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Welcome to Introduction to German, part of Foreign Language Learning and Language and Literature school. The aim of this beginner level course is to tell you about the basics of German, no prior knowledge is required. It helps however, if you are good in English (while this material is written in it) and also some knowledge of grammatical terms comes handy. So... If you know the know what is the difference between "plural" and "singular", you can move further :) ...and join the German Stream if you want.


Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.

Learning materials and learning projects are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a link to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the main namespace) and start writing!

Lessons

  • The Pronouns <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

Typing German characters into a computer

For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following:
ß - alt+225
ä - alt+132
ö - alt+148
ü - alt+129
Ä - alt+142
Ö - alt+153
Ü - alt+154
On a Mac, the commands are as follows:
ß - ⌥ + s
ä - ⌥ + u, a
ö - ⌥ + u, o
ü - ⌥ + u, u

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

Alphabet/Pronunciation

Vocabulary

Greeting Started

German English
Ich lerne Deutsch I am learning German

Sports

German English
der Amerikanische Fußball American football
der Fußball football/soccer
der Tischtennis tabletennis/Pingpong

Important verbs

Verb tables below


Other Verbs

  • gehen to go
  • machen to do
  • brauchen- to need
  • essen- to eat
  • heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
  • wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
  • kennen- to know (acquaintance)
  • spielen- to play
  • besuchen- to visit
  • laufen- to run
  • radfahren- to ride a bike (Separable prefix. Ex. Ich fahre rad. (I ride a bike.))
  • lachen = to laugh
  • sehen = to see (Stem-changer... for du, er, sie, and es change the first 'e' to 'ie'): Ex. Siehst du mich? (Do you see me?)
  • möchten = to would like
  • fliegen = to fly
  • lieben = to love
  • schlafen = to sleep (Stem-changer. Change 'a' to umlauted 'a'.)
  • weinen = to cry
  • mögen = to like (Stem changer, change umlauted 'o' to 'a' in du, er, sie, and es forms. (Ex. Ich mag Katzen: I like cats.))

Assignments

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

Learning Resources

  • A podcast for students Slow German is spoken clearly and slowly. Mehr Informationen unter www.slowgerman.com

Active participants

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