How to say bye in German: tschüss, auf Wiedersehen, ciao and 12 more goodbyes, from formal to casual and regional (Servus, Baba, Tschö), how to pronounce them, how to respond and example dialogues.
How to say how are you in German: Wie geht’s?, Wie geht es Ihnen? and casual alternatives like Na? and Alles klar?, plus 10 natural answers, the cultural rule most learners miss and example dialogues.
Nicht vs kein explained: the one rule that tells you which to use, how kein declines in every case, exactly where nicht goes in a sentence, partial negation with sondern, and answering negative questions with doch.
The four German cases explained simply: what a case is, when to use nominative, accusative, dative and genitive, the master chart of articles and pronouns, how to identify the case in any sentence, and exercises.
The most common German pronunciation mistakes English speakers make, and how to fix each one: vowel length, umlauts, the ch, r, z, w and v sounds, ei vs ie, sch/sp/st, final devoicing and word stress, with drills.
How to say Happy New Year in German: frohes neues Jahr, guten Rutsch (and why), what to say at midnight on Silvester, regional versions, New Year messages and how to reply.
Genau means “exactly” or “precisely”, but Germans also use it to agree, to fill pauses and in phrases like genauso and genau genommen. Here are its four main uses, genau vs richtig vs stimmt, mistakes and a quiz.
Werden conjugation in every tense (present, Präteritum, Perfekt, Konjunktiv II, imperative) and its four jobs: to become, the future tense, the passive voice and würde (would), with examples and a quiz.
The complete German articles chart: definite articles (der, die, das), indefinite articles (ein, eine), kein and the zero article in all four cases, colour-coded, with examples, memory tricks and exercises.
Austria’s official language is German, in its Austrian standard variety. Learn how Austrian German differs from German German in words, greetings and pronunciation, plus Austria’s minority languages.
