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Region: German-speaking Europe

Native Speakers: 95 million total speakers

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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

Illustration reading Learn German Faster beside a stylised German eagle

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

German town below a vineyard hillside and castle

Benny Lewis beside the words “German conversation starters”

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

Two children holding pretzels while sitting on hay bales

Red-brick warehouses and footbridges beside a canal in Hamburg

Wooden letter tiles spelling LIEBE on a table

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

Rammstein performing onstage with flames during a concert

Illustration reading “Great songs to learn German” beside a musical note in German flag colours

Narrow cobbled street lined with shops and pub signs in Germany

Portrait of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Berlin skyline with the Fernsehturm and low sun

10 Must Watch German Language Movies

Plate of German sausages

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

Wooden letters spelling “Danke” surrounded by flowers and berries on a wooden background

Baby sitting in a grassy field beside a dog

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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