An online German school — five levels, four skills, one patient tutor
Willkommen. Practise your German.
Übungszeit is German for “practice time”. Read, listen, write and speak from A1 to C1 — with Helfen, an AI tutor who reviews your work and answers whenever you ask, on your own schedule. Start free — no payment.
Heute üben wir:
- – auf dem Markt einkaufen
- – einen Brief schreiben
- – über Pläne sprechen
… und Helfen hilft dir dabei.
How a lesson feels
Four small steps, the same every time.
Come in and take a seat
Choose your level and a skill. No placement test, nothing to set up — open a door and begin where you are today.
Work through a real exercise
Read a short story, listen to a scene, write a letter, or talk through a real situation out loud.
Helfen sits right beside you
Stuck on a word or a rule? Ask any time and get a warm, clear answer.
The bell brings it back
Every mistake joins a review queue and comes back days later, just before you would forget it — so the German you practise stays with you.
Four stations in every classroom
Real fluency comes from practising all four.
Reading · Lesen
Original stories and texts, with questions that check real understanding.
Listening · Hören
Audio you can replay and slow down, with dictation on many sets — tuned to your level.
Writing · Schreiben
Guided prompts with a full red-pen review from Helfen.
Speaking · Sprechen
Real scenarios you talk through out loud — Helfen answers and coaches.
Around the classroom
The exercises are the practice; these are what you use around them. All four are free — lessons, library and guides need no account, and flashcards give guests 1 round a day plus 3 spoken tries, both raised with a free account.
Flashcards · Die Karteikarten
Drill vocabulary 20 cards at a time with native audio — and say each one out loud to hear how close you got.
Word library · Der Wortschatz
1,003 words with example sentences and native audio — every noun with its article and plural.
Study material · Das Lernmaterial
43 plain-English guides to the grammar that trips people up, each linked to exercises that practise it.
Lessons · Der Unterricht
4 full lessons and 6 quick fixes on the German that trips people up — nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.
Already on the shelves
Every exercise here is original and written for its level — why we build it that way. A few from the current library:
Meet Helfen, the tutor in every room
Helfen knows exactly which exercise you are working on. Ask about a word, a rule, or “why is this wrong?” at any moment — and get a warm, clear answer with real examples.
Prefer not to be interrupted? Tell Helfen to hold all corrections until the end of the exercise — you choose, every time.
Start wherever you are
Levels follow the CEFR scale, so your practice lines up with how German is taught worldwide. This is a place to practise, not exam preparation — we make no certification promises.
Free to start. Pricing shows what Scholar and Master add; FAQ answers the rest.