Free basic German words

What's inside

• How German soundsGerman is written the way it sounds. One page covers ä, ö, ü, ß, ei and ie, sch and both kinds of ch, with an example word for each, so you can read any word aloud.
• 215 words, colour-codedGreetings, question words, family, days, numbers, food, places and verbs. Every noun has its article in a colour: der blue, die pink, das green, so the gender sticks with the word.
• Show words and practiceReactions like Krass! and Echt?, the rude words you'll hear on screen and shouldn't copy, du or Sie, then ten sentences to read before you check.

How to use it

1. Read the sounds page aloud once, then keep it next to you.
2. Learn five words a day, always with their der, die or das.
3. Cover the grey English on the last page and read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
4. Watch something in German with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. Und, ich and nicht turn up in nearly every line.

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• 100 German phrases from showsThen pick up the lines shows use all the time: Na?, Doch!, Ich liebe dich or Ich hab dich lieb, Lass mich in Ruhe and what Digga and Ehrenmann really mean.

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