Beispiele:
Der See
Die See

Der Kiefer
Die Kiefer

Der Leiter
Die Leiter

Wie nennt man grammatikalisch den Fachbegriff dafür?

Und gibt es auch solche Wörter für 3 Artikel? Das einzige was mir eingefallen ist:

Der Band
Die Band
Das Band

Wobei man hier "die Band" ja anders ausspricht und nur die Schreibweise gleich ist also zählt das vermutlich nicht.

Hallo Leute,

So my Telc A2.B1 exams is coming up. I have no problem with Hören, Sprechen und Lesen but Sprechen.

Does anyone know a way to practice and learn the Sprechen?? I don’t even know where to start from.

Hellllllppppp!!!!!

I am just curious, do you guys have any made up german word(s) that made sense to you but actually doesn’t exist?

I had a small Vokabeln practice with my German Teacher and I always Translate Connection to Konnekterien. Why ? I don’t know! Although now I know its Verbindung but my German Teacher at that time was really confused why I kept using this non-existent word in all our classes.

I just need a little laugh while learning this language because I still need my sanity 😭

So I want to write the the telc b2 exam.

I have stuided by myself these past 5 to 6 months. I feel and I am at b1 level. I feel I need to take up a course to get b2 level.

Can anyone recommend any such courses online/offline free/paid.

Should I take these courses or do I try hard and self study bymyself?

Will it just be all grammar? And what is meant by 'intensive course'?

i’m trying to learn declension and my issue is not as much learning by them heart, but more about spotting rapidly what the case is.

Is there like an app that shows you a sentence and asks you the role (case) of random words in that sentence so I can get better at it?

thanks

Honestly, I think I'm writing this partly for some moral support.
I've been learning German since 2024. Completely self-taught, starting from zero with no outside help, I've made it to B2. Because of that, my listening and reading are far stronger than my speaking and writing. I can follow native-level podcasts without pausing. Learning a language from scratch while working 9 to 6 has been one of the biggest challenges I've ever taken on.
But since August, between things in my personal life and at work, I just haven't been able to find the energy to study. While I'm trying to get through what's happening in my personal life, I also feel like I'm betraying myself. I've been feeling a bit lonely with all this, so I wanted to post here.
I'm not even sure what my goal is anymore. I used to want to move to Germany, but right now things like visa processes and finding a job feel overwhelming. Still, I want to get the Goethe C1 certificate. Achieving that would mean a lot to me, and it would feel like a really important accomplishment.
Have any of you gone through something like this? If so, how did you get out of it? Any advice would mean a lot.

Hello everyone! I will be taking the B2 Telc Exam in the next Tuesday and Wednesday. I am writing this because I would like to ask for any last minute advice. I am quite nervous and anxious at the moment as the Day is approaching.

I would truly appreciate any advice or experiences you could share. Thank you so much, and good luck to everyone who is also preparing for the exam! 😊

I decided to start with just one module because I’d had a few setbacks with tutors and honestly wanted to see where my German actually stood before committing to the full exam.
For preparation, I mainly used ChatGPT and the Projekt C1 book. ChatGPT helped me a lot with correcting my texts, improving grammar and sentence structure, practicing formal emails, and getting comfortable with useful C1-style phrases and connectors. With Projekt C1, I focused on exam-style tasks and getting used to the structure.
What helped me most was honestly repetition. I practiced the same formats again and again until the structure started feeling automatic, instead of trying to memorize overly complicated vocabulary.
My next goal is Sprechen, and after that I’ll work through the other modules step by step.
I’m still learning and definitely have a lot to improve, but this result gave me a really nice confidence boost 🥹

Hi,

I have to make B1 certificate from vhs and I learned that I can go only for the exam without taking the course (hours are impossible for someone working full time). Did anyone did it as well? I am somewhere between A2 and B1 and would take private tutoring to have more flexibility with the hours. I am bit afraid that without going to the course they might want to fail me on purpose or something. I as well enrolled for online course from vhs but after making few lessons I do not feel confident about it.

I was as well thinking about taking this exam preparation course from Goethe institute, but I am not sure is it more for learning or only preparing stricte for the exam.

Any advices?

Hallo Zusammen.

So I have started my B1 course on DW and am using this resources (questions at end)

Nico Weg

Seedlang for vocab

Easy German Videos

Speakgator (ik AI not good as actual but its the only option available for me rn )

Easy German Podcast ( just started)

Reading book suitable for lvl (currently reading an Alchemist Graded reader for B1-B2)

Here my questions:

Are these resources good

Also yk at B1 dw starts deu to deu translations but I am using Seedlang which is eng and deu so is that ok or should I start using smth else? I used Anki befroe where I had German on front eng at back but it didn't activate the vocab like Seedlang does for me

Just got my Goethe A1 results and passed with 90/100 (sehr gut).
SUPER HAPPY !!!

Here’s the breakdown:

Hören: 24.90/25

Lesen: 19.92/25

Schreiben: 24.90/25

Sprechen: 19.92/25

I took around a month to prepare for this as I was working full time too. So, if I can do it, you can too. Just stay consistent, even a little every day adds up.

If you’re preparing for A1, my biggest tip is to practice with mock tests, since they show you exactly what to expect.

Happy to answer any questions about prep, exam format, or anything else.

Posting this for a bit of self-motivation as I kick off my journey to A2 & B1

In april i finished my integrationskurs that gave me a B1 certification i struggled a lot with it and was really burnt out by the end so i stopped using the language and spent the next 6 months trying to navigate the bureocracy of the BfA and working on getting better in my hobby. By the time i managed to get an appointment at the BfA my certification expired so i had to prove again that i am still at a B1 level, I spent a month brushing up on my basics and got myself a book wayyy above my level of understanding to keep myself motivated (queer, eine deutsche geschichte vom Kaiserreich bis heute. Really good read so far). During this time preparing i developed a genuine love for the language itself, before it was mostly a hurdle forced on me but this time of unstructured and mostly stress free (until last week) time spent with the language made me start loving it, arbitrarily gendered words and redundant pronouns in different cases and all. I also started to like myself as a person more seeing how i am actually capable of overcoming this. It's a long road, I still need to claw my way out of the English speaking bubble i found myself here in Hamburg but the streets around me seem a little less like a prison i am stuck in. Life is good.

Deciphering accusative vs dative is still very tricky in practice, even when I think I get it. Partly this is due to the appearance of pronouns in sentences that I don't expect them.

Ich kann mich nicht an das Wort erinnern. I would have written: "Ich kann nicht das Wort erinnern." and I guess that's wrong. What is "mich" doing here?

Hi everyone! I’m a doctor from India planning to attend a B2 + C1 Medizin/FSP preparation course in Germany in 2027.
I’m confused between EvoLanguage Hamburg and MedDeutsch Neumünster.
Could current or former students share their experiences regarding teaching quality, class structure, and visa-related documentation?
Which would you recommend, and why?
Thanks in advance!

Ich habe versucht, einen Forumsbeitrag zu schreiben, genau wie in der Goethe B2 schreiben Teil.

Überwachungskamera

Überwachungskameras sind heutzutage überall zu finden, unabhängig davon, ob der Ort öffentlicher Bereich oder private Vermögen ist. Obwohl die Installation der Überwachungskameras viele Vorteile mit sich bringt, tauchen häufig Bedenken bezüglich ihrer auf, insbesondere, wenn sie im öffentlichen Bereichen gesetzt wurden.

Meiner Meinung nach sollten Überwachungskameras nur in gefährlichen Orten installiert werden, in denen das Risiko eines Verbrechen besteht, beispielsweise im Shoppingzentrum, Bank, Geschäften mit wertvollen Waren, Museum, usw. Ich begründe diesen Vorschlag mit der Vor- und Nachteile.

Einerseits nimmt die Zahl der straftaten und Diebstählen ab, wenn eine kamera in der Nähe gibt, denn der Täter fühlt sich unter Druck. Zudem helfen die Überwachungskameras der Polierei, nicht nur den Täter zu finden, sonder auch den Vorfall richtig aufzuklären.

Auf der anderen Seite fühlen sich die Menschen wegen der ständigen Überwachung unwohl und gestresst. Darüber hinaus gibt es Sorgen darum, was mit den gesammelten Datein der Menschen passierte. Denn sie konnten missbraucht werden können, um die Menschen Schaden zuzufügen.

Daher halte ich den Vorschlag, ausschließlich in gefährlichen Orten diese kameras zu erlauben, angemessen und vorteilhaft.

Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass, Obwohl die Überwachungskameras einige Problem darstellen, die Vorteile überwiegen. Außerdem lassen sich die Probleme durch sorgfältig überlegene und angemessene Installationsorten verringern.

Hallo Alle! Meine Frage folgt so:

Auf Englisch kann man die folgende Sätze, mit Emphase an den Wörtern in italischen Schriften (und an den betonten Phrasen mit Majuskeln), sagen. Gibt es aber, wie so auf der englischen, auf der deutschen Sprache?

„Der Direktor öffnete den Brief.“

[The headmaster opened the letter]

„Der Direktor selbst öffnete den Brief.“

[The headmaster himself opened the letter]

„Der Direktor öffnete den Brief selbst.“

[The headmaster opened the letter itself]

„Der Direktor selbst öffnete den Brief selbst.“

[The headmaster Himself opened the letter itself]

„Der Direktor begrüßte uns.“

[The headmaster greeted us]

„Der Direktor selbst begrüßte uns.“

[The headmaster himself greeted us]

„Der Direktor begrüßte uns selbst.“

[The headmaster greeted us ourselves]

„Der Director selbst begrüßte uns selbst.“

[The Headmaster Himself greeted us ourselves]

„Paul kritisierte sich.“

[Paul critiqued himself]

„Paul selbst kritisierte sich.“

[Paul himself critiqued himself]

„Paul kritisierte sich selbst.“

[Paul critiqued himself]

„Paul selbst kritisierte sich selbst.“

[Paul himself critiqued himself]

„John sah sich im Spiegel.“

[John saw himself in the mirror]

„John selbst sah sich im Spiegel.“

[John himself saw himself in the mirror]

„John sah sich selbst im Spiegel.“

[John saw himself in the mirror]

„John sah sich im Spiegel selbst.“

[John saw himself in the mirror itself]

„John selbst sah sich im Spiegel selbst.“

[John himself saw himself in the mirror itself]

John selbst sah sich selbst im Spiegel selbst.“

[John Himself saw himself in the mirror itself]

Mit ChatGPT habe ich eine Session, wo wir (ich und den Chatbot) uns unterhalten. Ich stelle Fragen vor und es liefert mir ganz schlaue Antworten. Korigiert mich ganz häufig (due to my poor German). Meine lätzte Frage war "Was is der Unterschied zwischen endlich und schließlich?" Es lieferte sogar die Etymologie, um den Unterschieds weiter zo erläutern.

Ich finde es viel Spaß! Habt ihr das schon mal versucht?

Hallo zusammen, Muttersprachler hier.
Ich habe gerade meiner Schwester geschrieben, die einen Autounfall hatte. Dabei ist mir folgender Satz aufgefallen, von dem ich nicht weiß, wie korrekt er strenggenommen formuliert ist:

"Hab gehört, du hast 'nen Waschbär überfahren."

Ich bin mir fast sicher, dass dieser Satz eigentlich nicht grammatikalisch korrektes Deutsch ist. Also wollte ich fragen, ab welchem der folgenden "Umgangssprache-Level" dieser Satz grammatikalisch und ausdrucksmäßig korrekt ist, bzw. welche Version davon die beste ist:

"Hab gehört, du hast 'nen Waschbär überfahren."

"Hab gehört, du hast einen Waschbär überfahren."

"Habe gehört, du hast einen Waschbär überfahren."

"Habe gehört, du hast einen Waschbären überfahren."

"Habe gehört, dass du einen Waschbären überfahren hast."

"Ich habe gehört, dass du einen Waschbären überfahren hast."

Und noch eine andere Formulierung, die mir auch sinnvoll erscheint:

"Ich habe gehört, du hättest einen Waschbären überfahren."

"Ich habe gehört, dass du einen Waschbären überfahren hättest."

Ich würde sehr gerne wissen, was ihr davon haltet bzw. welche dieser Formulierungen korrektes Deutsch ist, so wie man es in einem Deutschkurs lernen würde.

I have been interested in German language for a long time. I was stuck in a decision loop because I was overthinking about cases. Almost every youtube videos that I watched were emphasizing on cases in German. So to understand what they mean by cases, I began searching for cases explanations on youtube. I could see the cases in example sentences and also got an idea that German nouns has 3 genders. After watching the video I was like the grammer was so hard. But still tried to study German and learned some nouns with their articles and learned some simple sentences having no cases.

I wanted to learn about cases too but realized that I was trying to figure out all cases at once and wanted to learn faster. So hurrying up was my biggest mistake that led me to give up at that time. I was forcing my brain to learn something new and challenging faster. I should have said let's learn the accusative case first faster because this was possible to just learn one case at a time before moving on to the next one. My understanding of learning faster was very different then.

Now after almost 2 years later, I have been learning German consistently for a week. This time I have a different approach. I'm using Claude AI for German grammar explanations this time and I'm also confirming if that's correct by checking youtube videos by real German teachers. So far Calude AI is not making gramatical mistakes.

I would like to ask if AI models are trained well on languages other than English for deeper grammar explanations. I have to use this AI tool because I want to learn grammer faster. What I mean by faster is that while watching a video I can learn one case rule in the video explaining me a sentence "ich sehe den Hund" in accusative and then out of curiosty I will ask myself a question like how do I say "He is seeing(+object)" or "We are seeing" which means "Er sieht den Hund" and "Wir sehen den Hund" if I get this question I can't get the answer from that video. So what I'm doing now is after learning from the teachers on youtube, I'm asking questions to AI to explain how the same sentence with this case is used with different subjects like "he" or "We". So in this way I'm able to learn two grammer rules- one is verb conjugation and other one is the cases rule. I have started using this approach to feed my curiosity and learn faster. So far I learned these 4 cases in subject, verb and object structures. I haven't checked prepositions yet. I know cases are used a lot and I want to learn at my own pace. Once I know enough grammer then immersion through movies or shows will help me learn even faster. I'm also learning pronunciation and not just learning grammer for writing. So I have decided to watch German videos with English subtitles to understand sentence structures and pick one interesting sentence and then I will check its grammer explanation and if I have more question not covered in the explanation then I ask AI tool to help me there. This way I hope I can learn faster. I'm not learning German for tests or exams. I enjoy learning languages. Learning even a very simple sentence in a new language feels a big achievement to me.

I appreciate advice and suggestions from teachers and learners in this community. So my question for ones who were once beginners in German and have a great command of the language now: What were your learning experiences when you were beginners in German and how should I keep learning better?

I’ve been trying to score well in my SBS Teil 2 however, it’s been such a nightmare.
Often times I’d see words I’ve never seen before and blanks that don’t make any sense at all.
I’d usually get only 4-6 answers correct in Teil 2, however Teil 1 seems a lot more manageable.
What are the appropriate resources to better understand these 2 sections in order to score well on my exam that’s 1 month away.

Hallöchen, ich schreibe hier nur weil ich mega nervös bin. Habe seit März einen C1 Kurs besucht und jetzt ist soweit. Bin fast 7 Jahren in Deutschland und endlich wird es diese Prüfung geschrieben. Außerdem, habe ich mich mit der C1 Prüfung Express von Hueber vorbereitet. Mein Ziel ist nicht alles Perfekt zu haben oder ein Schwerpunkt zu üben, sondern in alle Prüfungsteile 60% zu schaffen: besser gesagt, ich darf in jedem Teil 40% falsch haben. Naja..

Habt ihr Tipps oder nette Wörter für mich? 😜

Mit aufgeregten Grüße

I took the German C2 test back in March in Munich and passed 3/4 modules (yay!). Unfortunately, I cannot afford to travel back again within the 12 months required to get the GDS (I live in the US). I am planning to retake writing soon in NYC. Basically, I'm just wondering what are my chances that Goethe would still let me get the GDS despite taking the writing module in the US instead of in Munich, if anybody knows. I would be pretty sad if that isn't an exception they can make. :( If anybody has any info or advice, I would appreciate it (even if it isn't what I want to hear haha)!

Thank you so much for the help on the previous question I made.

I have another query though.

Let’s say I made a list of my favourite subjects as so:

Mathematik, Englisch und Kunst sind mein Lieblingsfächer.

If I wanted to add “but I love… the least (e.g.Kunst), how would I do that?

Would it be like this?

Mathematik, Englisch und Kunst sind mein Lieblingsfächer aber ich liebe Kunst am wenigsten