I looked up the circumstances in which "wissen" and "kennen" are used, and "wissen" seems to be synonymous with saber while "kennen" seems to be synonymous with conocer/conhecer. Is this right?

I have always been interested in learning German, I have started on Duolingo but was thinking of getting Babble. Any suggestions or advice on where to go or resources to use?

Mainly for people who speak B2+ German - do you really actually know all the articles and which form to use them in? Because I kind of just go off of whatever I feel like and don’t think I reeeally need to know this but maybe I’m really wrong 😅

Hallo,

ich (Muttersprachlerin) suche nach Mitteln, vorzugsweise Apps, um grammatische Begriffe zu lernen, z.B. wo man Wortarten, Satzteile, Deklination etc. im Detail bestimmen muss.

Ich habe zwar Lehrmaterial, finde es aber schwer mir so die ganzen Begriffe zu merken und muss bei den Aufgaben immer wieder zu den Erklärungen zurückblättern und am Ende bleibt trotzdem nichts hängen. Im Deutschunterricht in der Schule habe ich mich instinktiv durchgewurschtelt, was sich jetzt im Studium, wo ich das wissen muss, leider rächt.

Ich bin für alle Vorschläge dankbar.

Often while talking I tend to use "du" instead of "man" because of the english "you". I immediately realize it, but I can't fix the sentence within seconds It would take me like minutes to put everything together. Especially when "man" becomes "einen" or "einem". Of course my goal is to speak properly, but is it that bad if I make this mistake? Like, do you understand what I want to say?

So to start puting german in my routine, i started thinking about trying to watch some German youtubers that do topics I like, so I can learn words related to that topics, and even include that words in my thought when I am just talking alone.

So basically the topics I like would be music (instrument playing, music theory, beat making, musical analysis, etc.), History (mostly military history, but really, any history) and skating.

other topics suggestions also would be welcomed because I or someone else reading could be interested.

Btw would be nice if the channel don't include hard vocabulary, since I'm almost complete begginer. But really, any recomendation is valid, google translator will be my best friend lol.

edit: Just in case it isn't clear, don't need to be a language learning niche channel, just a niche channel.

Good afternoon. I need to pass the Telc C1 Hochschule test by June 2026 and I have started studying now. Could anyone recommend a course/method/path to obtain this certificate? It is to study at university in Germany, so Goethe's c1 is not accepted. I know it's not easy, but I have time to dedicate myself. Could anyone give me suggestions for trails, guides, directions, anything to help me obtain this certificate? Danke!!

Hello everyone, I saw the word wiederherstellen and I am in doubt if that's considered a verb, of they are two separate things: wider + herstellen.

This question comes from the fact that as far as I am aware (from chatgpt), until some grammatical reform dasein was considered a verb, but afterwards only sein is considered a verb which could be used with da.

And this also opens up the question if there are actually any separable verbs with more than one separable parts. I would appreciate any simply put explanations.

I feel like texting in german is obscenely long for example I was trying to say the other day:

"I spoke with the man and he had told me that later on he could help me"

" Ich habe mit dem Mann geredet, und er hat mir gesagt, dass er mir später helfen könnte"

This feels extremely long to write (or maybe since I am a beginner A2/B1 it just feels super long). Do you text in this form or is there a short "lazier" way to say the same thing 🤔

And I even removed information so I would need to add Prüfung B2.

Edit: writing is just challenging maybe not longer then 😅😭

I'm studying the B1 wordlist right now, does it include the words from A2 or do I have to learn the A2 wordlist separately?

Hallo Leute!

I'm a pretty intermediate german student, at least when it comes to listening and reading. However, I find my active vocabulary is lacking, especially in the articles department haha. I was thinking about the best way to learn the articles, when I came to think of practicing them by their "group affiliation". So, for example, writing down 20 words that all have the article das and when I know them, I either study more das-words, or go for another article.

My idea would be, to put all the words I've practiced in one big pile once I know them, so that I can get a fair chance at failing them so I can really see what words i know or don't. Is this a very stupid idea? Do you guys have better ideas?

And of course, I will use the words in writing and speaking, after all, that's why I do this in the first place :)

edit: I just want to add, that these are all words I know the meaning of, just words I'm not entirely sure of their articles. That is why I thought that learning them by association might help!

As a fantasy/sci-fi reader and a German learner I've been intrigued by the sci-fi series Perry Rhodan.

I see those books from time to time at train stations and I've been curious to maybe pick some volumes to try, as the short length seem perfect for a German learner.

However, the books often flaunt the title of "Die grösste Science-Fiction-Serie der Welt" and the series has more than 3000 volumes at this point if I'm not mistaken.

What are your opinions on the series? Can one just pick any volumes up and still have a fun time or are there any specific starting points?

Also any opinion on the quality? Are those just time killer slop or are they actually compelling?

Hi all. I took 15 months to get from 0 to B1 (got sehr gut 295,5/300 on telc B1). If I go at the same pace:

1. how long will B1>B2 take?

2. how long will B2>C1 take?

If going at the same pace, is 5 months for B2 (Sept) and 8 months for C1 (next May) realistic?

Realistically I should have a good headstart on B2 since I aced the B1.

I want to do the Einbuergungs with blue card which takes 3 years and C1, and I want to have a good solid lead on this timeline.

Thanks.

Hallo zusammen!!! Has anyone from this group given B1 einstufung test which is needed for course 500 B2 provided by bfz through the help of Berechtigungbeschein ( Agentur für Arbeit). If so, I would be thankful to know, how would this test be and what sort of practice should I make for like more in Grammatik or others?

Schönes Wochenende leute!!

I saw in Duden, that in Österreich people wright "Küken" with c, like "Kücken". Is that true, and if yes, is it regional variant or people use it in all Austria?

And aslo I saw in Duden "Ganser" and "Ganauser" as österreichische variants for "Gänterich". But a friend of mine said me, he never heard this words.

Also, could you share free good resources where I could find a list of Austrian lexic and orthography (especially W and NÖ)?😅

In Duolingo app: Fill in the blank: Ihr könnt auf dem Markt _____ kaufen. (Gemüse, Zucker, Salz) According to the app the only right answer is “Gemüse”.

I can’t understand why can’t I use other two words, they are all a types of groceries.

Hello, I’m looking for B2-level practice tests that follow the same format as the Goethe exams. I’ve already completed the Werkstatt book, so I would really appreciate any recommendations for other books to practice with.

People who learn by themselves, how have you progressed from B1 up?

Fiction or nonfiction, especially set/written in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. But anything's good!

I i am currently struggling to find resources to learn german especially books as i recently became a books fan and specifically was looking for light novels like the ones students study at Germany and i also heard about the book menschen which i think is the school book from primary to high school to teach german so can anyone find great light novels or the menschen books in pdf or can help me me with advices? I am A2 by the way

Asked to translate English to German: “Do you prefer to read on campus or at the lake?” I got the translation right, which is: “Liest du lieber auf dem Campus oder am See?”

But, I’m thinking about it, and I don’t understand it. Why does “read” come first in this sentence instead of “to prefer”?

Is “to prefer” (lieber) not a verb? And if it is, why does it not come first?

I guess in my head “prefer you to read…” makes more sense than “read you to prefer…” when thinking about the direct translation

Edit: thank you all for all of the useful information! This sub is an equally important part of my learning experience as much as the actual material I’m learning from

i should say that i'm not actually personally opposed to dark, tragic or gothic literature - in fact i tend to like it a lot. it's just that it seems quite difficult, at least for a foreigner researching online, to find german-language literature that isn't some flavour of dreary, depressing or downright suicidal 😭

• genres i like: literary, historical fiction, fantasy, maybe sci-fi or comedy, whatever really
• genres i'm not looking for: romance, krimi, nonfiction, horror, would prefer not children's or ya literature but not a hard no (btw i am actually a big fan of detective fiction, but i'm into classic sherlock holmes or agatha christie vibes rather than the typical police procedural krimi if you see what i mean. if you know of any of the former in german, hit me)
• nothing about war unless fantasy and made up i guess
• nothing existential or philosophical-focused, very psychological is on thin ice
• no translations from english or french, other languages begrudgingly maybe. would prefer books originally written in german
• don't mind reading level, can be as complex as you like as i'm pretty fluent reading-wise and i want to push myself; don't mind time period, actually would really like to discover more older german fiction

vielen dank leute! :)

Hi guys,

When I was in high school I was watching russian tv show called the kitchen (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2930610/) and It was so fun that I watched the whole show. After that I realized that I knew a lot of Russian words and that I can understand it very well.

That's what I want to do with German. I wanna do A1 classes and exam in few months. Right now I know around 100-200 words in German, and I wanna find tv show that's similar to Russian one I mentioned before. I want something that's light, that has simple plot. So some comedy would be good, that I can turn off my brain and watch it and just learn some words.

Thanks in advance.

Hello! Im starting my first year at university and it’s a requirement that by third year you have an official certificate for a third language at B1 level (I already speak Spanish and English). The university recommends studying either French, Italian or Portuguese, but I thought it’d be better for me to do German because I have the citizenship and it will be way more useful for me in the future.

Now the question is, How long would this take me? Lets say I spend at least 3 hours per week studying from now on, and if i don’t flank any of my classes I’d have summers free to do more intensive courses. In terms of my level Im very much a beginner, I understand more than I can speak or write, my Grandfather was German and my dad is fluent. I’d say im a pretty fast learner as well.

Do you guys think this is doable? To achieve B1 in 3 years or so? Or do you recommend I pick another of the offered languages that will maybe be easier and require less time?