9 Resources to Make Learning German Simple and Fun

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I recently started learning German and well, it’s not easy.

Though, I’ve found some resources that have helped me so far. In this post, I’d like to share them so they can hopefully help you too!

Audio resources

When learning a language, resources in an audio format can be extremely useful!

The best part is: you can listen wherever/whenever you are. During your bus ride, while cooking, or while you clean your room, putting on a podcast or an audio is a great way to multi-task.

Audio resources:

  • “Coffee break German”

This is a Podcast for beginners, intermediate, and advanced German learners! Coffee Break consists of Thomas (native speaker) who teaches Mark (the main Host) the German language in a slow, easy to understand format.

Here’s a link to the first lesson!

  • “Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten”

This translates to: Slowly spoken news. I would argue this resource is more for intermediate German learners since you do need to know a fair amount of vocab to understand. What I particularly like is that the website is kept up to date so you can listen to relevant news while learning a new language!

Here’s the link.

  • “Deutsch – Warum Nicht?”

“German – Why Not?” is a compilation of audio lessons partly explained in English. There are varying difficulties, so wherever you are in your German journey, you can learn something. Some topics include: dinner, coffee, and general chatting.

Check this podcast out wherever you listen to podcasts!

Written resources

For some reason, I retain information way better when I read it, so written resources have always been my go-to. These honestly don’t even apply to just German, as long as you get them in the language you’re learning, I’m sure they’ll help!

Written resources:

  • “Der Spiegel”

Der Spiegel is a weekly German news magazine posted in Hamburg but… they have a website and an app! I have the app downloaded on my phone so whenever I have some free time I open it up and see how much I can understand. 

Here’s a link to their website.

  • “Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen”

You might not need a translation to realize: this is the first book in the Harry Potter series. I personally love Harry Potter so reading it in German makes it really easy to guess at new words since I already know the story. It doesn’t have to be Harry Potter, just something you enjoy.

Here’s an Amazon link.

  • “German short stories book”

What differentiates short stories from an actual book, like Harry Potter, is that they are often much more simple. Many of them are also tailored to those wanting to learn German!

I bought mine at a local bookstore, but here’s one I found online. 

Video resources

Video resources are a great, engaging way to learn German. I personally find a YouTube video much more entertaining than a podcast and thus, spend more time with them.

Video resources:

  • “Easy German”

Easy German is a YouTube channel that does street style interviews with German people. They cover topics from what people are doing that day to what they do to stay happy. As you can tell – quite a range of topics.

Here’s a link to one of their videos I particularly enjoyed!

  • “Deutsch für Euch”

Deutsch für Euch is a YouTube channel that mostly focuses on German grammar. This channel is pretty informal and I always have fun watching their videos. One video I learned a lot from was: “What does bitte really mean.”

If you’re interested, check it out!

  • “Learn German with Anja”

This YouTube channel also covers grammar and pronunciation, but offers a full German learning course. This course is helpful to add some structure to your German learning! If you don’t like a structured lesson, Anja has plenty of random videos on the German language.

Check out her course here!

I hope you’ll check some of these out and let me know if you find them useful! If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment section.

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