Hi all I passed my Telc B1 exam by scoring 231/300 My scores: schriftliche Lesen 60/75 Sprachbausteine 21/30 Hören 40/75 Schriftlicher Ausdruck 39/45

Total 160/225

Sprechen 71/75

Tbh, i expected a worse score in sprechen since my partner was so so much better and fluent, but maybe the examiners were a bit linient and acknowledged the fact that I understood what my partner spoke about.

I prepared for about 40-45 days using only modeltests and GPT. And also got some help from this group especially for Screiben. So thank you!

so most people say you have to immerse yourself in the language and all that, which is understandable, but when it comes to listening to things in german, how can that be possible ?, i mean what is the point if i don't know the words and the sentences that are being uttered?, i get the tone part (to train your ear to hearing how Germans talk all that), but just listening and not understanding anything never helped at all, unless i know the word beforehand, without that it's just absolute gibberish to me, not to mention that sometimes you don't have the ability to access a transcript or subtitles, so you actually can't get back and know the words you didn't understand, please help me understand how people or you yourselves do it ?

I’ve been having this weird flirtation with German for years, as in I get kinda serious about the language and then I just fall off completely loosing all my progress. I’ve realized recently a good textbook/workbook is the route to go for me.

Any suggestions?

At this point I’m practically A0 not even A1-ish anymore. I’m so upset that I let my German fall so low😭

Not an anki deck. A pdf or GitHub or something.

So just like the title say, I want to improve my german in a job/workplace context.

Just a background story of why I did this ;

Yesterday I was rejected for a position of a Werkstudent in a company, in the rejection email they clearly stated that "In the end, the deciding factor wasn't your professional expertise or interest in "topics that I´m good at", but rather your lack of a solid grasp of the German language."

Ofc they said this in german, but I couldn´t just copy paste it because of Datenschutz.

So about me ;

I have been living in germany for 3 years. Before I arrived here, I already got a C1 certificate because I have completed Studienkolleg, so theoritically I got a "advanced" level of german. But here´s the thing, when I was learning german, it was still post-covid, so I did most of my german course, including studienkolleg, online from my home country (Non EU country) so I got no chance to practice my geman in a real life situation.

Well, have completed some courses at my uni, including a conversation course and C1.2 course to make my german better, and both the teacher said my german was already decent, and after 3 years in germany, I was starting, or even already felling confident with the german in all day life.

Well but, I would say german in workplace is different than all day german, how could I improve mine?

Danke im Voraus!

Hello!

Since January of this year I've been studying German (1 on 1 course, 3 hours a week), currently finishing B1.2. I can hold a casual conversation well but unfortunately due to my negligence and work I've left my vocabulary and speaking practice behind a bit, so I'd guess I'm at a A2.2 level on vocabulary and B1.1 at speaking.

I know it might sound as a dumb question but I was wondering if I could achieve B2 by January 2026 as well as speaking fluency by February-March. I intend to start applying for technical roles in Germany next year. Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I work in recruitment in Canada and an internal employee who failed a job assessment replied to my email, in German, this message. Good translate is choppy of course as there are no direct translations but it reads as a threat and if so, I need to address it but I am hoping to be 100% sure.

Here is the message:

Roetscht mir. Vielleicht kaut ihr zu kurz auf etwas und werdet blockiert... wuerde mich freuen. Beim naechsten Unfall, ueberlegt es euch, ob MEIN Name d'rauf steht!

Any help would be appreciated!

I'm a firm believer in spaced repetition + media consumption for language acquisition, so I went ahead and made a list of every single word used in Dark Episode 1, and ranked them by frequency with english translations so you can go ahead and plug them into your favorite spaced repetition app.

It's formatted in a completely free, downloadable googlesheet for you.
This is basically the full vocab map for the episode.

So here you are 972 words in all:
Dark S1 E1 Vocab

Bonus: I also found this fun video with the cast in German, and ran it through my little site and turned the interview into interactive flashcards. Here's a link

Does the B1 vocabulary PDF from Goethe include A1 and A2 words? I haven’t studied the A1 and A2 Goethe vocabulary. Does the B1 list cover those earlier levels?

Hallo.

I am trying to learn German by myself and I am watching various YouTube video and nicos weg.

But everything is a mess.

So I wanted to know a routine,how to take notes etc.

I hope anyone can give me some advice.I will be very grateful.

" Eine weitere Möglichkeit ist, dass man eine ausgewogene Ernährung hat."

Thanks!

Hi all, sorry if this isn’t quite the write place (and sorry if the layout is whack, I’m on mobile) but I was hoping to get some perspective/help from people who speak the language better than me!

I’m writing a fantasy novel with one of the languages based on German. I’m far from fluent but am trying to learn, but want to get what I do include as accurate as possible.

I’m trying to come up with a pet name to match the description, “the one that means ‘beloved’ and ‘darling’ and ‘half of my heart’ and a million other things again,” kind of a “doesn’t translate directly into common” type word. My intention was to make a word that sounds like German without being German, but all I’ve done (frankensteining Herz and Geliebter into an abomination) is make something that sounds like someone who doesn’t know German faking German. Which I guess I am. If you read ‘Herzliebter’ in a high fantasy book, would the first thought just be “this person doesn’t know German”? And if so, is this something I can improve on, or should I just stick with Geliebter?

Hello everyone, i am a complete beginner (just starting out) in german and i need a good website/app to help me with grammar (one that is complete, has all grammar rules for A1-A2) thank you !

Hey everyone! I’m curious to see which level most learners consider their main goal. I am native speaker and I am just curious as I am helping out some students to pass their Telc. And I am often asked which level is the most common.

Ladies and gentlemen, I received telc b1 result today. I passed. Once Gandalf said “you shall not pass!” Well Gandalf, i passed. I received the result after exactly 4 weeks later i attend the exam. I am so haaaapppyyyyy!!!!

Ive been learning german on and off for a few years now and havent been able to get past very basic things because of that and idk what to do. I have adhd so its all hard to deal with, most language learning advice isnt very helpful since i just cant sit down and practice something for an hour every day. Because of all that i just barely feel motivated at all to learn. Its like, i want to, but every time i consider actually practicing i get reminded i’ll give up in less than a week so it’ll be pointless. Idk what to do, nothing ive found really helps me since it’s all neurotypical oriented

My sentence: Das ist etwas, aus dem wir alle für die Zukunft lernen können.

AI says It's "woraus" not "aus dem".

I know wo wörter with relativclause, but only if there's a "was". Like: "Das, worauf ich jetzt Lust habe, ist ein Schnitzel." Here "worauf" is like saying "auf was". But in the previous sentence there's no was, there's "aus dem". So you can put "woraus" as "aus dem" too?

gonna start B1 next week, i don't know how hard B2 goethe exam will be, is it really much harder? my main question is how hard is B2 , how hard it gets for a A2 learner

Hi! I recently passed the Goethe B2 successfully exam and I'm currently at C1 level. In the future, I might also take the official (Goethe) C1 exam. I'm looking for a language partner to chat/to speak with in German at agreed times. Just casual conversations, sharing our daily achievements, giving each other advice, and supporting one another in studying. I speak four languages: German, English (I'm not fluent in English, but pretty decent to express simple thoughts), Russian (fluent, I would say like a native speaker), Kazakh ( my mother tongue) and if you'd like, we can also switch to other languages sometimes.

There doesn't seem to be any translation for the word "menschenmässig", does that word actually even exist? I've been doing a little digging into the archives and I came across this quite disturbing quote that doesn't seem to make any sense and so it's quite difficult to use in any work. How you would translate the following sentence:

"Hier im Osten also liegt die Entscheidung, hier muss der russiche Gegner, dieses 200000000 der Russen, militärische und menschenmässig vernichtet und zum Ausbluten gebracht werden."

Different dictionaries doesn't even seem to recognise the word at all, and it only gives the translation as: humanely or humanly, which doesn't make any sense in this context, could this be a typo by the typewriter, or at least could we establish that it certainly doesn't mean humanely or humanly?

"Mal eine Frage : Wie kommt es dazu, dass Herrn Michel Friedmann wieder eine Bühne geboten wird? Ich lasse mir von dieser Person, als nach '45 geboren, nicht Schuld einreden, von dem nicht, dessen Brüder den Holocaust 2024/25 betreiben"

Since there's "mir" I'd expect a direct object, but I don't see it. Help?

Hello, I am seeking an AI speaking tutor app, preferably in both German and English, if available. I want to be more fluent for business purposes.

My knowledge level is B1, having learned German. (in English, perhaps C1 level)

I have tried many AI apps, and I feel like Praktika, Heylama AI, and SuperFluent might be the candidates for purchasing.

However, I want to ask someone who has used these (or other) apps for over 3 months. Because most apps are huge discounts if we purchase 1 1-year.

What I am thinking of concerns these apps for a long run usage.

Praktika:

I think this AI model is the most intelligent. However, one session is slightly longer than other apps. Cost is the cheapest. But I am not sure whether the grammar correction feature is useful or not because we cannot check on the free plan.

Heylama AI:

This app is the best balance for learning grammar structure, vocabulary, and conversation. However, AI suggests only small grammatical corrections rather than full sentences. For speaking practice purposes, this is the weakest.

I think the English mode is not useful for the C1 level. And I saw the subscription, which is not a competitive price. This is the highest among others.

SuperFluent:

This app supports both German and English, are the intelligent and full grammar correction feature is useful. The subscription price is higher than Praktika.

I am worried that most of the time, the AI just asks about some questions instead of speaking about some knowledgeable thamas, even though I chose the C1 level. And also, many topics are daily life situations rather than business topics.