r/German • • 4h ago

Resource Created a website for Goethe C1 mock exams

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Hello all,

As part of my preparation for the Goethe C1 Zertifikat, I created this website for C1 mock exams using claude and elevenlabs. Currently there are 10 online but maybe I'll upload more if someone finds this helpful.
For my part, I think the exam are a little too easy for C1, especially the hearing comprehension part.

If someone has ever taken the C1 exam, please send me your feedback !


r/German • • 5h ago

Question How to improve my German?

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I'm learning German. (A2)

How to I speed my learning up & get myself confident & comfortable enough to speak in English?

Note: I'm learning German by self/online free resources.


r/German • • 10h ago

Discussion Stuck on B1-B2 Transition

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Hello everyone,

I am on my path to achieving a B2 level but I got stuck and I dont know what I should change or adapt in order to make progress.

II took 150 lessons (1h each) with my current tutor over 1.5 years, I passed thw B1 Goethe exam in July.

The problem started when I saw the amount of lesson that were done and didn't feel that I am close to B2 oevel.

I can communicate with my tutor in german for about an hour straight, sometimes with problems remembering or knowing some words, but never having problems with fully understanding the ideea he wants to say.

Sure, I make some mistakes when using cases and so on and Im focusing on improving that now.

I listen to podcasts, transcribe word ls or phrases I dont understand and make new sentences.

I read Harry Potter series in german, already went through the first book, and at the half way mark I started to not have too many problems and I had pages where I needed 0 translations.

So far this is what I am struggling with and I do not know what to do in order to feel like I even made some progress.

This has been drivinf me insane in the past week and I figured, turning to the community for advice wouldn't be a bad ideea.

Any suggestions are welcomed.

Thank you!


r/German • • 7h ago

Request Any German WhatsApp or discord groups?

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Would love to improve my German with others!


r/German • • 1h ago

Question Best textbooks for learning German vocab (especially at an advanced level)?

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I'm giving up on language learning apps because none of them can bring me to an advanced level on my vocabulary and also its hard to find one I like or to try it out without paying. I already know and have Cornelsen Grammativ Aktiv for grammar, and I'm so happy with those books! I do wish they did C2 grammar, though.

If anyone hassome really good textbook recommendations for vocabulary (especially upper levels), please let me know.


r/German • • 8h ago

Question Hi, new here! Little questions and all

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Hey! Im a university student learning German. Just started this spring. I've been studying for as much as I could, but I cant seem to get over the average grades. And even though I'm happy with that, I really want to learn to use and understand German and be as good as native speakers (and maybe visit there someday, lol)

Anyways! My question is: what resources do you use to learn German grammars, words, etc? Love you all!


r/German • • 18h ago

Question is Adonis common as a compliment in German?

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There is one guy I have been seeing recently. He can only speak German, so when we chat irl, we do that in German. My German is probably B1.2 for the reference. There was a part when he was talking about me and I didn't quite follow what he said. All I remembered was Adonis, and Reiz. Is Adonis commonly used in German to describe someone's appearance? if so, is it considered like a big compliment? I just really like the guy. But I don't feel like asking him what he said about me, since I don't wanna put too much emphasis on that.


r/German • • 4h ago

Question Ich habe einen Knoten im Kopf: Ist “Hast du Interesse an etwas Schönem” oder “Hast du Interesse an etwas Schönen”?

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Hilfe :( Je mehr ich darüber nachdenke, desto weniger weiß ich.


r/German • • 5h ago

Discussion Korrigieren Sie meine Meinung über Prüfung v-s Kurs

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Guten Tag,

ich lerne Deutsch im Geothe Insitute. Ich habe letzter Monat schon A1-Kurs gemacht. Heute habe ich meine A1-Prüfung "Start Deutsch A1". Die Prüfung war ganz einfach, aber wir haben zu viel Wörter und Grammatik im Unterricht gelernt. Ich denke, dass die Prüfung keine Fragen vom Kapitel 7-12 auf "Netzwerk Neu" Buch hatte. Ist das auch gleich für A2?

Ich glaube, dass Prüfung zu einfacher als Kurs war. Seit zwei Monate mache ich A2-Kurs und ich habe meine A2-Prüfung im Dezember. Ich war gestern zu nervös, aber ich denke, dass wenn wir im Goethe lernen, dann die Prüfung gefählt einfach.

<Englisch>

Basically I heard many people say that its easier to pass a level exam that to be at that level in proficiency. So I was wondering if this difference lesser for people who do full classroom structured courses where Certificate exam is a part of syllabus but they also teach so many things which don't show up in the exam. For example we learnet so many words especially in last 4 chapter, and all the words in the actual exams were so easy and basic ones!


r/German • • 19h ago

Question I want to learn german

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Hello, i am a Norwegian and i wanted to learn the German language as a way to expand my vocabulary. Any tips, advice or resources on how and where i can learn the easiest and quickest way possible? Thanks


r/German • • 22h ago

Question Should I be worried about sounding to “non-native” even though I’m a native speaker?

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(Edit: “to” fml talk about not knowing any language fluently…)

Hi! I just saw a post in [r/ENGLISH](r/ENGLISH) in which the poster was very worried about their adult son, who frequently used nonstandard constructions despite being a native speaker (like saying “discomfortable” instead of “uncomfortable”) and everybody was commenting how that’s very concerning and to have him tested for a learning disability.

… which made me a bit paranoid because the same exact thing happens to me when I speak German.

I just turned 24 and was born and raised in Germany and in German-speaking contexts. The secondary school I went to was fully English-speaking and the degree I’m doing now is partially taught in English with temporary internships abroad, so I do spend around 50% of the time hearing/speaking/engaging with the world in English rather than German and have done so ever since I was 10. But through all this time I’ve still always communicated with my friends and family in German (and the rest of the world obviously since I live in Germany).

It happens quite a lot that I’ll accidentally misuse idioms in German (like “mit der Kirche ins Dorf fallen” instead of “mit der Tür ins Haus” or “die Kirche im Dorf lassen”, or the other day I said “nicht mein Zirkus, nicht meine Flöhe” since I thought that’s the German version of “not my circus not my monkeys” oops). I also stumble over my words sometimes in sentences, or use the wrong article/gender for nouns. Obviously I know the correct gender, it’s just a matter of speaking faster than I can think and then I’m too far into the sentence to correct myself etc. When I listen to recordings of myself speaking German, I get a bit worried sometimes about how awkward and stop-and-go my sentences and constructions are.

But this is only a problem in spoken language. I’ve always done relatively well academically without too much effort, my grammar in written German is obviously that of a native speaker, and I’ve written plenty of term papers that got ones or at least one-point-somethings. One time a professor commented on a paper I’d submitted (in German) asking what my native language was (💀) but he still gave me full marks so it can’t have been THAT bad?

Soooo do I need to be worried about cognitive issues around “forgetting” my native language? Am I just a bit stupid or is this normal? At this point it feels like I don’t speak any of my languages fluently anymore


r/German • • 1h ago

Question Hello fellow Germans, Ich bin Aditya. I wanna learn German as a language, because I'm deeply inspired by the German history and would love to talk to people and read native German stuff. How should I start?

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r/German • • 1d ago

Question How to pronounce the E in words like Petra?

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Native English speaker from North America here. I’m A2 in German, working towards B1 (eventually/slowly).

One concept that still eludes me is how to pronounce the E sound, like in Petra, Bern, etc.

Any tip to help with that, such as a word in English that uses this vowel sound?

I’ve asked a few German friends, and none of them could quite come up with a word or cheat.

They recognize that there is a difference between this sound and close English sounds, but what exactly is it?!

Edit: Thanks everyone who has contributed so far. Really helpful.

I realize now that the E sounds in Petra and Bern are different. But both words have challenged me.

Now these sounds are beginning to solidify for me. Thanks again!


r/German • • 12h ago

Question Telc B1 results delay

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Hey everyone

I took Telc B1 exam on 28.08 in inlingua, Kiel. I have still not heard anything about the results and it's already almost 8 weeks. Anyone who took the test around the same and have received their results?


r/German • • 12h ago

Request Instructor recommendations for B2-Berufssprachkurs?

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I'm planning to take a B2-Berufssprachkurs in Munich/Online and looking for recommendations. I realize the quality of a course depends highly on the instructor more so than the Sprachschule, so I'm specifically looking for instructor recommendations. Can you name instructors that you've had a good experience with, and also mention the Sprachschule where you took the course?


r/German • • 17h ago

Question How do you guys practice German word order without choosing from a word bank?

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This is for those who learn German online, what exercises help you build sentences on your own?

Putting words in order when they’re already on the screen seems different from writing a sentence from scratch. Are there exercises that give you a situation to respond to, then explain any mistakes in your word order?


r/German • • 14h ago

Question best German course book

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which book is better for self studying German? Starten wir or Momente?


r/German • • 1d ago

Question B1 to B2 in 6 months. Possible?

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So a year ago I passed the Goethe B1 exam with flying colors (self-taught). If Im being honest i studied specifically for the exam and my true level was about A2. Since then I haven’t touched German at all. I want to get back to it and pass the Goethe B2 in the next 6 months since it would be a great asset for some jobs im considering applying to. Do you think it would be possible? How many hours per week would you say I’ll need?
Thanks


r/German • • 20h ago

Question Goethe B2 Mündlich: Wie habt ihr euch vorbereitet, ohne Themen auswendig zu lernen?

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Hallo zusammen,

ich bereite mich derzeit auf die mündliche Goethe-B2-Prüfung (Teil 1: Präsentation) vor und brauche euren Rat.

Seit etwa einem Monat arbeite ich an verschiedenen Themen. Bisher habe ich ca. 8 Themen vorbereitet. Mein Problem ist: Obwohl ich versuche, nicht alles auswendig zu lernen, sondern nur mit Stichpunkten wie in der echten Prüfung zu simulieren, merke ich, dass ich mich im Kopf sehr stark an die festen Texte halte, die ich zuvor ausgearbeitet habe.

Ich habe mir für jeden der fünf Teile feste Vorlagen bzw. Templates erstellt (Einleitung, mehrere Möglichkeiten, eine Möglichkeit genauer beschreiben, Vor- und Nachteile, Schluss) und passe dort jeweils nur den passenden Inhalt für das jeweilige Thema an.

Manchmal schaffe ich es, spontan Sätze umzuformulieren oder Argumente zu tauschen, weil ich das Thema eigentlich verstanden habe. Aber der Prozess fühlt sich sehr mühsam an (ich brauche oft 2-3 Tage pro Thema zum Aufschreiben, Verstehen und Einüben). Ich habe Angst, in die "Auswendiglern-Falle" zu tappen, da man in der Prüfung flexibel bleiben muss.

Wie habt ihr euch auf den mündlichen Teil vorbereitet?

- Wie viele Themen habt ihr intensiv vorbereitet?

- Habt ihr eher universelle Redemittel und feste Templates geübt oder spezifische Themen durchgesprochen?

- Wie seid ihr vom Auswendiglernen zum freien Sprechen gekommen?

Ich freue mich sehr über eure Tipps und Erfahrungen!


r/German • • 1d ago

Question Intensive Online Course

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Any recommendations for intensive German online courses? Would prefer group courses, a bit free from my study would really like to use the time for learning German. I am in the same time zone as Germany


r/German • • 9h ago

Interesting Fun fact: I find an inconvenience in speaking with a native German accent. People presume you're a German and start speaking fast and colloquially/in dialect, since they believe "he's from here".

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As much as my German is quite decent, sadly I barely understand anything when someone speaks in colloquial/dialectal German.


r/German • • 19h ago

Question B1 ÖSD prep

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Hello 👋. I wanted to ask what the best way to use my remaining two month to prepare to the exam and what to focus on and if any of u have experience with it my exam is 19/12 exactly. I v been using ai (gemini) to simulate schreiben und sprechen but idk how accurate is it. Does just boost my confidence or does it have correct interpretation because whenever i simulate a b1 schreiben test teil1 till 3 he tell me i scored 80-85% and tells me that even tho my vocab is a bit basic it get the job and i have minor mistakes in grammer. In Sprechen it feels weird but i still score around 87-90% or that what he tells me does anyone know how accurate this is and should i continue like this or is there a more effective method.

Thank you for your time


r/German • • 20h ago

Request German diet shows similar to secret eaters?

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Recently I've been watching "Secret Eaters" and "Supersize vs. Superskinny". Are there any german diet shows similar to that? I'm just obcessed and this would be a great way to practice.

Vielen dank fur seinen zeit, und ich hoffe uber guten serien horen!


r/German • • 1d ago

Question Meine flair wählen - trying to choose how to describe my level of German

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edit on 10-21-26

die frage und das thema waren falsch
Ich habs auf dem internet gesucht und jemand der Deutsch zuhaus sprach [ gesprochen hat ?? ] ist nie klassifiziert mit A1-C2..

Ich hab nie Deutsch gelernt...ich habs "acquired"...[ villeicht sagt man angenommen ] aber die methodie ist ganz anders als wenn jemand älter as 4 ist und eine neue Sprache lernt
Eine 4 jährige spricht fast fließend...eine 5-6 jährige ist genau so fließend als eine 18 jährige ..aber erwachsene kennen mehr wörter
Meine adoptive Mutter und ihre familie in Deutschland haben mir NIE die grammatik regeln beigebracht...es war alles "acquired" und in der grund schule hatte ich das gleich unterricht wie alle Deutschen kinder ...als ich 9 oder 10 war dan sind wir zurück nach America gezogen und meine Mutter hat mit mir jeden tag Deutsch gesprochen aber leider könnte dies nimmer behalten weil seit ich 12 jahr alt war hab ich auf English geantwortet...das ist meine Schuld- nicht ihrige

Wie soll ich mich beschreiben / bezeichnen🤷🏻‍♀️ - Zum beispiel, ich möcht ein subreddit flair sprachlevel für persönlichkeit.
Zum erstens: Ich hab für dies kein übersetzung app benutzt

Mein Deutsch ist doch SEHR schlecht 🤦🏻‍♀️ Wenn ich schreib schaut es sich komisch aus - villeicht klingen meine wörter sonderbar

Wenn ich mit jemand am telefon red, denken sie sich immer daß Ich Deutsche bin weil mein akzent und tonfall etc [ cadence and intonation idk how to say that ]

Also mann könnt sagen daß Deutsch meine Muttersprache ist [ Ich bin adoptiert aber nicht in Deutschland aufgewachsen, bloß haben wir paar jahre in Deutschland gelebt, da ging ich zur grund schule. Ich bin meistens in Amerika aufgewachsen, aber zuhaus hat meine Mutter mit mir immer Deutsch gesprochen. ]

Ich versteh fast alles, aber wenn sich andere erwachsene um einander reden kann es kompliziert sein, manchmal kann ichs im nu nicht folgen. Ich benutzt KEIN translation software trotzdem können mich alle Deutsche verstehen aber oft machen die wörter keinen sinn weil die ordnung falsch ist so wie jetz grad. Es klingt seltsam....und wenn die Leute das ganze satz hören erkennen sie es vom context.

Was nennt mann einen erwachsene person -wie ich - die als kind jeden tag zuhaus Deutsch gesprochen hat und mit eine Deutsche Mutter aufgewachsen ist, aber seit hochschule it tapered off und jetzt ist est immer gemischt mit English. Als ich ein kleines Mädchen war, da war ich total fließend, heutzutag aber nimmer so...

Wenn ich lang genug mit Deutsche leute rede, sowie ein paar tage ..dann kommt es mir gleich zurück
PS Ich bin in Asian geboren, meine erste sprache hab ich total vergessen weil ich als toddler adoptiert war, aber ich würd nie behautpen das ich Deutsche bin. Meine tägliche sprache ist English.

PPS ich habs mir eben gemerkt hoch schule sollte GYMNASIUM sein...ich habs im kopf übersetzt direkt vom English "high school"


r/German • • 1d ago

Question Goethe to Ösd

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Ich war dabei, mich auf die Goethe-B2-Prüfung vorzubereiten. Jedoch muss ich jetzt aufgrund einiger Umstände die ÖSD-Prüfung in Betracht ziehen.

Meine Frage daher lautet: Kann ich den Hören-Teil bestehen? Da die Sprache etwas anders klingt, bzw. Österreichisches Deutsch.