Learn German, A1 to C2

A complete, free German course built for people moving from India and South Asia: every lesson has a real-life dialogue, the words you need, clear grammar, exercises that check your answers, and a writing task.

By the Desi European Tales editorial team · Updated 31 October 2026

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How the course works

The course follows the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), the scale German employers, universities and the immigration office use: A1 and A2 for basic users, B1 and B2 for independent users, C1 and C2 for proficient users. Each level has 30 lessons. A lesson takes about 45 minutes and ends with a short checklist of what you can now do.

The topics follow your life after the move: registering your address, the doctor, renting a flat, work, letters from offices and, at the higher levels, job interviews, contracts and professional writing. Visa routes often ask for a level: A1 for many family reunification visas, B1 for permanent residence and citizenship, and B2 or C1 for many university programmes taught in German.

Levels

📗A1: BeginnerGreetings, numbers, family, shopping, appointments and your first forms.📗A2: ElementaryPast tense, housing, work, health, travel and simple letters to offices.📘B1: IntermediateOpinions, the workplace, the Ausländerbehörde and the integration-course topics.📘B2: Upper intermediateArguments, job interviews, contracts, news and formal writing.📕C1: AdvancedProfessional and academic German, presentations, reports and nuance.📕C2: MasteryNear-native precision, idioms, register and complex texts.

Practice tools

🎯Placement testFind the level to start at in 15 minutes.🧩der, die or das? trainerLearn noun genders with instant feedback.🔢Numbers and time trainerNumbers 0–100 and telling the time.✍️A1 writing practiceForms, messages and emails with model answers.🔁Verb conjugation trainerPresent and past forms of common verbs.🎯A2 test30 questions on A2 grammar with explanations.✍️A2 writing practiceEmails to the doctor, landlord, employer and offices.✍️Letter and email writing trainerFormal and informal letters with model answers.🎯B1 test30 questions on B1 grammar with explanations.🗣️B1 speaking practiceTen speaking tasks with useful phrases.🇩🇪Life in Germany questionsPractise democracy, history and society topics.🎯B2 test30 questions on B2 grammar with explanations.📝Essay plannerStructure B2 essays, opinion pieces and forum posts.🔗Connectors trainerweil, obwohl, deshalb, damit and 30 more in context.🎯C1 testAdvanced grammar, collocations and style.🎯C2 testIdioms, particles, rhetoric and nuance.🎚️Register converterFormal, informal, nominal and plain German.📐Grammar reference120 grammar topics with tables and exercises.📚Verb conjugatorAll forms of 300 common verbs.🗂️Vocabulary by topic150 word lists with articles, plurals and flashcards.🔎Noun gender lookupder, die or das? Look up any course noun.

The course in your language

🇮🇳हिन्दी में जर्मन सीखेंLearn German with explanations in Hindi.🇮🇳বাংলায় জার্মান শিখুনLearn German with explanations in Bengali.🇮🇳தமிழில் ஜெர்மன் கற்கவும்Learn German with explanations in Tamil.🇮🇳తెలుగులో జర్మన్ నేర్చుకోండిLearn German with explanations in Telugu.

🇮🇳Coming soonMarathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, UrduExplanations in your language, German examples.

🇮🇳Coming soonMalayalam, Kannada, Nepali, Sinhala

🌍Coming soonArabic, Turkish, Persian, Spanish

🌍Coming soonPortuguese, French, Russian, Chinese

Before you start

Learn a little every day: 20 to 30 minutes daily works better than three hours once a week.
Say every dialogue out loud, and write the writing task by hand once before you check the model answer.
Your progress (lessons marked as done) is saved in this browser only; no account is needed.
For visas and permanent residence you need a certificate from a recognised exam provider such as the Goethe-Institut, telc or ÖSD. This course prepares you; it does not replace the exam.

Moving soon? See also the German learning roadmap, learning German from India and phrases you need on day one.