Stories

Every morning the sky is blue, and every afternoon Tom gets wet. On Wednesday, he has a plan.

Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Every evening at eight, someone in the building plays the piano, always the same song. But nobody in the building has a piano.

Präsens (present tense) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 7 new words

Ms Roth brings a birthday cake to the office, and it gets smaller every hour. Everyone says it wasn't them. So who is eating it?

Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words

The Haddad family spends a week by the North Sea, but the weather has its own plans. Will they see the sun at all?

Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 7 new words

On a sunny Saturday, Mia and her friends play football in the park. Then Paul arrives with his small, very fast dog.

Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 6 new words

It's Friday evening, and nobody wants to cook. Ordering a pizza sounds easy, until everyone says what they want.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Grandpa Herbert is eighty and has his very first smartphone. The phone has its own ideas, and the whole family notices.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Lena is taking the train alone for the first time, and she has a window seat. But someone is already sitting in it.

Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 6 new words

Marko lives in Berlin, and his sister Ana comes from Novi Sad to visit for a week. She loves every minute of it, maybe a little too much.

Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 7 new words

My new neighbor Clara is very nice. There is just one problem: her piano.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Every Thursday Lukas and Carmen swap languages over coffee: one hour of German, one hour of Spanish. This week they meet in a kitchen instead.

Präsens (present tense) · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 7 new words

Ali works at the supermarket checkout and knows his regular customers well. Only one of them is a small mystery.

Präsens (present tense) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words

Mrs Berger's class visits a very quiet museum with very strict rules. Then Tim feels a sneeze coming.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Yusuf is forty and finally wants to get fit. His first day at the gym does not go to plan, until he finds a door at the back.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 7 new words

On a tired Monday morning, Jonas just wants a coffee and a piece of apple cake. But the café has other plans.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

The kids' football team has a game on Sunday, but their goalkeeper is sick. Who will stand in goal?

Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Anna spends a day in Berlin: the train, the big sights, friendly people and, in the evening, a café.

Präsens (present tense) · 8 new words

Anna and Paul find the perfect sofa: big, green and not expensive. There is just one small problem.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words

On Fridays, Sara may bring her dog Bello to the office. Bello is very sweet, but he is also very hungry.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words

Seven-year-old Mia writes a letter to her grandma far away. She has big news, one big wish and a very clever idea.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Jakob cooks soup for himself and Elif in his huge new pot. Then the evening takes a very different turn.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 7 new words

Every evening a grey cat sits at Anna and Max's door. They feed her and give her a name, but nobody really knows who she is.

Präsens (present tense) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Fiona needs a train ticket in Bremen, but the ticket machine won't cooperate. Help comes from a ten-year-old girl who has a problem of her own.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Papa is on a diet: no sugar, no bread, no beer. And the whole family has to join in, whether they like it or not.

Negation: nicht vs. kein · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Amira gets her first library card in Hamburg and may borrow ten books. But which book do you choose when German sentences are still so long?

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 7 new words

Mia wakes up, and it is already bright outside. Her alarm clock didn't ring, and now every minute counts.

Präsens (present tense) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

One day in Goran's Berlin taxi: a man on the phone, a tourist with a lot of questions and a very nervous bride.

Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words

On Monday morning Leo can't find his key and is late for work. In the evening, his kitchen has a surprise for him.

Präsens (present tense) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 7 new words

Tim is new at the office, and he has a question about everything. At lunch, his colleagues find out why.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

It's Tarik's first day as a kindergarten teacher. Twelve children are waiting for him, and they are a tough audience.

Präsens (present tense) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Paul is so tired that he falls asleep on the bus to work. When he opens his eyes, he is not where he should be.

Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Anna and Max meet in a park for the first time. Both are a little nervous – how will it go?

Präsens (present tense) · 8 new words

Emre is thirty-five and can do many things, but he can't swim. His swimming course holds a surprise on the very first day.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Nora grows tomatoes on her tiny balcony, with seeds from the old man downstairs. But someone else in the neighbourhood likes tomatoes too.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 6 new words

Monday morning, home office: Sara types her password, and the computer says it's wrong. Again and again.

Negation: nicht vs. kein · Verbzweitstellung (verb in position 2) · 7 new words

A free summer concert in the park, a blanket, bread, cheese and good friends. What could go wrong?

Präsens (present tense) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words

Julia's hotel room is tiny, the window is stuck and the water is cold. It is going to be a long night.

Modalverben (modal verbs) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Zofia's phone falls into the bath. Now she has a whole week without messages, music or maps.

Negation: nicht vs. kein · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 6 new words

Jana is looking for the perfect birthday present for her friend Mira. A red toaster seems like a great idea, until Mira opens her presents.

Akkusativ (accusative case) · Negation: nicht vs. kein · 6 new words

Every Saturday, Milena buys fruit and vegetables at the market. Today she counts her coins, and something doesn't add up.

Präsens (present tense) · Akkusativ (accusative case) · 7 new words

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

The new boss is only twenty-eight and changes things from day one. The whole office is nervous – until his first Friday.

Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · Dativ (dative case) · 7 new words

Zeynep has just moved in and bakes an apple cake to meet her new neighbours. They eat every crumb – but they are strangely quiet.

Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · Perfekt (present perfect) · 7 new words

Every morning there is a letter in Eva's garden – and it is always for someone else. The postman swears he has never lost one. So who is delivering them?

Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · Perfekt (present perfect) · 7 new words

Jakub only wants his hair a little shorter. He falls asleep in the chair – and wakes up with a haircut he would rather hide under a hat.

Perfekt (present perfect) · Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 7 new words

After the Saturday market, a brown dog follows Lukas all through town. Lukas is sure he has found a new best friend.

Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · 6 new words

It's Jonas's first day at a new job, and he is very nervous. In the office kitchen he meets a woman who has a problem with the coffee machine.

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

Giulia and Marko have never been camping. Their first tent takes two hours to put up – and then the night rain begins.

Perfekt (present perfect) · Trennbare Verben (separable verbs) · 7 new words

Selin has her very first job interview, at a small bakery, and she has no experience at all. Then the owner asks a difficult question: can she get up at four?

Nebensatz (subordinate clause) · Modalverben (modal verbs) · 7 new words