Hi all! Now that we are back from our short four day vacation, I thought we would move away from our theme on travel and focus on the last week of classes for this month’s courses. I’ve decided to list down some useful online resources for Deutsch students that come in handy from time to time (read, when completing housework). While we generally rely on Google translate to understand bits of German that we do not yet understand, often you need some more specialized tools for the trickier bits. Most of these websites provide a decent amount of content for free, so go ahead and try them out!
Relax and use these online resources to make studying German easy!
- DeutschAkademie online exercises: Yes! I thought it would be a good idea to begin with the great content that our very own DeutschAkademie has posted online as a starting place. Follow this link to get to a vast array of exercises that are categorized by your fluency level. The content is largely designed to improved your grammar and comprehension and students will find them incredibly helpful in consolidating their classroom learning.
- PONS: Most students will already be familiar with PONS as a high quality translation and dictionary site for German. However, the site also provides tests to help students with grammar, vocabulary and other aspects of the language for free. You can also download a fairly comprehensive word list for A1 to B2 language fluency level.
- LEO: The LEO online dictionary is an excellent resource that you can help you with the deutsch student’s minefield known as ‚Verb Konjugation‘. The site also has high quality translation service to convert text in Deutsch into other major European languages.
- Cactus2000: This one may have a whack name, but it is an excellent resource for verb konjugation. Its easier to navigate than LEO, although there are some irritating UI issues. You will also get useful tools to help you around with verbs, adjectives and other pesky little subtleties that bother you.