Complete A1 to B2.2 Curriculum
🇩🇪Course: GermanGerman is the most widely spoken native language in Europe and the language of science, philosophy and engineering. With 100 million native speakers and a powerful economy behind it, German is one of the most valuable languages to learn.
German present tense with regular and irregular verbs. Key verbs: sein, haben, werden, können, müssen, wollen.
Ich lerne Deutsch. / Sie hat einen Hund. / Wir können morgen kommen.
German has three genders: masculine (der), feminine (die) and neuter (das). Articles change in different grammatical cases.
Der Mann ist nett. / Die Stadt ist groß. / Das Buch ist interessant.
German uses four cases — Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive — which determine article and adjective endings.
Ich sehe den Mann. / Ich gebe dem Mann das Buch.
The most common conversational past tense, formed with haben or sein + past participle.
Ich habe Pizza gegessen. / Sie ist nach Berlin gefahren. / Wir haben einen Film gesehen.
Modal verbs (können, müssen, wollen, sollen, dürfen, mögen) modify the main verb and push it to the end of the sentence.
Ich kann Deutsch sprechen. / Du musst früher aufstehen. / Er will reisen.
German has verb-second order in main clauses and verb-final order in subordinate clauses. This is unique and requires practice.
Heute gehe ich ins Kino. / Ich weiß, dass er morgen kommt.
Have you ever been to Berlin? — Perfekt for experience.
Yes! I went there last year. The city is really impressive.
What should one definitely see? — Modal verb SOLLEN for recommendation.
You must visit the Brandenburg Gate. And if you can, go to the museum too.
German grammar is more complex than English — especially the case system and word order. But German pronunciation is very consistent (words are said as they're written), and German and English share thousands of cognates like Haus/house and Wasser/water.
German has around 100 million native speakers, making it the most spoken native language in the EU. It's official in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium.
The four grammatical cases (Nominativ, Akkusativ, Dativ, Genitiv) and their effect on articles and adjective endings are the biggest challenge. LingoNibble introduces them gradually so they become natural.
Germany has the largest economy in Europe and German is the language of science, engineering and philosophy. German speakers earn premium salaries in many technical fields.
German takes longer than Romance languages for English speakers. Reaching B1 conversational level typically takes 10–15 months with consistent daily practice of 20–30 minutes.
Hello
Hallo
Good morning
Guten Morgen
Good day
Guten Tag
Good evening
Guten Abend
Learn formal and informal greetings, introduce yourself, and master basic German V2 sentence structure.
Talk about your family, describe relationships, and master possessive pronouns (mein, dein, sein, ihr).
Master A1 Food & Drink vocabulary and grammar (Accusative Direct Objects (einen, eine, ein)).
Master A1 Daily Routine & Time vocabulary and grammar (Separable Verbs (aufstehen, einkaufen)).
Master A1 Living & Home vocabulary and grammar (Definite & Indefinite Articles in Nominative vs Accusative).
Master A1 Leisure & Hobbies vocabulary and grammar (Modal Verbs (können, wollen, mögen)).
Master A1 Shopping & Clothes vocabulary and grammar (Demonstrative Pronouns (dieser, diese, dieses)).
Master A1 City & Navigation vocabulary and grammar (Dative Prepositions (mit, nach, zu, aus, bei, von)).
Master A1 Weather & Seasons vocabulary and grammar (Impersonal Subject 'es' & Weather Expressions).
Master A1 Vacation & Travel vocabulary and grammar (A1 Capstone Review & Travel Verb Synthesis).
Master the spoken past tense using 'haben' + Partizip II to talk about completed daily activities.
Master Perfekt with auxiliary 'sein' for motion and change of state, and describe a past medical visit.
Master the 9 two-way prepositions with Dative case to describe stationary locations (Wo?).
Master the 9 two-way prepositions with Accusative case to describe movement towards a target destination (Wohin?).
Express reasons using the causal conjunction 'weil' and master verb-final word order.
Express opinions, beliefs, and hopes using 'dass' (that) with verb-final subordinate word order.
Master weak adjective endings (-e / -en) following definite articles (der, die, das, den, dem, des).
Master mixed adjective endings (-er, -e, -es, -en) following indefinite articles (ein, eine, kein, possessives).
Express past obligations, abilities, permissions, and intentions using modal verbs in Präteritum (musste, konnte, wollte, durfte, sollte).
Consolidate A2 German proficiency across Perfekt, Wechselpräpositionen, Nebensätze (weil/dass), and adjective declensions.
Learn the passive voice in the present tense (werden + Partizip II) to focus on actions rather than who performs them.
Master past tense passive forms (wurde + Partizip II & ist + Partizip II + worden) for reporting completed past actions.
Master Passive with Modal Verbs (muss gemacht werden) and the State Passive (Zustandspassiv: sein + Partizip II).
Master present Konjunktiv II using hätte, wäre, and würde + Infinitiv for polite requests, advice, and hypothetical wishes.
Master the Genitive case declension (des/der), possessive structures, and genitive noun endings (-s/-es).
Master prepositions that take the Genitive case: wegen, während, trotz, and statt / anstatt.
Learn relative clauses in Nominative and Accusative to connect sentences smoothly using relative pronouns.
Master relative clauses in Dative and relative clauses introduced by prepositions.
Master Genitive relative clauses using possessive relative pronouns dessen (masculine/neuter) and deren (feminine/plural).
Comprehensive mid-B1 exam capstone consolidating Passive voice, Konjunktiv II, Genitive declension, and Relative Clauses.
Master infinitive structures with zu, um...zu, ohne...zu, and anstatt...zu for expressing purpose and manner.
Learn the past perfect (Plusquamperfekt) with hatte/war + Partizip II and temporal conjunctions like nachdem, bevor, and während.
Master the future tense (Futur I) using werden + Infinitiv for future plans, promises, and present assumptions.
Master unrealized past conditions, regrets, and missed opportunities using hätte/wäre + Partizip II.
Learn to report speech, news, and statements indirectly using Konjunktiv I, indirect questions, and subtle modal verbs.
Learn to use active (Partizip I) and passive/completed (Partizip II) participles as attributive adjectives with full declension.
Master essential fixed noun-verb combinations (Funktionsverbgefüge) used in professional and academic German.
Master paired connectors: je...desto, sowohl...als auch, weder...noch, nicht nur...sondern auch, and einerseits...andererseits.
Master alternatives to the passive voice: lassen sich, sein + zu + Infinitiv, and -bar / -lich adjectives.
Comprehensive B1 language exam synthesis integrating Passive, Konjunktiv II, Genitive, Relative Clauses, and advanced discourse connectors.
Master Konjunktiv I for reported speech in leadership and executive contexts.
Negotiate salary raises and bonuses using persuasive formal rhetoric and indirect quotes.
Master Nominalstil (Noun-heavy style) transformations for academic and corporate governance writing.
Understand industrial relations, trade union collective bargaining, and formal labor law phrasing.
Master formal prepositions requiring Genitive case in high-level prose and administrative German.
Present courtroom motions, cite witness testimonies in Konjunktiv I, and master legal advocacy.
Analyze macroeconomics, fiscal policy, and master proportional correlation structures (Je...desto).
Conduct press briefings, handle hostile queries, and publish formal corporate statements.
Master adversative and concessive clause connectors (wenngleich, obgleich, indessen, wohingegen).
Synthesize all B2.1 competencies: Konjunktiv I, Nominalstil, Genitive prepositions, and executive rhetoric.
Master Extended Participle Attributes (Partizipialattribute) for dense academic and legal German.
Debate cutting-edge bioethical questions using extended participle attributes and high academic register.
Master Modale Infinitive structures (sein/haben + zu + Infinitiv) as sophisticated passive and active obligation alternatives.
Conduct diplomatic treaty negotiations, address national sovereignty, and master treaty ratifications.
Master condition clauses without 'wenn' (Invertierte Konditionalsätze) in high-level risk management and formal prose.
Lead board-level crisis response and master subjective modal verbs (er will / soll getan haben).
Master German Modal Particles (denn, ja, doch, halt, eben, eigentlich, wohl) for nuanced rhetoric.
Debate historical methodology and master nominalized adjectives (Substantivierte Adjektive).
Master high-level discourse synthesis, epistemological debate, and inverted sentence cadence.
Achieve total mastery of B2 German: Konjunktiv I, Nominalstil, Partizipialattribute, and Modale Infinitive.