By the end
What you'll build
- Use all four German cases and know what each one is for
- Predict a noun's gender from its ending, and use der/die/das with confidence
- Apply adjective endings after definite, indefinite and zero articles
- Build subordinate clauses, sending the conjugated verb to the end
- Order the middle of a sentence correctly using the TeKaMoLo principle
- Read authentic German — news, email, listings, recipes — without translating word by word
Curriculum
What's inside
4 modules · 21 lessons
- 01
Gender and the Four Cases
5 lessons- Der, Die, Das — And How to Guess
- The Four Cases — What They Are For
- Which Case?fill blank
- Cases in Sentencessentence builder
- Checkpoint: Gender and Casequiz
- 02
Adjectives and the Middle of the Sentence
4 lessons- Adjective Endings — The Honest Version
- Adjective Endings in Practicefill blank
- TeKaMoLo — Ordering the Middle
- Ordering the Middle Fieldsentence builder
- 03
The Verb at the End
5 lessons- Subordinate Clauses
- Building Subordinate Clausessentence builder
- Weil or Denn?fill blank
- Listening: Complex Speechlistening lab
- Checkpoint: Clausesquiz
- 04
Reading Real German
7 lessons- How to Read German Without Translating
- Reading: A News Itemlistening lab
- Reading: An Apartment Listinglistening lab
- Reading: A Recipelistening lab
- Reading: A Formal Letterlistening lab
- + 2 more lessons
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
21 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.
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