A free set of German grammar drills and printable exam cheat sheets, built by someone sitting the same exams.
I started learning German on a Goethe-Institut course. Working through the levels, the same thing kept happening: I could read a grammar explanation, understand it completely, and still not produce the right form at speed in a conversation. The gap was never knowledge. It was recall.
What I wanted was narrow, repeatable drilling on the specific thing I kept getting wrong — whether a preposition took the accusative, which plural ending a noun took, where the verb went after weil. Most of what I could find online was either another explanation of a rule I already knew, or a vocabulary trainer that ignored grammar entirely. So I built the drills myself, one at a time, as I hit each problem in class.
The site is the result. Ten practice apps, a grammar guide covering every topic they drill, and one printable cheat sheet per Goethe level.
The vocabulary is not a generic word list. It is taken from the published word lists for the exams themselves:
That matters because it means the level tags are meaningful. When a noun is marked B1 in the articles app, it is because B1 is where the exam expects you to know it — not because an algorithm guessed at its difficulty. Grammar topics are placed the same way: the genitive starts at B1, and adjective endings at A2, because that is where the syllabus introduces them.
Grammar explanations are written from course materials and standard references, then checked against the exam scope. Where I have got something wrong, I would rather know.
Not affiliated with the Goethe-Institut. This is an independent, personal project. It is not endorsed by, connected to, or produced in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut. The exam word lists and level descriptions referenced here are published by them; the apps, guides and cheat sheets on this site are not.
Everything is free and there is no account. Nothing is behind a sign-up, an e-mail wall or a trial.
Your practice history — which words you have seen, what you got wrong, your accuracy per level — is stored in your own browser and never sent anywhere. There is no server holding it, which also means it is specific to the device you practise on. The site carries advertising to cover hosting costs. Full detail is in the privacy policy.
One person, alongside the course. That has a practical consequence worth stating: everything here is built and checked by a learner rather than a teaching institution. The data is sourced carefully and the grammar is checked, but it is not a textbook and it has not been through editorial review.
If you find an error — a wrong article, a bad example, an explanation that misleads — please tell me. Corrections are the most useful thing anyone sends.
Questions, corrections and suggestions are all welcome.
Contact on Reddit →If you are new here: the practice apps are the main thing, the grammar guide explains every topic they cover, and the Spickzettel are printable one-sheet summaries for each exam level.