German Student Resources
Course resources and language practice by level:
Any Level Beginner Intermediate Advanced
Additional resources by theme:
Dictionaries and other resources News, Arts and Culture
Alle Niveaus
| Deutschkurse | Lessons and audio stories for all levels. |
| Lingolia | Useful grammar practice, vocab drills, and short texts. |
| LyricsTraining | Practice your listening comprehension skills with music and fill-in-the-blanks lyrics. Adjustable levels ranging from beginner (10% blanks) to expert (type in all the lyrics!). |
| The Fable Cottage | Listen to retellings of classic children's stories with audio transcriptions and optional English translations. |
| Step Into German | Learn German with Goethe-Institut's collection of pop songs, soccer, film and other cultural items. Includes transcripts and worksheets for practice. |
| Nancy Thuleen | Collection of lessons, handouts, and worksheets on German grammar, vocabulary, writing, and culture. |
| Sprakuko | Declension charts and exercises for CEFRL levels A2, B1, and B2. |
| Goethe Institut | Resources for levels A1 through C2. Not only useful for CEFRL exam prep, but different levels of study. |
Anfänger
| GERM 1000/1001 Course Resources | |
| GERM 1000 textbook | Willkommen: Deutsch für Alle - OER textbook from the University of Alberta |
| My German Lab | Access your German 1001 online course materials using your access code. |
| External Resources | |
| Deutsch im Blick | A free textbook from the University of Texas. |
| Deutsch info | Grammar exercises, texts, audio, dictionaries, and CEFRL level based exercises |
| Deutsch lernen | Useful exercises, sections on testing yourself and opportunities for international penpals (note: make a free account to view the lessons). |
| Deutsche Welle Deutschtrainer | Practice vocabulary and watch videos. |
| Deutsche Welle Overview |
Find out what your current level of German is and then select the appropriate course (exercises). Or skip directly into the course you want. |
| Digital Dialects | German language practice games. |
| Duolingo | Makes learning German fun with the use of games (note: must create a free account). |
| German games | Fun games to help learn German. |
| German.net | All sorts of German grammar exercises. |
| German Cases Cheat Sheet | A sheet which shows German cases and adjective endings in organized charts. |
| German Language Games | All sorts of vocab with audio. |
| German Language Guide | Provides useful German lessons for beginners. |
| The German Project | Free fun online German lessons and stories with audio. |
| German Pronunciation-Some guidelines for English speakers | Pronunciation advice for each letter, with examples from German and English (pdf file). |
| A Guide to German Pronunciation | Attack of the German sounds and symbols! |
| Hints: Gender of German nouns | Helpful hints for the gender of German nouns. |
| Learn German Easily | Lessons for beginners. |
| Loecsen | All sorts of categories of vocab, audio, and quizzes. |
| Memrise | Learning vocab made joyful - there's also the mobile app of the same name. |
| Soft schools | Flashcards and German Games. |
| Victoria State Government Languages Online | German vocab and games. |
| Web German | Learn German with the help of this website's games, tests, stories, slideshows, news and internet communication. |
Mittelstufe
| Conjuguemos | Verb conjugation, vocabulary and grammar practice. |
| Deutsch lernen | Useful exercises, sections on testing yourself and opportunities for international penpals (note: make a free account to view the lessons). |
| Deutsche Welle | This site offers video courses, audio courses, podcasts, texts and worksheets. |
| Internet Handbook of German Grammar | Lots of great activities, including adjective endings and definitions of important words. |
| Web German | Learn German with the help of this website's games, tests, stories, slideshows, news and internet communication. |
Fortgeschrittene
| Deutsch lernen | Useful exercises, sections on testing yourself and opportunities for international penpals (note: make a free account to view the lessons). |
| Deutsche Welle | Make use of this website's video courses, audio courses, podcasts, texts and worksheets. |
| Germanistik.net | Internet resources for Germanists. |
| German Language Web Exercise | Practice your German with these exercises created by Prof. Lizz Caplan-Carbin. |
| Grimm Brothers' Home Page | Grimm brother fairytales in English and German. |
| Internet Handbook of German Grammar | Lots of great activities including adjective endings and definitions of important words. |
| Lebendiges Virtuelles Museum Online | Upper level literature and culture courses. |
Wörterbücher und weitere Ressourcen
| English-German-English Bilingual Dictionaries | |
| BEOLINGUS | English-German-English dictionary. |
| dict.cc | English-German-English dictionary. |
| PONS | English-German-English dictionary. |
| Reverso | English-German-English dictionary. |
| German-English, Monolingual German Dictionaries | |
| Duden | Monolingual German dictionary with declention tables and other information. Also details spelling rules and style. |
| openthesaurus.de | German thesaurus. |
| Verb Conjugators | |
| Cooljugator | Conjugation tables with translations, and frequent verb suggestions. |
| Verbix | Verb Conjugator. |
| Reference and Research | |
| Forvo Pronunciation Dictionary | Type in the German word you want to hear and get pronunciation from speakers around the world. |
| Linguee | Search and compare the use of words and phrases between English and German texts. While Linguee does have an inbuilt dictionary, it is primarily a corpus. Examples should not be universally taken as 1:1 translations. |
| German Language and Literature Database Portal | Portal to various databases on German language and literature, with access granted through your MUN login. |
Nachrichten, Kunst und Kultur
| 3sat | Cultural documentaries and news. For intermediate to advanced users |
| Brigitte | German fashion magazine. |
| DANK | DANK German Radios, German culture, including soccer. |
| DasErste | German public broadcaster: watch news, sports, and other TV shows. For intermediate to advanced users. |
| Deutsche Welle | Top stories and News reported in Germany. |
| Deutschland.FM | A selection of radio stations from all over Germany. |
| Der Spiegel | Widely used German news site. For intermediate to advanced users. |
| Die Zeit | German news site. For intermediate to advanced users. |
| Frankfurter Allgemeine | German news site. For intermediate to advanced users. |
| German Language Guide | Great German cooking recipes. |
| NDR | Read and watch the news. For intermediate to advanced users. |
| Goethe Institute | The latest at Goethe features, reports and interviews from around the world. |
| Slow German | A podcast about daily life in Germany. Spoken slowly for beginners. |
| Studying Abroad in Germany | Everything you need to know when you travel to Germany for work or study. |
| Tagesschau | 100 seconds of German News. |
| Dank German TV | Lots of ways to watch German TV online for free |