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LEARNING GERMAN

Learn German online with grammar explanations and free exercises, lists of useful vocabulary, and everyday phrases for different situations. You can also work on common mistakes and improve your command of the German by learning some idiomatic expressions. Have fun!

"Prosit Neujahr! Wir wünschen allen Glück, Mut, Frieden, Gesundheit, Erfolg, Freundschaft, Liebe, Freude, Zufriedenheit, Spaß, Hoffnung, Kraft."
Image of an appointment diary and the German words "der Termin + der Kalender = der Terminkalender"
Image of some ball-point pens and the German words "schreiben, der Schreiber, der Kugelschreiber, die Schrift, die Anschrift, schriftlich"
Image of a fly and image of a bow tie and the German word for both "die Fliege"
Image of a mountain range with two arrows pointing to a valley and a mountain and the German words "das Tal, der Berg"
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Image showing some friends and the caption "die Freundschaft - friendship"

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Image asking whether you know the difference between the German words 'legen' and 'liegen' - common mistakes.

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Heute ist schönes Wetter.

Bei schönem Wetter bin ich im Garten.

Adjective Endings

Adjectives used in front of nouns have an ending: -e, -en, -er, -es, -em. But when do we use which ending? 

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Image of an arm and asking whether you know what "jemanden auf den Arm nehmen" means

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Image showing a post-it note saying "Danke" with the caption in German: Danke für deine Hilfe.

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