By the end
What you'll build
- Produce both German ch sounds and know which one a word takes
- Pronounce the umlauts ä, ö and ü, and hear the difference they make to meaning
- Apply final devoicing, so Rad and Rat sound identical as they should
- Read any German word aloud from its spelling, including long compounds
- Split a compound noun into its parts and work out what it means
- Place the stress correctly, including on separable-prefix verbs
Curriculum
What's inside
4 modules · 28 lessons
- 01
The German Sound System
9 lessons- Find Your Level — Read This First
- Find Your Level — 5-Minute Placement Checkquiz
- Welcome — German Is Regular, Not Harsh
- The Vowels — Long and Shortpronunciation card
- The Umlautspronunciation card
- + 4 more lessons
- 02
The Two CH Sounds and the Consonants
7 lessons- Ich and Ach — Two Sounds, One Spelling
- The Two CH Soundspronunciation card
- The Consonants That Differ
- Which Sound?fill blank
- Listening: Consonant Contrastslistening lab
- + 2 more lessons
- 03
Stress, Compounds and Reading Anything
6 lessons- Where the Stress Goes
- Splitting the Long Words
- Splitting Compoundsfill blank
- Listening: Reading Long Words Aloudlistening lab
- Word Power: Signs and Streetsword power
- + 1 more lesson
- 04
Putting the Sound System Together
6 lessons- The Complete Letter-to-Sound Map
- Reading Unfamiliar Wordsfill blank
- Listening: German at Real Speedlistening lab
- Flashcards: The Complete Sound Systemflashcard sr
- Final Check: Sounds & Spellingquiz
- + 1 more lesson
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
28 lessons across 4 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.
Practice as you go
Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.
A certificate at the end
Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.
Ready when you are.
Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.