Online German resources -  The best resources online to learn German on your own

 

 

Here you'll find some hand-picked links to aid you to learn German. Some of them are informative and enlightening, some inspirational and witty. Enjoy!

 

LEARN GERMAN WITH APPS
For free

• FUN EASY LEARN GERMAN
• DUOLINGO
• FABULO

Fee-based

• BUSUU
• BABBEL

GERMAN FOR KIDS

• Podcast für Kinder
• Märchen für Kinder
• Hörbücher für Kinder
• Music videos for children
• Vocabulary videos for children

Sharpen your hearing and LISTEN TO AUDIOS - German Audio Materials

• Slow German
• German Audio
• German Podcast
• Kurze Hörtexte 1.
• Kurze Hörtexte 2.
• Audio Guide Wien
• Podcasts nach Themen
• Deutsch lernen mit Musik
• Deutsch lernen mit Audios
• German Podcast in English
• Audio course for Beginners
• Audio- und Videonachrichten
• Slowly spoken news in German
• Slowly spoken articles in German
• Audio-texts with exercise sheets
• Kleine Geschichten zum Mithören
• Coffee Break German Intermediate
• Coffee Break German for Beginners
• Beiträge zu aktuellen politischen Themen
• Hörbücher und Hörspiele der Kategorie 'Krimi und Spannung'

WATCH VIDEOS with subtitles -  Learn German with video lessons

• Nicos Weg
• Super Easy German
• German Telenovela 'Jojo sucht das Glück'
• Video lessons for A1-A2-B1 by 'Deutsche Welle'
• German video courses for every level by ' Deutsche Welle'
• German online-course with grammar topics explained in English

READ a lot and enhance your vocabulary - German fairy-tales, short novels, articles and various texts

• Grimms' Fairy Tales in brief

Understand GRAMMAR - Grammar explainations short and long

• Grammar Summaries in German
• Grammar topics explained in English

PRACTICE IS EVERYTHING: GERMAN EXERCISES ONLINE

Practice German with various online exercises, free worksheets and printables to download, especially as a preparation for the ÖSD exam

•  A1 for Beginners with some prior knowledge of German

Sprachniveau A1 Online-Übungen zum Kursbuch "Begegnungen"

Sprachniveau A1 Online-Übungen zum Kursbuch "Spektrum Deutsch"

• A2 for Beginners with a good prior knowledge of German

Sprachniveau A2 Online-Übungen zum Kursbuch "Begegnungen"

Sprachniveau A2 Online-Übungen zum Kursbuch "Spektrum Deutsch"

• B1 Intermediate level for more advanced learners

Sprachniveau B1 Online-Übungen zum Kursbuch "Begegnungen"

Sprachniveau B1 Online-Übungen zum Kursbuch "Spektrum Deutsch"

 

German Grammar Trainers: Practice German online with interactive exercises for various levels and grammar topics

• by german.net
• by lingoda.com
• by Deutschakademie
• by mein-deutschbuch.de
• by achtung-deutsch.com

GERMAN-ENGLISH dictionaries, online translators and glossaries

• dict.cc
• dict.leo.org
• Google translator
• German Verb Conjugator
• Word reference on linguee.de
• And if in doubt, use DUDEN, the German concise dictionary

LEARN GERMAN WITH FACEBOOK – Follow these pages and learn something new everyday

• Deutsche Welle
• Ich liebe Deutsch
• HackYourGerman
• GermanWithJenny
• AustrianAdaptation

LEARN GERMAN WITH YouTube – Follow these channels and learn something new everyday

• EASY GERMAN
• GermanSkills.com
• LearnGermanWithAnja
• LearnGermanWith Jenny - podcasts, apps, YouTube lessons and vocabulary training

GERMAN HUMOR

• Be Deutsch! - A satirical music video by a German comedian about being German
• 47 Funny, Inspiring and Motivational German Quotes To Help You Learn German

ODDITIES of the German language

• Untranslatables :-)
• Top 10 German idioms
• German slang - Spoken language
• German words with no English equivalent

LEARN GERMAN in VIENNA - German courses in Vienna

• German intensive courses 4 weeks with 15 hours per week: http://www.ikivienna.at/en/german-courses/intensive-courses-fees/
• ÖSD exam preparatory courses: http://www.ikivienna.at/german-courses/oesd-preparatory-courses/
• Mama lernt Deutsch - German for mothers with babies: https://www.wien.gv.at/menschen/integration/deutsch-lernen/frauen/

GOOD TO KNOW: Practical tips for learning Austrian German and funny articles about living in Vienna

• Austrian slang
• Austrian for Beginners
• 10 things to never say to an Austrian :-D
• Austrian Adaptation - a witty blog about living in Vienna
• Vienna Würstelstand - Vienna's English-speaking online magazine helping you make the most out of Vienna
• And of course you have to know, that Vienna is the world’s most liveable city and the first ever European city to top the list. Read more: https://wef.ch/2Bcas3e

THOUGHTS ABOUT LEARNING A LANGUAGE - Tedx Talks about Learning German (or any another foreign language)

• How to Talk Like a Native Speaker | Marc Green | TEDxHeidelberg
• Why We Struggle Learning Languages | Gabriel Wyner | TEDNewBedford
• How learning German taught me the link between maths and poetry | Harry Baker | TEDxVienna

And last but not least some inspiring quotes about Learning Languages - which one is your favourite?

• “If I’m selling to you, I speak your language. If I’m buying, dann müssen Sie Deutsch sprechen.” — Willy Brandt
• “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” 
• “If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein
• “With languages, you are at home anywhere.” – Edward De Waal
• “You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.” – Geoffrey Willans
• “A different language is a different vision of life.” – Federico Fellini
• “Language is the road map of a culture.  It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” ‒Rita Mae Brown
• “Change your language and you change your thoughts.” ‒ Karl Albrecht
• “He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• “A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.” ‒ Gaston Bachelard
• “To have another language is to possess a second soul.”‒ Charlemagne
• “Learning another language is like becoming another person.” – Haruki Murakami
•  “Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.” ‒ Flora Lewis
• "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language that goes to heart." – Nelson Mandela
• "A natural language is the archive where the experiences, knowledge and beliefs of a community are stored." – Fernando Lázaro Carreter
• "The world is a mosaic of visions. With each language that disappears, a piece of that mosaic is lost." – Francois Grosjean
• "Ich beherrsche die deutsche Sprache, , aber sie gehorcht mir nicht." – Alfred Polgar

If you know other websites to learn German with which you were really staisfied, or you'd like your link listed here, you're very welcome to write me to office@germanteacher.