learn german
Welcome! I'm absolutely thrilled to help you start your German language journey.
To help me tailor our sessions, could you tell me a little bit about why you want to learn German and if you have any previous experience with the language?
I'm a complete beginner, learning for travel or fun
Learning German for fun and travel is such a rewarding goal, and I have some fantastic news for you to start off with: you actually already know a lot of German!
Because English and German are close linguistic cousins, they share hundreds of words that look and sound almost exactly the same. Let's see if you can spot the pattern. Take a look at these everyday pairs:
| English | German |
|---|---|
| House | Haus |
| Father | Vater |
| Water | Wasser |
| Garden | Garten |
Before we dive into speaking, we need to map out our route. Here is the game plan for how we will build your German foundations together.
Your path
A1 Essentials: Vocabulary & Grammar Basics
Practical Communication & Contextual Learning
To kick things off, let's start with our very first subtopic: The German Alphabet & Pronunciation.
German is incredibly logical—once you learn the rules, you can pronounce almost any word you see, unlike the guesswork often required in English!
But German does have a few special characters that English doesn't have: the Umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and the Eszett (ß). Let's take a look at the unique double-S character first: the Eszett (ß). It looks like a capital "B" with a little tail, but it is actually pronounced just like a sharp, hissing "S" (like the "ss" in "kiss").
Would you like to see how we pronounce the three Umlauts next?