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Survival German: Your First 30 Situations (L2)

CEFR A1–A2 · Thirty situations you will actually meet in Germany — the bakery, the Anmeldung, the Pfand machine, the pharmacy, the train, the neighbour complaining about noise. With the cultural rules that matter more than the vocabulary.

Professional electiveBeginnerGermanCertificateAligned: CEFR level A1–A2
5 modules 30 lessons 14 enrolled ~12h of material

First three lessons free. Full access with Karka Pass from ₹49 for 7 days (7 days ₹49 · 30 days ₹199 · 1 year ₹1,999).

Survival German: Your First 30 Situations (L2)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Handle thirty everyday German situations with the right words and the right register
  • Choose correctly between Sie and du, and know why the choice is not casual
  • Navigate the Anmeldung, the Termin system and German bureaucracy without panic
  • Order, shop, pay and travel — including cash, Pfand and ticket validation
  • Ask for help and understand the answer well enough to act on it
  • Read the cultural signals that make the difference between rude and normal

Curriculum

What's inside

5 modules · 30 lessons

  1. 01

    First Contact

    6 lessons
    • Sie or Du — The Choice You Cannot Avoid
    • Greeting Anyonelistening lab
    • Introducing Yourselfspeaking lab
    • Word Power: The Survival Fifteenword power
    • Listening: Small Talk at the Doorlistening lab
    • + 1 more lesson
  2. 02

    Eating, Shopping and Paying

    7 lessons
    • The Bakery — Germany's Real Institutionlistening lab
    • Cash Is Still King
    • At the Supermarketlistening lab
    • German Numbers Run Backwards
    • Catching the Numberlistening lab
    • + 2 more lessons
  3. 03

    Getting Around

    5 lessons
    • Trains, Tickets and the Rules
    • At the Stationlistening lab
    • Asking for Directionslistening lab
    • Getting Aroundfill blank
    • Speaking Lab: Lost in a German Cityspeaking lab
  4. 04

    Bureaucracy, Health and Home

    6 lessons
    • The Anmeldung and the Termin
    • At the Bürgeramtlistening lab
    • Doctor, Pharmacy, Emergencylistening lab
    • Ruhezeit and Sunday — The Rules of Quiet
    • Living in Germanyfill blank
    • + 1 more lesson
  5. 05

    Putting It Together

    6 lessons
    • Speaking Lab: Your First Weekspeaking lab
    • Word Power: Thirty More Survival Wordsword power
    • Flashcards: Survival Phrasesflashcard sr
    • Final Check: Survival Germanquiz
    • Picture It & Speak — AI Image Studioimage lab
    • + 1 more lesson

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

30 lessons across 5 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.