course10m
Exercise: What is the correct accusative case ending for a masculine noun following the interrogative word 'Welch' in German?
Video class: A2 German Course Lesson 40 | B1 Start Update | Review and Next Step11m