Deutsch Long words built from short ones, a bit like Chinese.
Others: TestDaF, telc and ÖSD.
The Goethe-Zertifikat, from the Goethe-Institut, exists at every level from A1 to C2. Each exam has reading, listening, writing and speaking modules.
6 levels · 3 open
Learn German from zero in 75 free days: the words and grammar of the Goethe A1 word list, der, die, das, audio and two Start Deutsch 1 style practice exams.
75 days · 842 words · 32 writing & speaking tasks · 2 practice exams
Start the course →Free German after A1: 663 new words and the A2 grammar (Perfekt, weil and dass, comparisons) in 62 days, with audio and two Goethe A2-style practice exams.
62 days · 663 words · 33 grammar points · 19 writing & speaking tasks · 2 practice exams
Start the course →Free German after A2: 1,214 new words and B1 grammar (simple past, passive, relative clauses, Konjunktiv II) in 74 days, with audio and two Goethe-style exams.
74 days · 1,214 words · 29 grammar points · 34 writing & speaking tasks · 2 practice exams
Start the course →Upper intermediate: follow talks and articles on most topics, take part in discussions and argue a point, and write clear, detailed texts.
About this level →Advanced: understand long, demanding texts and what they imply, speak fluently without searching for words, and write well-structured texts for study and work.
About this level →Mastery: understand virtually everything you hear or read, sum up arguments from several sources, and express fine shades of meaning precisely.
About this level →New to German? Start with German A1 in 75 days. Each level builds on the one before: its words come back in the next course without being taught again, so you can also jump in at your own level.
Every course is free, with no sign-up: your progress stays in this browser.
Each day is a dot on your path. Join them up and watch the picture grow.
A day is about 14 bites of 1–3 minutes: a warm-up, words, quick quizzes, writing, a sentence, a game. Stop between any two.
Cards come back just before you forget them. Games and real dialogues make it stick.
Every course has printable PDFs with words, patterns and practice.