Stories

Max's back hurts, so his doctor sends him to yoga. The exercises are harder than he thought – but one of them suits him perfectly.

Dativ (dative case) · Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 6 new words

Milica's flight from Munich to Belgrade is four hours late, and her mother is already cooking. Then she hears a familiar voice at the next table.

Perfekt (present perfect) · Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 6 new words

Nina and her brother Felix cycle around Lake Constance through three countries. In Switzerland, a tyre goes flat – and nobody has the tools.

Dativ (dative case) · 6 new words

Ewa is planning a secret party for her father's eightieth birthday. Everything is going to plan – until a key turns in the door far too early.

Dativ (dative case) · Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 7 new words

Dad wants to cook sarma, his favourite dish from childhood, for his German colleagues. Soon the whole kitchen is in chaos.

Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · Dativ (dative case) · 7 new words

Rafael from Brazil and Olena from Ukraine sit next to each other in a German course – and always make exactly the same mistakes.

Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 6 new words

Sandra has an important video call with her strict boss. On top she wears a nice blouse, underneath her pyjama bottoms – what could go wrong?

Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 7 new words

Jakub spends a night in a youth hostel room with five strangers. The light goes out at ten – and then the snoring begins.

Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 6 new words

Ana spends a weekend with her friend Klara in Vienna: a famous cathedral, cake in an old coffee house and a waiter who never smiles.

Dativ (dative case) · 6 new words

The grandchildren give Grandma Hilde a tablet for video calls. Nobody believes it will work – and the first call is a little chaotic.

Perfekt (present perfect) · 7 new words

One Sunday the power goes out in Mrs Weber's building: no coffee, no TV, almost no phone battery. By evening, the stairwell is the only place with light.

Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 7 new words

Ivana goes to see her first German film without subtitles. She doesn't understand everything – but she has a clever trick.

Perfekt (present perfect) · Dativ (dative case) · 6 new words

Zeynep only went out for bread rolls – and came back to a flooded bathroom. Then the grumpy neighbour from downstairs rings the bell.

Perfekt (present perfect) · Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 6 new words

Mr Wolf gets a smartwatch for his sixtieth birthday. He doesn't like it at first – it keeps telling him what to do.

Dativ (dative case) · Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 7 new words

Every month, Klara gets a postcard from a different city, but nobody ever signs it. Who is writing to her from all over the world?

Perfekt (present perfect) · Dativ (dative case) · 7 new words

Jonas goes with his girlfriend to her cousin's wedding in Serbia. He only knows two words of Serbian, but they get him surprisingly far.

Perfekt (present perfect) · Dativ (dative case) · 7 new words

Tim and his sister Anna share a flat, a TV and one remote control – and they fight over it every evening. Then one day the remote is gone.

Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 6 new words

Nina is invited to her colleague's birthday party on the fourth floor. She has a wonderful evening – there's just one small problem.

Perfekt (present perfect) · Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 6 new words

Lena comes home tired on a Friday evening, but her key is gone. Where could she have lost it?

Perfekt (present perfect) · 6 new words

David flies to Hamburg for a language course, but his suitcase doesn't. Luckily his host, Mr Brandt, has a big wardrobe – full of very colourful shirts.

Perfekt (present perfect) · 7 new words

Tom goes shopping with a long list but forgets something important. How will he solve the problem?

Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 8 new words

Jonas moves into a fourth-floor flat with the help of two friends. He didn't write anything on the boxes – what could go wrong?

Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · Perfekt (present perfect) · 6 new words

Dragana and Yusuf love their new robot vacuum – until their socks start to disappear. Yusuf has a suspect, and a plan to catch it.

Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 7 new words

Petra is fifty-two and runs her very first city race. After two minutes, she can only see the other runners' backs.

Perfekt (present perfect) · Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 6 new words