German phrases

The German you'd actually use on day one — greetings, orders, apologies, and train-station survival.

Say things people say

Textbook German gets you understood; phrases get you answers fast.

Knowing whether to open with Sie or du saves you an awkward first thirty seconds with literally anyone.

Our phrase lessons teach whole ready-made chunks with audio, so you borrow the sentence instead of building it from spare parts.

That's also how you absorb word order without studying it on purpose.

Borrow the sentence. Skip the assembly.

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158 German lessons. Jump in, or pick any one.

Audio, quizzes, speaking practice. Free. Start at lesson 1 of 158, or open the full list and skip ahead.