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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.


Lessons

Congratulations! To continue reading this page you just made the first step to learn German. So you can now say the classical phrase: "Ich lerne Deutsch".


  • 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.

Vocabulary

All material concerning the German vocabulary is concentrated at Germen vocabulary and it's subpages. Please help develop it further, possible in cooperation with Wikibooks using the well developed German textbook.

Alphabet/Pronunciation


Assignments

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

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!

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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