German in 6 months: your honest plan

How to start today — 3 steps

1. Fill in the plan below and tap Make my plan.

2. Open the word page for your level: A1 · A2 · B1 · B2 · C1 · C2. Learn 5 words a day, with the meaning and where you use them.

3. For lessons, start the free course DW Learn German — beginners start with "Nicos Weg A1", lesson 1.

Hinglish: pehle plan banao, phir roz 5 shabd apne level ke page se, aur DW ka ek lesson. Bas itna.

Make my plan

• Deutsche Welle: Learn German — free, very good, A1 to B1 with video. The course "Nicos Weg" follows one young man through daily life in Germany.
• vhs-Lernportal — free, and real teachers check some of your exercises.
• Integrationskurs and job German courses — often free or cheap. Many people who work pay full price without needing to.
• German words with Hindi, Punjabi and English — the words you need at work and at the office.
• der, die, den, dem — the four cases — the grammar part most people fear, explained simply.

Every day beats a lot. 20 minutes daily does more than 3 hours on Sunday. Your brain keeps what it meets again and again.

On a bad day, do 5 minutes. Repeat 10 old words. That keeps the habit alive. Missing one day is fine. Missing the habit is the problem.

Speak from week one. Say every new sentence out loud. At work, at the bakery, on the phone. Mistakes are part of it — Germans understand much more than you think.

It can: give you real dates, count your real hours, show a weekly plan, and remember your ticks on this phone.

It cannot: test your level, give you a certificate, or check your speaking. For a certificate you need an exam (for example Goethe, telc or the DTZ at the end of the Integrationskurs). Your ticks are saved only in this browser — if you clear the browser data, they are gone.

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