213 lessons so far, in build order (167 at A1-2, then 168-213 at B1). Each one assumes everything before it - grammar and vocabulary both stack. If you're picking this back up after a gap, start with the most recent review (213, 212, 208, 205, 200, 192, 189, 184, 181, 176, 173, 167, 128, 125, 123, 117, 114, 110, 108, 105, 103, 99, 94, 90, 88, 84, 80, 75, 70, 66, 60, 55, 50, 45, 36, 30, or 20) to find out what's still sticking before going further. See MISSION.md for why, and the glossary for a running reference of every term introduced.
Read this before Lesson 1 - how German actually sounds, not just how letters are named for spelling.
Pronunciation: Vowels & Sounds - short vs. long vowels, ä/ö/ü, the ei/ie trap, and consonants that differ from English
1. Greetings & Introducing Yourself
2. Numbers & Age
3. Regular Verbs in the Present Tense
4. Noun Gender & Articles
5. Word Order & Asking Questions
6. Family Vocabulary
7. haben & the Accusative Case
10. Days, Months & Telling Time
11. Modal Verbs: möchten & können
13. Negation: nicht vs. kein
15. Separable Verbs
16. The Perfekt: Talking About the Past
18. The Dative Case
8. Apartment Hunting Vocabulary
9. Anmeldung & Bureaucracy Vocabulary
12. Shopping & Food Vocabulary
14. Doctor Visit Vocabulary
17. Directions & Public Transport
19. Work & Job Vocabulary
21. Hobbies & Free Time
22. Adjective Endings
23. Phone Conversations
24. Weather Vocabulary
25. The Imperative
26. Conjunctions: und, aber, weil
27. Writing a Short Letter or Email
28. Reflexive Verbs
29. Describing a Daily Routine
30. Review: Lessons 21-29
31. Comparatives & Superlatives
32. Possessive Pronouns
33. At the Restaurant
34. Two-Way Prepositions: in, an, auf
35. Furniture & Rooms
36. Review: Lessons 31-35
37. Listening Practice Strategy
38. Clothing & Colors
39. Talking About the Future
40. Capstone: Moving to Germany
41. Ordinal Numbers & Dates
42. Object Pronouns: ihn, ihm, sie, ihr
43. Banking Vocabulary
44. Genitive Case Basics
45. Review: Lessons 37-44
46. Emergency Phrases
47. Health Insurance Vocabulary
48. Expressing Opinions
49. More Modal Verbs: müssen, dürfen, sollen, wollen
50. Review: 50-Lesson Milestone
51. Setting Up Utilities
52. Making Plans with Friends
53. Waste Sorting
54. At the Post Office
55. Review: Lessons 46-54
56. Relative Clauses
57. German Holidays & Celebrations
58. es gibt & Impersonal Expressions
59. Phone & Technology Vocabulary
60. Review: Lessons 56-59
61. School & Childcare Vocabulary
62. Reading Signs & Notices
63. Adjectives of Opinion & Feeling
64. Gym & Fitness Vocabulary
65. würde gerne: Extra-Polite Requests
66. Review: Lessons 61-65
67. At the Hairdresser
68. At the Pharmacy
69. ob & Indirect Questions
70. Review: Lessons 66-69
71. Driving & Car Vocabulary
72. Inseparable Verb Prefixes
73. Payment & Tipping Culture
74. Pfand: the Bottle Deposit System
75. Review: Lessons 71-74
76. Office Small Talk
77. Complaints & Returns
78. seit vs. vor: Time Expressions
79. Pets Vocabulary
80. Review: 80-Lesson Milestone
81. Family Reunion & Visa Vocabulary
82. als vs. wenn
83. City & Neighborhood Vocabulary
84. Review: Lessons 81-83
85. Reading a Recipe
86. At the Hardware Store
87. man: the Impersonal Pronoun
88. Review: Lessons 85-87
89. Cinema & Cultural Events
90. Review: 90-Lesson Milestone
91. Sick Leave & Krankmeldung
92. Quantifiers: viel, wenig, mehrere, alle
93. der-Words: jeder, welcher, dieser
94. Review: Lessons 91-93
95. Indefinite Pronouns: etwas, nichts, jemand, niemand
96. Texting & WhatsApp German
97. The Alphabet & Spelling Out Loud
98. Dative Verbs: gefallen, gehören, schmecken, passen
99. Review: Lessons 95-98
100. Capstone: 100 Lessons
101. Extended Small Talk: Beyond the Weather
102. Navigating Automated Phone Menus
103. Review: Lessons 101-102
104. Comparing Your Home Country and Germany
105. Review: Lessons 101-104
106. Describing a Picture
107. Decoding Compound Nouns
108. Review: Lessons 106-107
109. At the Veterinarian
110. Review: 110-Lesson Milestone
111. Writing a CV: der Lebenslauf
112. Writing a Cover Letter: das Anschreiben
113. The Job Interview: das Vorstellungsgespräch
114. Review: Lessons 111-113
115. Giving Advice
116. At the Swimming Pool
117. Review: Lessons 115-116
118. At the Library
119. Describing Physical Appearance
120. Review: 120-Lesson Milestone
121. Ending a Lease
122. Moving Day Vocabulary
123. Review: Lessons 121-122
124. Adverbs of Certainty
125. Review: Lessons 121-124
126. At the Bakery
127. At the Farmers Market
128. Review: Lessons 126-127
129. At the Dentist
130. Review: 130-Lesson Milestone
131. Hospital Vocabulary
132. Trying On Clothes
133. Review: Lessons 131-132
134. At the Optician
135. Review: Lessons 131-134
136. At the Car Workshop
137. Buying Home Appliances
138. Review: Lessons 136-137
139. Online Banking
140. Review: 140-Lesson Milestone
141. Liability Insurance
142. The Recycling Center
143. Review: Lessons 141-142
144. Café Culture
145. Review: Lessons 141-144
146. Gift-Giving Customs
147. German Communication Style
148. Review: Lessons 146-147
149. Conversation Repair Strategies
150. Review: 150-Lesson Milestone
151. Expressing Emotions in Depth
152. Transport Tickets & the Deutschlandticket
153. Review: Lessons 151-152
154. The Volkshochschule & Course Registration
155. Review: Lessons 151-154
156. Children's Birthday Parties
157. Common Idioms & Sayings
158. Review: Lessons 156-157
159. Reading Food Labels
160. Review: 160-Lesson Milestone
161. Booking Appointments by App
162. Asking for Recommendations
163. Review: Lessons 161-162
164. Birth & Parental Leave Vocabulary
165. Review: Lessons 161-164
166. Borrowing & Lending
167. Review: Lessons 165-166
Starts here - the A1-2 syllabus is complete. New grammar (Konjunktiv II, Passive, Genitive, and more) plus B1 speaking/writing skills and independent-life vocabulary.
168. Welcome to B1
169. Konjunktiv II: Hypotheticals & Polite Wishes
170. The Passive Voice
171. The Genitive Case
172. More Subordinating Conjunctions
173. Review: Lessons 169-172
174. Infinitive Clauses: um/ohne/anstatt...zu
175. Comparatives, Superlatives & je...desto
176. Review: Lessons 174-175
177. N-Declension: Weak Nouns
178. Adjective Nominalization
179. Futur I: Talking About the Future
180. Plusquamperfekt: The Past Perfect
181. Review: Lessons 177-180
182. Double Connectors: sowohl...als auch, entweder...oder, weder...noch
183. Prepositions with the Genitive
184. Review: Lessons 182-183
185. Verb + Preposition Combinations I
186. Verb + Preposition Combinations II
187. Adjective + Preposition Combinations
188. Indirect Questions
189. Review: Lessons 185-188
190. Reported Speech Basics
191. Subjective Modal Verbs: Expressing Probability
192. Review: Lessons 190-191
193. Expressing Opinions & Giving Reasons
194. Agreeing & Disagreeing in Discussion
195. Describing a Picture
196. Structuring a Short Presentation
197. Review: Lessons 193-196
198. Describing Statistics & Graphs
199. Writing an Opinion Essay
200. Review: Lessons 198-199
201. Banking & Financial Vocabulary
202. Rental Contracts in Depth
203. Job Interview Vocabulary
204. Writing a Formal Complaint Letter
205. Review: Lessons 201-204
206. Making Complaints & Returns (Spoken)
207. Education & Ausbildung/Studium Vocabulary
208. Review: Lessons 206-207
209. Environment & Sustainability Vocabulary
210. Media, Internet & Streaming Vocabulary
211. Emotions & Personality Description
212. Review: Lessons 209-211
213. Review: 213-Lesson Milestone
Situational deep-dives outside the main build order - triggered by something real coming up in your life, not by the curriculum sequence.
At the Ausländerbehörde: Switching to an EU Blue Card - a full walkthrough for a real Termin where an expiring regular residence permit is being converted to a Blue Card: booking, check-in, the interview itself, eligibility and document checklist, possible complications, and what happens after
Intensive Review Hub - everything reorganized by exam skill (Hören, Lesen, Schreiben, Sprechen), active-recall drills, and a full timed mock exam
Cheat Sheet #1 (Lessons 1-110) - grammar at a glance
Cheat Sheet #2 (Lessons 111-124) - practical phrases at a glance
Cheat Sheet #3 (Lessons 125-149) - practical phrases at a glance
Glossary - pronouns, sein, core greetings
Numbers - 0-100, the "flip" rule, age
Verb Conjugation - the -e/-st/-t pattern
Nouns & Gender - der/die/das, plurals
Word Order - verb-second rule, questions
haben & Accusative Case
Time & Dates - days, months, the "halb" trap
Modal Verbs - möchten, können, verb-to-the-end
Negation - nicht vs. kein
Separable Verbs - prefix splits to the end
Perfekt (Past Tense) - haben/sein + participle
Dative Case - dem/der, mit/nach/bei/von/zu/aus/seit
Adjective Endings - -e/-en after articles
Imperative - Sie/du/ihr command forms
Conjunctions - und/aber/oder vs. weil/dass/wenn
Reflexive Verbs - mich/dich/sich
Possessives - mein/dein/sein/ihr/unser/euer/Ihr
Two-Way Prepositions - wohin (acc.) vs. wo (dat.)
Object Pronouns - ihn/ihm/sie/ihr/es
Relative Clauses - der/die/das as relative pronouns
Alphabet & Spelling - letter names for spelling out loud
Pronunciation - vowel length, umlauts, ei/ie, consonant sounds
Konjunktiv II - würde/hätte/wäre, hypotheticals, polite requests
Passive Voice - werden + Partizip II
Genitive Case - des/der, the -s/-es noun ending
More Subordinating Conjunctions - obwohl/während/nachdem/bevor/sobald
Infinitive Clauses - um/ohne/anstatt...zu
N-Declension - der Junge/den Jungen weak nouns
Futur I - werden + infinitive
Plusquamperfekt - hatte/war + Partizip II
Double Connectors - sowohl...als auch, entweder...oder, weder...noch
Genitive Prepositions - wegen/trotz/während/außerhalb
Verb + Preposition Combinations - denken an, warten auf, and the da(r)- pattern
Adjective + Preposition Combinations - stolz auf, interessiert an
Reported Speech - dass-clauses and Konjunktiv I recognition