Expertly-designed curriculums
Follow our structured curriculum at each level, or, for complete flexibility, choose the classes you’d like to take.
Learn German online with Lingoda
Speak German with confidence. Take our live courses, available for all levels, with professional teachers and flexibly create your own schedule.
What is a language win?
It’s that moment when you order something without fumbling over your words. Or when you make a phone call, and hallelujah, you’re understood. Or when you crack a joke and all the native speakers laugh, especially that colleague who’s always correcting your pronunciation. A language win is what makes all that hard work worthwhile and gives you the confidence to say, “yes, I can speak this language”, no matter what level you’re at.
Jumpstart your language journey and finish the year celebrating all your language wins.
Why learn German online with Lingoda?
Practice speaking from the start
Build your confidence and learn to express yourself easily through conversation, light debate and role-playing.
Intense learning in small groups
You’ll be surrounded by the language and encouraged to speak in classes that have a maximum of 5 students.
Learn German for everyday situations
Our language lessons focus on topics that are important for you and your everyday life, so you can use what you’ve learned right away.
Our expert teachers make complex grammar interesting and easy to understand and will also teach you regional language differences.
Plus, you’ll learn phrases and vocabulary that Germans use all the time.
Explore our levels
Each course is divided into specific learning levels. We teach up to C1 in German.
Don’t know your German level?
Take our placement testSample some German lessons
More about me
I can explain how old I am, what my marital status is, where I am from and which languages I can speak.
Nominative and accusative
I can say what I have, need and want. I can recognise and use nominative and accusative cases.
Write a business email
I understand the most important information in an email and can write an email for work.
I don’t feel well
I can name the most important parts of the body and say where it hurts.
Meet some of our German language teachers
Our professional teachers will ensure that you understand everything and give you individual feedback.
Anisja
- Where I am from: Paderborn, Germany
- Languages I teach: German
- Languages I speak: German and English
Natascha
- Where I am from: Mannheim, Germany
- Languages I teach: German
- Languages I speak: German, Spanish and English
Gesa
- Where I am from: Kiel, Germany
- Languages I teach: German
- Languages I speak: German and English
Vanessa
- Where I am from: Unna, Germany
- Languages I teach: German
- Languages I speak: German, Spanish and English
Silke
- Where I am from: Austria
- Languages I teach: German
- Languages I speak: German, English and Russian
Ready to start learning German online?
What learning with Lingoda looks like
Peek inside a class, discover how to book a lesson and what extra studying opportunities there are for you.
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Frequently asked questions
Our promotion runs until 10 October 2023. With code LANGUAGEWIN, you can get 15%, 20% or 25% off your first month’s payment for our 12, 20 and 40 classes/month plans respectively. The promotion is not valid on our lowest monthly plan, nor is it valid for current Lingoda students. If you sign up for our free trial, the discount will be automatically applied after the trial ends.
As a Lingoda student, you can download the class materials for free and use them at any time. After your class, you will also find a quiz to help you refresh and practice your new skills. There are also downloadable exercises available. All materials are uniquely created by Lingoda experts to align with CEFR standards. If you want to learn more about CEFR, read more here.
After scheduling a German class on our platform, you will be able to join the class with 2-4 fellow students from around the world. The teacher will introduce themselves and begin teaching the lesson using learning materials that you can download at the end of class. You will be able to interact with the teacher and other students, but there is no pressure to do so. Towards the end of class, the teacher will recap the lesson and ensure everybody has understood the lesson.
Both group and private classes are very effective with Lingoda, but it depends on your personal preferences what you’d like to do.No, we are not a language learning app. We are an online language school. And like any school, we offer live classes with certified, native-speaking teachers. At Lingoda, we believe that nothing can replace live interaction and customised feedback from a real person.
Preparing to learn German online with us is simple. You need three things: a stable internet connection, a computer and the free video conferencing tool Zoom.
It depends. As is the case when learning any new skill, your progress depends on your efforts. If you would like to learn German online quickly, then we suggest that you make language learning a consistent habit. Also focus and participate in class and complete the downloadable materials at the end of each class for best results. It also depends on which of Lingoda’s online German language courses you choose, as some of our plans are more intensive than others.
Learning German online is not enough? Do you want to improve you English? Then visit our English page and learn English online!
How to learn German fast
How long does it really take to learn German? The American Foreign Service Institute estimates it takes about 36 weeks of concentrated part-time study for an English-speaker to reach a professional working proficiency in German. This kind of timeline will depend on how focused you are on your language studies. Of course, not everyone has 20 hours a week to devote to language learning. However, one of the keys to making progress with German is to be consistent with your language practice. Even if you don’t have lots of time, do a little every day, whether that’s reading a short news article or watching a couple of TikTok videos in German. That way when your language class comes around, you won’t be completely out of practice.
While German has a reputation for being a hard language to learn, once you start you’ll discover there are some elements that are quite easy to pick up. The spelling, for instance, is very intuitive, particularly when you compare it to spelling in English or French. Those big German words everyone likes to joke about are just small words stuck together – like Legos – to make a bigger word. And they can actually be quite easy to decipher. Once you get some basic grammar down, expanding your vocabulary will really take your German to the next level. Are you wondering how to effectively learn German vocabulary? It takes more than just reading lists of words. Try singing, flash cards, or watching TV, as well as your regular German classes with Lingoda.
Common German phrases
In your German language classes with Lingoda, you’ll learn common German phrases for everyday life and work, like discussing the weather, ordering in restaurants, expressing opinions, writing emails and letters, and explaining your past work experience and education. In small online classes, you can ask questions about how to sound like a native speaker when you’re in the bakery asking for Brötchen, or how to respectfully ask your elderly neighbor which is the plastics recycling bin.
Some of the most common German phrases are:
- Hallo (Hello)
- Wo finde ich…? (Where do I find…?)
- Wie viel kostet das? (How much does this cost?)
- Tschüss (Bye)
- Bitte (Please)
- Danke (Thanks)
- Entschuldigung (Excuse me)
How can I learn German online
Learning German online is easier than attending a language class in person. You can eliminate commuting to the language school, which makes fitting classes into your schedule much easier. It’s not always easy to find good, native-speaking German teachers locally, but when you’re learning online, you have a much wider selection of teachers to choose from. In a large, in-person language class, it’s tempting to sit at the back and avoid speaking. In a small online class, like the ones offered with Lingoda, there’s no hiding! You will get more effective practice in speaking and conversing and more direct feedback from your teacher and classmates.
Why learn German
Germany has the largest economy in Europe, and the fourth largest in the world, which translates to many career opportunities where speaking German would be an advantage. Not only that, but six countries in Europe have German as their official language, and 10 more recognize it as a minority language. Join the hundreds of millions of people who speak German worldwide, and experience the wide range of literature, film and art of the German-speaking world.
How to learn German at home
Busy work schedules and family responsibilities can make it very difficult to get to a German language class regularly. This doesn’t mean you can’t learn German! With Lingoda’s flexible online classes, you can fit in a class early in the morning before everyone is awake, at lunchtime, or between meetings. It’s really tempting to skip an evening class after work, but if you could do it from your kitchen table, it makes it much more likely you will actually attend it regularly.
Already settled in Germany or in Switzerland? Learn German in your city!
Have you just moved to Germany or Switzerland and are looking for a German course for work or to settle in? Visit our pages on German courses in Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Basel and Zurich.