German · For teachers

Every German printable, chapter by chapter

The whole German curriculum in one place, mapped to its 1 chapters and 24 lessons. Each lesson lists its downloads inline - worksheets with answer keys, infographics and PDFs - and each chapter's words fold out into their own per-word printable sets, so you can open and print any sheet for a class without hunting through the site.

Chapter 1 · How German works

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  1. How German worksIntroduction

    The article carries the grammar, not the word order. Get der, die and das early and the rest of German is fairly gentle.

  2. Three umlauts and an eszett, and the handful of spelling rules that make German pronunciation predictable. Read this once and German spelling stops surprising you.

  3. Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

  4. English has one word for the and German has six. They mark gender AND the noun's job in the sentence, which is why you never learn a German noun without its article.

  5. Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.

  6. Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

  7. Nominative and accusative first, because the contrast changes who did what. Dative next, because the commonest prepositions demand it. Genitive can wait.

  8. Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.

  9. Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

  10. Koennen, muessen, duerfen, sollen, wollen, moegen. They misbehave in exactly the same way as each other, so they are cheaper to learn together.

  11. Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.

  12. Read: Der Tag im HausGraded-reader story

    A man, a child, and the time neither of them has. Every word in it is a word this chapter has taught.

  13. Und, aber, oderThemed review

    The words that join German sentences together. They are the commonest in the language and the ones a dictionary explains worst, so they get a session of their own.

  14. Arcade reviewReview games

    Replay this chapter's words as games - a different kind of repetition, and it counts.

  15. Word printables

    Per-word sheets

    100 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each