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Resources for learning German across its toughest features: the case system and gender, compound words, word order, and listening, plus the dictionaries and SRS to support them.

Optimized for German · Learners targeting academic or professional fluency.

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Deutsche Welle (DW) Learn German

beginner

Free leveled courses from A1 to C, with strong structured coverage of the case system, articles, and word order through video and exercises.

Cases & grammarFreeCourses & exercises20-30 minutes/day
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Lingolia German grammar

intermediate

Clear explanations and exercises for the four cases, two-way prepositions, and adjective declension, the grid that governs German endings.

Cases & grammarFreeWebsiteOngoing reference
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DWDS dictionary

intermediate

An authoritative German dictionary with gender, plural forms, and real usage examples, so you can encode nouns with the article they require.

Dictionaries & SRSFreeOnline dictionaryOngoing reference
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Slow German podcast

intermediate

Clearly enunciated German at a manageable pace with transcripts; trains your ear to wait for the clause-final verb that German word order demands.

Listening & pronunciationFreePodcast & transcripts15-20 minutes/episode
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Forvo pronunciation

beginner

Native audio for German words, useful for the umlauts (ä, ö, ü), the ch sounds, and hearing how long compounds break into stressed parts.

Listening & pronunciationFreePronunciation databaseOngoing reference
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italki tutors

intermediate

One-on-one German conversation with native tutors who can flag case-ending and verb-position slips you can't yet self-detect.

Speaking & exchangeTutoring marketplace30-60 minutes/session
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Tatoeba example sentences

intermediate

Open database of native German sentences with audio for shadowing and seeing cases, separable verbs, and word order in real context.

Speaking & exchangeFreeSentence databaseOngoing
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Anki with a German frequency deck

beginner

Spaced repetition of common words stored as article + noun + plural, plus case-pattern cards, so der/die/das becomes a reflex.

Dictionaries & SRSFreeDesktop & mobile app15 minutes/day
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