Guides

German, explained in plain language

No myths and no "fluent in 3 months" promises. Just how the language works, with numbers measured on the real vocabulary of the Genau course.

Der, die or das? The rules that tell you the gender

The complete guide to German gender rules: the endings that decide the article, the meaning categories, and the exceptions actually worth learning.

How to learn German from scratch: the A1-B1 plan

What A1, A2 and B1 actually mean, how many words you need at each level, and what a realistic plan looks like for a busy adult.

German plurals: the 5 patterns + how to learn them

There is no single plural rule in German, but there are patterns. What they are, how to recognize them, and why the plural is learned together with the word.