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German A1 Textbook

A free, self-paced textbook in 6 chapters. Read a chapter, then drill it with the 100 companion flashcards using spaced repetition.

6 chapters · 100 cards · Updated

Chapters

  1. 1Colors and Descriptive Adjectives

    The German color words are straightforward to learn and appear constantly in everyday speech. The most common colors include rot (red), blau (blue), grün (green), gelb (yellow), sc...

  2. 2Time and the Calendar

    German months are all masculine nouns, which means each one takes the article "der" and is always capitalized. The first six months are Januar, Februar, März, April, Mai, and Juni....

  3. 3People, Family, and the Body

    Family vocabulary is one of the first building blocks of any language. In German, immediate family members include die Mutter (mother, plural die Mütter), der Vater (father, plural...

  4. 4Home, Clothing, and Animals

    The rooms of a German home use the neuter article "das" because most end in the compound suffix "-zimmer" (room), which forces neuter gender. The kitchen is die Küche (a feminine e...

  5. 5Verbs and Present Tense Conjugation

    German verbs in the present tense follow a regular pattern with six personal endings: -e, -st, -t, -en, -t, -en. This pattern gives ich -e, du -st, er/sie/es -t, wir -en, ihr -t, a...

  6. 6Communication - Questions, Phrases, and Social Etiquette

    The basic German question words form the foundation of conversation. They are Wer? (Who?), Was? (What?), Wo? (Where?), Wann? (When?), Warum? (Why?), and Wie? (How?). A useful phras...

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