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Free online courseGerman Vocabulary for Beginners

Duration of the online course: 2 hours and 18 minutes

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Build confident German fast with a free beginner course: essential vocabulary, everyday dialogues, grammar basics and practice exercises for A1–A2 learners.

In this free course, learn about

  • Basic German greetings and introductions (Hallo; morning greeting like „Guten Morgen“)
  • Personal information vocabulary (name, age, origin) and informal singular „you“ = „du“
  • Family, marriage and relationship vocabulary; talking about family in simple dialogues
  • Countries and languages vocabulary; verb „lernen“ for learning a new language
  • Regular verbs basics; daily activities with irregular verbs and stem-change a→ä patterns
  • Forming yes/no questions in German for simple conversations
  • Jobs and professions vocabulary; saying what you do for work
  • Grammatical gender (der/die/das), including nouns with natural gender but neuter
  • Plural formation basics for common nouns
  • Describing people: appearance adjectives and using possessive pronouns (mein/dein/sein…)
  • Negation with „nicht“ for verbs/phrases and with „kein/keine“ for nouns
  • Numbers 11–100; saying numbers like 25 in German
  • Telling the time (e.g., „halb fünf“ for half past four)
  • Accusative case basics: article changes, possessives in accusative, and shopping/doctor/weather terms

Course Description

Start speaking and understanding German from day one with a beginner-friendly learning path focused on the words and phrases you actually need. This free online course is designed for A1–A2 learners who want to build a practical vocabulary foundation and feel comfortable in common everyday conversations. Instead of memorizing random lists, you will connect new words to real situations so they are easier to remember and use.

Across short lessons and guided practice, you will strengthen core topics such as introductions and greetings, personal information, family and relationships, countries and languages, jobs, daily routines, shopping, time, numbers, and health situations. You will also train conversational skills like asking simple questions, responding naturally, and expressing what you do and do not understand. This makes the course a solid choice for travel plans, relocation, study goals, or a first step toward working with German-speaking clients or teams.

To support accuracy as you gain confidence, the course gently introduces key grammar that beginners often struggle with, including personal and possessive pronouns, grammatical gender, plurals, regular and irregular verbs, and clear patterns for negation. You will also get hands-on exposure to the accusative case in context, helping you form sentences that sound more natural when you talk about people, objects, and everyday needs.

Interactive exercises help you check comprehension as you go, turning passive viewing into active learning. By the end, you should be able to recognize and use essential vocabulary, follow simple spoken German, and handle common situations with greater ease, whether you are saying hello, describing your day, shopping for clothes, or making sense of prices and appointments.

Course content

  • Video class: Lektion 1: Hallo 03m
  • Video class: Lektion 2: Daten Zur Person | German Basic Vocabulary For Beginners (A1-A2) | Video Series 04m
  • Video class: Lektion 3: Die Familie | German Basic Vocabulary For Beginners (A1-A2) | Video Series 04m
  • Video class: Lektion 4: Die Ehe | German Basic Vocabulary For Beginners (A1-A2) | Video Series 04m
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 1: Talking About Family 06m
  • Exercise: What is the German personal pronoun for 'you' in the informal singular form?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 2: Countries And Languages, Regular Verbs 10m
  • Exercise: Welches Wort beschreibt die Handlung, eine neue Sprache zu lernen, auf Deutsch?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 3: German Greetings, Ask Yes/No-Questions 08m
  • Exercise: Welche der folgenden Begrüßungen nutzt man auf Deutsch morgens?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 4: Talking About Jobs and Professions 11m
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 5: Grammatical Gender and Plurals 10m
  • Exercise: Which of the following German nouns is considered neuter according to its grammatical gender, despite having a natural gender as male or female?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 6: Daily Activities, Irregular Verbs 10m
  • Exercise: Welches deutsche Verb ist unregelmäßig und hat im Präsens einen Stammwechsel von 'a' zu 'ä'?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 7: Describing People, Possessive Pronouns 09m
  • Exercise: Welche der folgenden deutschen Adjektive beschreibt das Aussehen von jemandem?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 8: Negation With Nicht 08m
  • Exercise: Wie sagen Sie auf Deutsch 'I do not understand' unter Verwendung der richtigen Verneinung?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 9: Negation Using Kein/e 05m
  • Exercise: Which word would you use to negate the noun 'dog' (der Hund) in German?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 10: Numbers From 11 - 100 06m
  • Exercise: Wie sagt man die Zahl 25 auf Deutsch?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 11: Telling The Time 07m
  • Exercise: Wie sagt man auf Deutsch 'half past four'?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 12: Prices and Clothes Shopping 06m
  • Exercise: Wie fragt man auf Deutsch nach dem Preis eines Kleidungsstücks?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 13: The Accusative Case (Part 1) 04m
  • Exercise: Which of the following nouns would change its article when put in the accusative case in German?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 15: At The Doctor's Office 06m
  • Exercise: What is the German term for 'hospital'?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 16: Talking About The Weather 04m
  • Exercise: Welche der folgenden Jahreszeiten wird auf Deutsch als 'der Sommer' bezeichnet?
  • Video class: Conversational German for Beginners (A1-A2) - Lesson 14: The Accusative Case (Part 2) - Exercises 06m
  • Exercise: What is the correct accusative form of 'der Hund' when using a possessive pronoun for 'his'?

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