Complete German A2: Your Next Step to Fluency
This comprehensive course is designed to take you from an A1 to a solid A2 level in German, following the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). You will expand your vocabulary to cover everyday topics like travel, work, and health, and master essential grammar, including past tenses, the dative case, and subordinate clauses. The course starts with essential study tips, offers an optional A1 revision, and concludes with a comprehensive test to showcase your new skills. To succeed, it is vital that you study regularly and complete your reviews every day to ensure you retain what you learn.
Decks in this Course
26 items
German A2: Course Introduction & Study Tips
Introduce the A2 German course structure, set expectations for learning, and provide essential tips for success, specifically the importance of regular study and daily reviews.
German A2: Optional A1 Revision
Review challenging but essential grammar topics from the A1 level, including the nominative and accusative cases, basic sentence structure (word order), and the present tense conjugation of common verbs.
German Vocabulary: Biography & Personal History
Learn essential German vocabulary to talk about your life, personal history, key life events, and family background.
German Grammar: The Perfect Tense with 'haben'
Master the formation and use of the Perfekt tense (conversational past) with the auxiliary verb 'haben', including regular and irregular past participles.
German Grammar: The Perfect Tense with 'sein'
Learn to form and use the Perfekt tense with the auxiliary verb 'sein' for verbs involving movement or a change of state.
German Grammar: The Simple Past (Präteritum) for Key Verbs
Learn the Präteritum (simple past tense) forms for the essential verbs 'sein' (to be), 'haben' (to have), and modal verbs, which are commonly used in this tense even in spoken German.
German Vocabulary: Travel & Holidays
Acquire German vocabulary related to travel, including booking accommodation, using public transport, asking for directions, and describing holiday activities.
German Grammar: Understanding the Dative Case
Learn the fundamentals of the dative case, including how to form the dative definite and indefinite articles, and the dative personal pronouns.
German Grammar: Dative Prepositions
Memorise and use the common German prepositions that always take the dative case, such as 'mit', 'nach', 'aus', 'zu', 'von', 'bei', and 'seit'.
German Vocabulary: Housing & Home
Learn German words for different types of housing, rooms in a house, common furniture, and household chores.
German Grammar: Two-Way Prepositions (Wechselpräpositionen)
Master the use of two-way prepositions (e.g., 'in', 'an', 'auf') and learn when to use them with the accusative case (for direction) and the dative case (for location).
German Vocabulary: Health & The Body
Learn essential German vocabulary for parts of the body, common illnesses, and phrases for visiting a doctor or pharmacy.
German Grammar: Reflexive Verbs in Accusative & Dative
Learn how to use reflexive verbs, identifying and using the correct reflexive pronouns in both the accusative and dative cases.
German Vocabulary: Work & Professions
Acquire vocabulary related to the world of work, including job titles, workplace environments, daily tasks, and the job application process.
German Grammar: Subordinate Clauses ('weil', 'dass')
Learn to connect ideas using subordinate clauses with the conjunctions 'weil' (because) and 'dass' (that). This deck focuses on mastering the verb-final word order, a crucial rule in German grammar, enabling you to give reasons and report information effectively.
German Grammar: Time-based Subordinate Clauses ('wenn', 'als')
Learn to use the temporal conjunctions 'wenn' (when/if, for repeated or future events) and 'als' (when, for a single event in the past) with correct verb-final word order.
German Vocabulary: Shopping, Services & Food
Learn practical German vocabulary for shopping for clothes and groceries, using services like the bank and post office, and ordering food in a restaurant.
German Grammar: Adjective Declension after Articles
Learn the rules for German adjective endings (declension) when the adjective comes after a definite article (der, die, das) or an indefinite article (ein, eine, ein).
German Grammar: Adjective Declension without Articles
Learn the rules for German adjective endings (declension) when there is no article before the adjective.
German Grammar: Comparatives & Superlatives
Learn how to form and use comparative ('-er') and superlative ('am -sten') forms of adjectives and adverbs to compare people, things, and actions.
German Vocabulary: Media, Culture & Leisure
Learn German vocabulary to discuss hobbies, leisure activities, media (internet, TV), and cultural events or festivals.
German Grammar: Understanding Relative Clauses
Learn to add extra information to sentences using relative clauses, and how to use the correct relative pronouns (der, die, das, etc.) in the nominative, accusative, and dative cases.
German Grammar: Giving Commands with the Imperative
Learn how to form and use the imperative mood to give commands and make requests to one person informally ('du'), a group informally ('ihr'), and formally ('Sie').
German Grammar: Introduction to the Genitive Case
Get a basic introduction to the genitive case, learning how it is used to show possession, primarily with proper names and in written German.
German Grammar: Polite Requests with Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II)
Learn the introductory forms of the Konjunktiv II ('hätte', 'wäre', 'würde') to make polite requests, express wishes, and give advice.
German A2: Comprehensive Test
A final, comprehensive test covering all the major grammar and vocabulary themes from the A2 course. This deck will showcase your accumulated knowledge and skills.
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