Everyday German for Beginners
Speak practical German for real daily life, from ordering your morning coffee and bakery roll to navigating town with ease. Learn essential phrases, polite customs, and simple sentence patterns you can use immediately.
Like Duolingo, but for Everyday German for Beginners. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
21 levels across 3 sections, about 42 minutes end to end, roughly 8 days at five minutes a day. It moves through First Encounters and Ordering Out, Navigating Daily Errands, and Connecting and Expressing Daily Needs. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Everyday German for Beginners
- 'Guten Morgen' is specifically used in the morning until around late morning
- 'Guten Tag' covers daytime from late morning through late afternoon
- 'Guten Abend' begins around late afternoon/dinner time
- 'Hallo' is a flexible, friendly option across times of day
- 'Bitte' translates to 'please' when ordering or making requests
- 'Bitte' is the standard polite reply to 'Danke' (meaning 'you're welcome')
- 'Bitte?' with rising intonation means 'pardon?' or 'come again?'
- German separates formal 'Sie' from familiar 'du'
- 'Sie' is the expected polite default with adult strangers, clerks, and service staff
- 'Du' is reserved for friends, family, and children
- 'Auf Wiedersehen' is the traditional formal goodbye suitable for shops, offices, and professional settings
- 'Tschüss' is informal and common among friends, family, and peers
- 'Entschuldigung' acts as 'excuse me' to get through a crowd or catch someone's attention
- 'Entschuldigung' also functions as an apology for minor bumps or accidents
- 'Ich hätte gerne...' (I would like to have) softens a request naturally
- 'Ich will...' sounds demanding and blunt to German speakers
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Everyday German for Beginners the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
You walk into a German bakery at 8:00 AM for fresh bread. What greeting should you use?
Get it right to open this lesson and 20 more in the app.
Where Everyday German for Beginners takes you
- 1
First Encounters and Ordering Out
- Essential Greetings and Politeness
- Ordering at the Café and Bakery
- 2
Navigating Daily Errands
- Counting, Paying, and Supermarket Shopping
- Finding Your Way Around the City
- 3
Connecting and Expressing Daily Needs
- Meeting People and Introducing Yourself
- Telling Time and Scheduling Your Day
- Building Simple Sentences with Confidence
3 sections · 7 units · 21 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Everyday German for Beginners is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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