Facts, essential phrases plus theGerman alphabet

The stand-up comedian finds out whats so funny about German

Are you a complete beginner, quite fluent or somewhere in between?

Online lessons with audio, games, vocabulary, grammar explanations and exercises

From Germanys international network, including slow news with transcripts

Germanys first channel and its iPlayerMediathek, including some programmeswith subtitlesand news fromTagesschau

Videos with subtitles,mit untertiteln

Listen, read, print out and download

Watch F1 driverNico Hlkenbergshare racing phrases. Then try our F1-themedquiz

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