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Region: German-speaking Europe

Native Speakers: 95 million total speakers

Family:  Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > High German > German

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Start speaking German with Fluent in 3 Months! Learn German the smarter, faster way with our top articles on how to speak German.

Getting Started with German

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Illustration of two people talking at a café beside a German sign advertising spaghetti.

5 Common Mistakes Learning German (and How to Fix Them)

German Phrases and Words

German slang words

German Greetings

How to Say Hello in German: 10 German Greetings for Every Situation

German Resources

Counting and Time in German

German weekday abbreviations Mo, Di, Mi, Do, Fr, Sa and So on a dark background

Clock tower at Hamburg's Landungsbrücken beside the harbour at dusk

German Culture & Fun

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Portrait of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Berlin skyline with the Fernsehturm and low sun

10 Must Watch German Language Movies

Alphabet, Spelling, and Pronunciation

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German Pronunciation: 6 Really Effective Tips for a Better German Accent

Illustrated map of Germany and Austria beside the words “German dialects”.

Other Important Vocab in German

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Benny Lewis beside an illustration reading Colors in German

German Grammar

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German adjective endings with branching arrows

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