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German A1 for Complete Beginners: Full Course
A 66-lesson, roughly 11-hour beginner course that follows the CEFR A1 level, from greetings and the alphabet to the past tense, directions and everyday situations like shopping, the doctor and the bank. Each lesson is about 10 minutes, so it suits absolute beginners who want a structured, step-by-step path and have no German background.
Lessons by Learn German on YouTubeCurated by YodaHut. These lessons are hosted on YouTube and produced by their original creators, who are not affiliated with YodaHut. You still earn YodaCoins, keep your streak and track progress here.
What You'll Learn
- Greet people, introduce yourself and others, and ask and answer simple questions like Wie geht's? and W-Fragen
- Count, spell and tell time in German: numbers from 0 to over 100, the alphabet, ordinal numbers, and official and unofficial clock time
- Conjugate regular, irregular, separable and inseparable verbs, including haben and sein, and form simple sentences with correct word order
- Use articles (definite, indefinite, negative, possessive) and the nominative, accusative and dative cases, with the matching personal pronouns
- Talk about the past using Perfekt, war and hatte, and give commands with the imperative
- Handle everyday situations: ordering food, shopping, taking a taxi or train, phoning, seeing a doctor, banking, finding a flat, and filling in forms or writing a short letter
Prerequisites
- No prior experience needed
Course Curriculum
- 1Greetings (Begrüßungen)10:04
- 2Common Phrases10:40
- 3Numbers 0-2010:24
- 4Numbers 21-10011:13
- 5The German Alphabet10:36
- 6Introducing Yourself10:09
- 7Getting to Know Someone10:18
- 8How Are You? (Wie geht's?)6:17
- 9Sentence Structure, Part 110:08
- 10Sentence Structure, Part 26:56
- 11Personal Pronouns10:01
- 12Haben and Sein: Verb Conjugation10:04
- 13What Is a Verb? Verb Structure10:14
- 14Regular Verbs15:13
- 15Irregular Verbs13:00
- 16Numbers Above 10011:51
- 17Adjectives and Opposites10:22
- 18Introducing Someone Else8:01
- 19Definite Articles in the Nominative8:25
- 20Indefinite Articles6:56
- 21Negative Articles5:37
- 22Official Time10:04
- 23Unofficial Time10:00
- 24Possessive Articles13:54
- 25The Family7:01
- 26Accusative Case12:57
- 27Possessive Articles in the Accusative9:27
- 28Möchten and Modal Verbs6:21
- 29Question Words (W-Fragen)4:32
- 30Ordering in a Restaurant or Café9:25
- 31Personal Pronouns in the Accusative11:08
- 32Articles in the Dative9:48
- 33Ordinal Numbers11:51
- 34Time Question Words10:23
- 35Dative Case with Possessive Articles9:44
- 36Dative Personal Pronouns (mir, dir, euch, Ihnen)10:37
- 37Separable Verbs10:39
- 38Daily Routine11:45
- 39The Imperative11:44
- 40Giving Directions8:55
- 41War and Hatte8:03
- 42Inseparable Verbs11:34
- 43Being Unwell13:05
- 44Perfekt (Past Tense), Part 111:16
- 45Perfekt (Past Tense), Part 213:06
- 46Perfekt (Past Tense), Part 312:29
- 47Talking About Your Vacation10:39
- 48In the Supermarket13:34
- 49Talking About the Weather11:45
- 50Making Appointments10:13
- 51Writing an Invitation Letter10:03
- 52Expressing Likes and Dislikes3:53
- 53The Interrogative Pronoun welch-10:42
- 54The Demonstrative Article dies-10:06
- 55Shopping for Clothes10:08
- 56Taking a Taxi10:10
- 57Adverbs of Time10:18
- 58Speaking on the Phone10:04
- 59At the Doctor's11:51
- 60Writing a Formal Letter: Hotel Reservation11:18
- 61Filling In a Form10:35
- 62At the Post Office10:08
- 63At the Bank10:01
- 64Apartment Hunting10:02
- 65Buying a Train Ticket10:16
- 66A1 Level Test11:31
About the Instructor
Learn German
YouTube creator
66 lessons here 11h 14m
The lessons in this course were produced by Learn German and are published on YouTube. YodaHut selected and sequenced them into this course; we did not make them, and Learn German is not affiliated with YodaHut.
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- 66 lessons
- 11h 14m of video
- Earns YodaCoins & streaks
- Timestamped notes
- Free — hosted on YouTube
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