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The German language

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A Guide to German

Facts, essential phrases plus the German alphabet

What's so funny about German?

Henning Wehn

The stand-up comedian finds out what's so funny about German

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School German

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GCSE German Bitesize revision


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German for children

The Lingo Show
From CBeebies

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Test your German

Test your German

German test

Are you a complete beginner, quite fluent or somewhere in between?

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BBC free lessons and courses online

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Online lessons with audio, games, vocabulary, grammar explanations and exercises

For beginners

Talk German, online video tutorials

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German news, TV & radio

Deutsche Welle: Learn German
From Germany's international network, including slow news with transcripts

ARD: Das Erste
Germany's first channel and its iPlayer Mediathek, including some programmes with subtitles and news from Tagesschau

ZDF: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Germany's second channel

WDR: Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Videos with subtitles, mit untertiteln

ORF TVthek
From Austria's public TV

Schweizer Fernsehen: Videoportal
From Switzerland's public TV

German TV and German news online
How to watch in the UK

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German classes and courses

Find a German class close to you

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German phrases

German holiday phrases

Holiday phrases

Listen, read, print out and download

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German slang

Guide to streetwise German

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Formula 1 German

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Watch F1 driver Nico Hülkenberg share racing phrases. Then try our F1-themed quiz

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