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German, graded from A1 to C2.

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New to German? · Which level am I?

14,997Words
A1–C2
47,932Example
sentences
276Graded
texts
3,897Practice
questions

The six levels

Pick where you are

A1 Beginner 606words 46texts 576questions A2 Elementary 786words 30texts 561questions B1 Intermediate 1,607words 50texts 701questions B2 Upper Intermediate 2,058words 50texts 689questions C1 Advanced 4,465words 50texts 675questions C2 Mastery 5,475words 50texts 695questions

How it works

Four steps, in order

01

Learn the words

14,997 words, commonest first.

Vocabulary →
02

Read something real

276 short texts, English on every line.

Reading →
03

Look up the form

13,725 conjugation and declension tables.

Grammar →
04

Test what stuck

3,897 questions, every answer explained.

Practice →

Shortcuts

Straight to the hard parts

Pronunciation The alphabet: 30 letters Open Masculine nouns "der": 3,833 nouns Open Feminine nouns "die": 3,609 nouns Open Neuter nouns "das": 1,618 nouns Open Drill der, die or das: 360 questions Open Word class 2,742 German verbs Open By subject 35 topic word lists Open

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A1 · 65 words · 1 min Mein Tag Open A1 · 65 words · 1 min Ein Anruf Open A1 · 57 words · 1 min Im Restaurant Open

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What is on German Fluent?

14,997 words from A1 to C2, commonest first: nouns with their article, plural and genitive, verbs with their principal parts and auxiliary, each with real example sentences and native audio where a recording exists. 276 graded reading texts with an English translation for every line. 13,725 conjugation and declension tables, with the mistakes real learners make in exam scripts. 3,897 practice questions in five exam formats (gap-fill, articles, grammar, comprehension, true/false), every answer explained.

Is German Fluent free?

Yes, entirely. Every word list, reading text and practice question is on the site with no account, no trial and no paywall. The underlying data is published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What are the CEFR levels for German?

Six, from A1 to C2. A1 and A2 are the basic user, B1 and B2 the independent user, C1 and C2 the proficient user. German exams map onto them directly: Goethe-Zertifikat A1 through C2, telc Deutsch A1 through C1, and TestDaF around B2–C1.

Which level am I?

A quick test: open a level's word list and read down the first stretch of it. If you know almost every word, that level is behind you. If you know about two-thirds, that is where to study. Under half, drop a level. Do the same with a B1 reading text. Comfortable reading is a better signal than a self-assessment questionnaire.

How many German words do I need to be fluent?

Around 5,057 words gets you to B2, which is the level most people mean by "fluent": you can follow a normal conversation, read a newspaper and work in German. The first 1,000 do most of the work: they cover the majority of what is actually said.

Where does the material come from?

The word list and its grammar come from Wiktionary; example sentences from Tatoeba and an open subtitle corpus; the reading texts from Klexikon, a German encyclopaedia written for children, with A2 drawn from the Leichte-Sprache wikis MiniKlexikon and Hurraki. The A1 texts are written here from the A1 word list, because no wiki is simple enough for a first 600 words. Translations, glossaries and practice questions are otherwise machine-generated from those sources and machine-checked. Full details on the attribution page.