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German for Beginners
Our free online course for German. Includes audio.

German Course Newsletters
By subscribing to one of our free German lesson newsletters, you can automatically receive a new German lesson each week. We offer several courses for both beginners and more advanced learners.

German Lessons by Topic
Locate German for Beginners lessons by grammar or vocabulary topic. A helpful guide to our free German course.

Exercises, Quizzes, Tests
Die Quiz-Seite: Find all of our exercises, quizzes, and tests for German - for beginners through advanced.

German Grammar Guide
Easily find all of our German grammar articles, lessons, and resources - from adjective endings to gender and verb conjugation.

German Pronunciation Guide
A helpful guide to pronouncing German - with audio examples. From the alphabet to diphthongs, vowels, and consonant pairs.

German Literature
German-language authors and their works. Includes writers and poets from Austria, Germany, and German Switzerland.

Aufgaben - Deutsch ueben im Web
Online exercises for all levels of German from the Goethe Institute.

BBC Online German Courses
A selection of online courses for German from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Deutsche Internet Chronik
Elementary Web exploration units (1-10) by Prof. Andreas Lixl at UNC, Greensboro. Not for basic beginners.

Deutschkurse im Netz
A collection of various materials and lessons for German by Prof. Donna Van Handle at Mt. Holyoke University. Of interest to both students and teachers.

Deutsch Studio Salzburg
"Deutsch nach Maß für Sie!" - "German tailor-made for you." DeutschStudio in Salzburg, Austria.

Deutsche Welle German Courses
Online courses from the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

EnchantedLearning - German Label Printouts
Label sets in German that can be printed out to learn the German names of various items.

Exeter University - Beginners' German
An online Beginners' German course designed by the German Department of the University of Exeter. Twenty chapters of dialogue and exercises designed to give the absolute beginner a grounding in the rudiments of the language, as well as providing background information about life and culture in German-speaking countries.

Forum Deutsch als Fremdsprache
A very useful German-as-a-foreign-language site from the IIK Düsseldorf.

German Online - OSU
A complete distance-learning German-language curriculum for elementary through high school. From Oklahoma State University.

German for Travellers
One of the best German-learning sites on the Web!

German Vocabulary
Robert Shea's German vocabulary tutorial includes a variety of categories.

LearnPlus - German
Online German courses with a free first lesson. Three levels, plus German for travelers.

Make German Your Business
Online and TV instruction and Web resources related to business German. From the BBC.

My Language Exchange - German
Learn German by practicing with a native speaker who is learning your language. A language exchange complements other forms of learning such as classroom, immersion and multimedia.

Step into German
German cultural topics, from German soccer to current events.

Training for Germany
Peter Luik's site is about day-to-day German customs. Valuable for German-learners because many items are available in English/German parallel texts.

travlang's Deutsch für Reisende
Michael C. Martin's excellent online German-for-travelers course with sound. Part of the Foreign Languages for Travelers site.

Vocabulary Training Exercises
German, English, French, and Spanish. Verbs and nouns in various categories.

Wirtschaftsdeutsch
A very useful business-German site from the IIK Düsseldorf. Infobrief Wirtschaftsdeutsch, and other related newsletters are also available from this site.