German · A1 · Unit 2 of 5

Die Welt um mich herum The world around me

Now that you can introduce yourself, let's name the world around you — your home, the things in it, animals, and the weather — each with its correct der, die or das.

By the end of this unit, you'll be able to

Name the rooms of a home and the things inside — with the right der/die/das
Say what there is and isn't in a room (Es gibt ein Sofa. Es gibt kein Bett.)
Talk about one thing or many things (singular → plural)
Describe the weather and your surroundings in simple German

5 sessions · about 15 minutes each · 2 chat missions · 1 story

Sessions

Missions (unlock as you progress)

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Chat Mission 1 Im Möbelhaus — furnish your first apartment with the salesperson. Unlocks after Session 2

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Chat Mission 2 Im Tierheim — visit the animal shelter and choose a pet. Unlocks after Session 4

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Story Mission Lenas neue Wohnung — read & extend a short story. Unlocks after Session 5

Unit progress: not started Complete all 5 sessions to unlock A1.3 — Was ich jeden Tag mache

Session 0 · Foundations · optional, always open

Das Alphabet & die Aussprache — The alphabet & pronunciation

Two minutes that make every later session easier: the German letters (including the four English doesn't have), why nouns are always capitalised, and how to actually type ä, ö, ü and ß. Nothing here is graded — tap 🔊 on anything to hear it.

🔤 The German alphabet

26 familiar letters — a few with new sounds

German uses the same 26 Latin letters as English, but several are pronounced differently. Tap a letter to hear it in a real German word (the classic „A wie Apfel" spelling style).

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A few sounds surprise English speakers: W sounds like English "v" (Wasser = "vasser"), V usually sounds like "f" (Vogel = "fogel"), Z is "ts" (Zebra = "tsebra"), and J is "y" (Junge = "yunge"). Audio is your friend here.

🔡 The four letters English doesn't have

ä · ö · ü · ß — the ones that trip people up

Three are umlauts (a vowel with two dots — the sound shifts), and one is the ß (called Eszett or scharfes S, a sharp "s"). Tap each to hear it.

Ä ä a-Umlaut Like the e in "bed". Käse (cheese), Bär (bear). Type without the key: ae → Kaese

Ö ö o-Umlaut Like "i" in "bird", lips rounded. schön (beautiful), Öl (oil). Type without the key: oe → schoen

Ü ü u-Umlaut Say "ee" with rounded lips. über (over), Tür (door). Type without the key: ue → ueber

ß Eszett / scharfes S A single sharp "s" sound — equals ss. Straße (street), dreißig (30). Type without the key: ss → Strasse. Never starts a word.

🔠 Every noun is capitalised

one rule, zero exceptions

In German, every noun starts with a capital letter — not just names and sentence-starts, but all of them, anywhere in the sentence. It's the single most visible feature of written German.

der Hund · die Familie · das Auto · die Straße

Ich habe einen Bruder und eine Schwester.

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This matters in the exercises too: answers like Arzt, Lehrerin or Familie are written with their capital. When you're asked to type a noun, start it with a capital letter.

⌨️ Typing ä, ö, ü and ß

the quick fix vs. the real fix

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Best option — add a German keyboard. It takes a minute and gives ä ö ü ß their own real keys (and you'll switch layouts with one shortcut). The ae/oe/ue/ss spellings below work and this tool accepts them — but they're a stopgap, not the real thing. If you're at all serious about German, add the keyboard now; it pays off every single session.

Your device	How to get ä ö ü ß
Add German layout (recommended)	Adds a dedicated key for each of ä ö ü ß. Windows: Settings → Time & Language → Language → add German. Mac: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → +German. Then switch layouts with ⊞ Win+Space (Win) or ⌃+Space (Mac).
Mac (no layout change)	Hold ⌥ u, release, then the vowel → ä ö ü. And ⌥+s → ß.
Windows (US-International)	Type " then the vowel → ä ö ü. And AltGr+s → ß.
Phone / tablet	Long-press the base letter on the on-screen keyboard, then slide to the accented one: long-press a → ä, o → ö, u → ü, s → ß.
Anywhere (fallback)	Type the two-letter spelling: ae oe ue for the umlauts, ss for ß. schoen = schön, Strasse = Straße. Accepted here — but the German keyboard is much better.

This page stays open under Before you begin on the unit map — come back any time.

Session 1 of 5

Das ist mein Zuhause — This is my home

Phase 1 of 4 · 🔓 Unlock

~3 min

🔓 Three little words

Phase 1 · notice the puzzle

Here's someone showing you their home. Don't worry about every word — just watch the little word for "the" as it moves from room to room. Tap any word for a hint.

“Das ist mein Haus. Hier ist die Küche. Das Bad ist klein.”

Tap any word for its meaning · tap ▶ to hear it spoken

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Spot it? The word for "the" keeps changing: das Haus, die Küche, das Bad. English has just one "the" — German has three, and which one a noun takes is its gender. That's the whole puzzle of this session.

🛠 Gender & der/die/das

Phase 3 · the full picture

Every German noun has one of three genders, and the gender shows up in the word for "the." We colour them everywhere so the pattern is always visible.

der

masculine · "the"

der Flur — the hallway

die

feminine · "the"

die Küche — the kitchen

das

neuter · "the"

das Haus — the house

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Fun fact: gender is grammatical, not biological. das Mädchen ("the girl") is neuter — not because German thinks girls are objects, but because the ending -chen ("little") is always neuter. Grammar beats logic.

Home & rooms

Always learn the noun with its coloured article — that colour is your memory of its gender.

German	English
das Haus	house
die Wohnung	apartment
das Zimmer	room
die Küche	kitchen
das Bad	bathroom
das Schlafzimmer	bedroom
das Wohnzimmer	living room
der Flur	hallway
der Garten	garden
der Balkon	balcony

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Pattern peek (a helpful hint, not a hard rule): rooms ending in -zimmer are all das — it comes from das Zimmer. So Schlafzimmer, Wohnzimmer, Badezimmer are all green. One freebie!

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Never learn a German noun naked. Don't memorize "Küche = kitchen." Memorize "die Küche." The article is part of the word — like its last name.

See it in action

Lena: "Das ist mein Haus." 
Max: "Schön! Wo ist die Küche?" 
Lena: "Hier. Und da ist der Garten." 

Translation: "This is my house." — "Nice! Where is the kitchen?" — "Here. And there's the garden."

⚡ Practice

Phase 4 · six quick rounds

Six short rounds, mixed formats. Don't worry about being perfect — a wrong answer just flags what to come back to.

📌 Not sure of a gender? Your quick-reference cards are one tap away: — also pinned in the left rail.

1 / 6Write the article

Write the correct article — der, die or das.

1. ___ Haus

2. ___ Küche

3. ___ Flur

4. ___ Wohnung

5. ___ Garten

2 / 6Tap the right article

Which "the" does each noun take? Remember the -zimmer → das freebie.

___ Schlafzimmer (-zimmer)

___ Balkon

___ Wohnung

___ Bad

3 / 6Spot the wrong article0 / 7 found

Below are 10 nouns. Some have the wrong der/die/das; some are correct. Click every wrong article you can spot — the counter tracks how many you've found. Clicking a correct one will just nudge you.

1. Küche → die

2. Haus

3. Flur → der

4. Wohnung

5. Bad → das

6. Lampe → die

7. Wohnzimmer

8. Garten → der

9. Schlafzimmer → das

10. Fenster → das

0 / 7 mistakes found

4 / 6Match the noun to its article0 / 6

Pick the article each noun is stored with. Trust the colours you've seen.

Haus

Küche

Flur

Wohnung

Garten

Zimmer

5 / 6In context

Real sentences you'd say while showing someone your home. Fill the article. Tap 🔊 to hear it.

1. Hier ist ___ Küche.

2. Da ist ___ Flur.

3. ___ Bad ist klein.

4. Wo ist ___ Garten?

6 / 6Describe your home—

Name three things in your home, each with its article — der, die or das. We won't grade this — just see it on the page.

Try: Das ist mein Haus. Hier ist die Küche…

Session 2 of 5

Was ist im Zimmer? — What's in the room?

Phase 1 of 4 · 🔓 Unlock

~3 min

🔓 The furniture flash

Phase 1 · name what you see

Here's a furnished living room. Look at it for a few seconds, then try to name every object — in any language. Tap any word for a hint, tap ▶ to hear it.

Im Wohnzimmer: ein Tisch, ein Stuhl, ein Sofa, eine Lampe und ein Fernseher.

Tap any word for its meaning · tap ▶ to hear it spoken

Challenge: cover the sentence above. How many of the five objects can you still name — in German or English? You have 30 seconds.

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Notice something? Every object above got the little word ein or eine — never der, die, or das. That's this whole session: a new way to say "a" instead of "the."

🛠 The indefinite article ein / eine

Phase 3 · the full picture

You saw der Stuhl ("the chair") turn into ein Stuhl ("a chair"). Here's the complete pattern — and the furniture words you'll use it on.

ein / eine — a / an

The indefinite article follows gender, just like der/die/das — but masculine and neuter share one shape.

Gender	definite (the)	indefinite (a)	Example
masculine	der	ein	ein Tisch — a table
feminine	die	eine	eine Lampe — a lamp
neuter	das	ein	ein Bett — a bed

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Memory hook: ein is the "naked" form — masculine and neuter share it, they're twins here. Only feminine dresses up with an -e: eine. So ein Tisch is still blue and ein Bett is still green, even though the word "ein" looks identical — that's exactly why we keep the colours.

Furniture & household objects

Always learn the noun with its coloured article — the colour is your memory of its gender.

German	English
der Tisch	table
der Stuhl	chair
das Bett	bed
das Sofa	sofa
das Fenster	window
der Schrank	cupboard / wardrobe
die Lampe	lamp
das Regal	shelf
die Tür	door
der Fernseher	TV

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Fun fact: der Fernseher = "the far-seer." fern (far) + sehen (to see). German often builds new words by gluing old ones together instead of borrowing — a Fernseher literally sees into the distance for you.

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Never learn a German noun naked. Don't memorize "Lampe = lamp." Memorize "die Lampe." The article is part of the word — like its last name.

See it in action

Lena: "Schau — hier ist ein Tisch und ein Stuhl." 
Max: "Schön! Wo ist das Sofa?" 
Lena: "Da ist kein Sofa — aber es gibt eine Lampe." 

Translation: "Look — here's a table and a chair." — "Nice! Where's the sofa?" — "There's no sofa — but there is a lamp." (kein and es gibt are previews of Session 3.)

⚡ Practice

Phase 4 · three quick rounds

Three short rounds on ein / eine and furniture. A wrong answer just flags what to review.

📌 Need the pattern? Your quick-reference cards are one tap away: — also pinned in the left rail.

1 / 3Fill the gapSet 1/3

Complete each sentence with ein or eine.

1. Das ist ___ Tisch.

2. Das ist ___ Lampe.

3. Hier ist ___ Bett.

4. Das ist ___ Tür.

5. Das ist ___ Fenster.

6. Hier ist ___ Schrank.

Want more practice? You have 2 more unique sets.

2 / 3The / a swapSet 1/2

Rewrite each phrase with the indefinite article — keep the noun, swap der/die/das for ein/eine.

1. der Stuhl → ___

2. die Lampe → ___

3. das Sofa → ___

4. die Tür → ___

5. der Tisch → ___

One more set available.

3 / 3In contextSet 1/2

Describe a room. Fill each gap with ein or eine. Tap 🔊 to hear the whole line.

1. Hier ist ___ Sofa.

2. Da ist auch ___ Fernseher und ___ Lampe.

3. „Was ist das?" — „Das ist ___ Stuhl."

4. Im Schlafzimmer ist ___ Bett und ___ Schrank.

One more real-world set available.

Session 3 of 5

Kein Problem! — No problem!

Phase 1 of 4 · 🔓 Unlock

~3 min

🔓 Spot the difference

Phase 1 · one little word changes everything

Here are two rooms. One is furnished, one is empty. Read both captions and watch what happens to the little word before Bett. Tap any word for a hint, tap ▶ to hear it.

🛏 Vollzimmer

Es gibt ein Bett.

There is a bed. (the full room)

📦 Leerzimmer

Es gibt kein Bett.

There is no bed. (the empty room)

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In English you'd say "there is a bed" / "there is no bed." German has one tiny, tidy trick for turning ein into "no." Can you already guess it from the two captions above? (Look at the very start of the word.)

🔍 ein → kein

Phase 2 · notice before you're told

Three pairs. On the left, something exists (ein / eine). On the right, it doesn't. Read across each row and watch the little word.

Positive (a / an)	Negative (no / not a)
Das ist ein Tisch.	Das ist kein Tisch.
Das ist eine Lampe.	Das ist keine Lampe.
Es gibt ein Sofa.	Es gibt kein Sofa.

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What changed? Just one letter was added to the front of ein / eine. Which letter — and does the rest of the word (the gender ending) stay exactly the same?

So — putting that hunch to work. die Tür is feminine, so "a door" is eine Tür. What's "no door"?

👤Your turn

"Hier ist Tür."

Here is no door. (Hint: take eine and add the one new letter.)

🛠 The negative article kein + es gibt

Phase 3 · the full picture

You spotted it: to say "no / not a," German just glues a k onto the front of ein / eine. Whatever ending ein takes, kein copies it.

Step 1 — kein (not a / no / none)

Same gender endings as ein — just with a k in front.

Gender	a (ein)	no (kein)	Example
masculine	ein	kein	kein Tisch — no table
feminine	eine	keine	keine Lampe — no lamp
neuter	ein	kein	kein Bett — no bed
plural	—	keine	keine Stühle — no chairs

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Memory hook: kein is just ein wearing a hat (a k). ein → kein, eine → keine. And the plural — which has no ein at all — still takes keine. Free grammar.

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English trap — two ways to say "not." German uses kein before a noun (kein Tisch = no table), but nicht before everything else (Das ist nicht gut = that is not good). Rule of thumb: noun → kein, anything else → nicht.

Step 2 — es gibt (there is / there are)

One handy phrase for saying what a room contains — and es gibt never changes, singular or plural.

Es gibt ein Sofa.	There is a sofa.
Es gibt zwei Stühle.	There are two chairs.
Es gibt kein Sofa.	There is no sofa.

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One form fits all: unlike English ("there is" vs. "there are"), es gibt stays the same whether there's one thing or many. (Later, in A1.5/A2, ein/kein will grow case endings after es gibt — einen/keinen — but at A1.2 we just keep the simple form.)

See it in action

Max: "Was gibt es im Wohnzimmer?" 
Lena: "Es gibt einen Tisch und eine Lampe — aber kein Sofa." 
Max: "Das ist nicht schlimm — kein Problem!" 

Translation: "What's in the living room?" — "There's a table and a lamp — but no sofa." — "That's not bad — no problem!" (einen is the accusative "a" you'll meet later — for now just notice kein and nicht doing their two different jobs.)

⚡ Practice

Phase 4 · three quick rounds

Three short rounds on kein, the kein / nicht split, and describing a room. A wrong answer just flags what to review.

📌 Need the pattern? Your quick-reference cards are one tap away: — also pinned in the left rail.

1 / 3Make it negativeSet 1/3

Rewrite each sentence as a negative. Fill the gap with kein or keine.

1. Das ist ein Bett. → Das ist ___ Bett.

2. Das ist eine Lampe. → Das ist ___ Lampe.

3. Das ist ein Stuhl. → Das ist ___ Stuhl.

4. Das ist eine Tür. → Das ist ___ Tür.

5. Das ist ein Fenster. → Das ist ___ Fenster.

6. Das sind Stühle. → Das sind ___ Stühle. (plural)

Want more practice? You have 2 more unique sets.

2 / 3kein or nicht?Set 1/2

Fill each gap with kein / keine (before a noun) or nicht (before anything else).

1. Das ist ___ Tisch.

2. Das Zimmer ist ___ groß. (adjective)

3. Hier gibt es ___ Sofa.

4. Die Küche ist ___ klein. (adjective)

5. Das ist ___ Lampe.

One more set available.

3 / 3Describe the empty room—

This room is completely empty. Write 3 sentences saying what there isn't, using es gibt + kein / keine. No translation — just try.

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Model: Es gibt kein Bett. Es gibt keine Lampe. Es gibt kein Sofa. — use any furniture words you know (Bett, Lampe, Tisch, Stuhl, Sofa, Tür, Fenster).

Session 4 of 5

Eins, zwei, viele — One, two, many

Phase 1 of 4 · 🔓 Unlock

~3 min

🔓 The zoo count

Phase 1 · one becomes many

Here's a little zoo scene. Read what's there — and watch what happens to each animal word when there's more than one. Tap ▶ to hear it.

🐕 One

ein Hund

one dog

🐕🐕🐕 Many

drei Hunde

three dogs

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In English you just tack on an -s: dog → dogs, cat → cats. Easy. German has five different tricks for going from one to many — and one universal rule that never breaks. Ready to crack it?

🔍 One word, many endings

Phase 2 · notice before you're told

Four nouns, each with a different gender in the singular. Read across each row — from one thing to many — and keep your eye on the little word in front.

One (singular)	Many (plural)	Trick
der Hund	die Hunde	+ e
das Kind	die Kinder	+ er
die Katze	die Katzen	+ n
das Auto	die Autos	+ s

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Look at the article, not the ending. In the singular we had der, das, die, das — three different genders. In the plural… what happened to all of them?

So — you've spotted it. In the plural, no matter the original gender, the article is always the same one word. Which word is it?

👤Your turn

"___ Vögel." (the birds)

Which "the" goes in front of any plural? (Look back at the whole right-hand column.)

🛠 The 5 plural patterns + animals

Phase 3 · the full picture

You cracked the golden rule: the plural article is always die — whatever the singular gender was. We colour it violet so you never confuse it with feminine die. The ending on the noun is the only thing that varies, and there are just five options.

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Gender disappears in the plural. der Hund, die Katze, das Auto — all become die in the plural. One universal rule, no exceptions.

The 5 patterns — recognise, don't calculate

You don't need to predict which pattern a word takes — you learn it with the word. But knowing the five shapes helps them stick.

#	Pattern	Example	Typical of
1	+ -e (often + umlaut)	der Tisch → die Tische · der Stuhl → die Stühle	many masculine
2	+ -er (often + umlaut)	das Kind → die Kinder · das Haus → die Häuser	short neuter
3	+ -(e)n	die Lampe → die Lampen · die Katze → die Katzen	most feminine
4	+ -s	das Sofa → die Sofas · das Auto → die Autos	loanwords
5	no change (maybe umlaut)	das Zimmer → die Zimmer · der Vogel → die Vögel	-er / -el / -en endings

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Fun fact: Pattern 4 (-s) is the "foreigner" plural — German uses it almost only for borrowed words (Autos, Sofas, Handys, Hotels). If a word looks un-German, it probably takes -s. Native German words almost never do.

Animals — the core 8 (learn the plural with the word)

Colours show the singular gender: der · die · das — but every plural is die. Tap 🔊 to hear both.

Singular	English	Plural
der Hund	dog	die Hunde
die Katze	cat	die Katzen
der Vogel	bird	die Vögel
der Fisch	fish	die Fische
das Pferd	horse	die Pferde
das Kaninchen	rabbit	die Kaninchen
die Maus	mouse	die Mäuse
das Tier	animal	die Tiere

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Memory hook: because the plural article is always die, learning a plural is really just learning its ending. Store three facts per noun, like a package: meaning · gender · plural. der Hund → die Hunde.

See it in action

Max: "Wie viele Tiere hast du?" 
Lena: "Ich habe zwei Katzen und drei Fische." 
Max: "Und Hunde?" — Lena: "Nein, keine Hunde!" 

Translation: "How many animals do you have?" — "I have two cats and three fish." — "And dogs?" — "No, no dogs!" (Notice keine from last session — it's the plural "no," and yes, it's violet too.)

⚡ Practice

Phase 4 · three quick rounds

Three short rounds: make the plural, spot which pattern it uses, and count the animals. A wrong answer just flags what to review.

📌 Need the patterns? Your quick-reference cards are one tap away: — also pinned in the left rail.

1 / 3Make it pluralSet 1/2

Every plural takes die — you just supply the noun's plural form.

1. der Hund → die ___

2. die Katze → die ___

3. das Auto → die ___

4. der Tisch → die ___

5. das Kind → die ___

6. das Zimmer → die ___ (no change)

One more set available — 6 more animals & objects.

2 / 3Pick the patternSet 1/2

Which of the five plural tricks does each word use?

der Hund → die Hunde

das Kind → die Kinder

die Katze → die Katzen

das Auto → die Autos

das Zimmer → die Zimmer

Finish all five to unlock another set.

3 / 3Count the animalsSet 1/2

Count what you see and answer in words — Wie viele? → the number. Tap 🔊 to hear the full answer.

1. 🐕🐕🐕 — „Wie viele Hunde?" — „___ Hunde." (3)

2. 🐈🐈 — „Wie viele Katzen?" — „___ Katzen." (2)

3. 🐟🐟🐟🐟 — „Wie viele Fische?" — „___ Fische." (4)

4. 🐦 — „Wie viele Vögel?" — „___ Vogel." (1 — singular!)

One more counting set available.

Session 5 of 5

Wie ist das Wetter? — What's the weather?

Phase 1 of 4 · 🔓 Unlock

~4 min

🔓 Who said this?

Phase 1 · your whole world, reviewed

No new grammar here — just proof of how far you've come. Read each little description (tap any word you've forgotten, tap ▶ to hear it), then match it to the right person.

🏙️☀️ Anna

Ich wohne in Berlin. Ich habe eine Wohnung. Es gibt eine Küche und zwei Zimmer. Heute ist es sonnig.

🏡🌧️ Max

Ich habe ein Haus. Es gibt einen Garten. Ich habe einen Hund und keine Katze. Heute regnet es.

So — did you catch the details? Who has a dog but no cat, and a rainy day?

That's…

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You just read and understood two full German descriptions — rooms, pets, and even the weather. This last session you'll add the handful of weather words, then tie the whole unit together into one description of your world.

🔍 Meet the weather

Phase 2 · six words + one little trick

Weather is the world's favourite small talk. Here are the six core weather words — each with its gender colour, learned with its article as always. Tap 🔊 to hear them.

German	English
das Wetter	weather
die Sonne	sun
der Regen	rain
der Schnee	snow
der Wind	wind
die Wolke	cloud

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The es trick. To talk about the weather, German uses es ("it") — exactly like English "it is raining." No subject to worry about; just es + the weather word.

Saying what it's like

German	English
Es ist sonnig.	It's sunny.
Es regnet.	It's raining.
Es schneit.	It's snowing.
Es ist windig / wolkig.	It's windy / cloudy.
Es ist kalt / warm / heiß.	It's cold / warm / hot.

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Fun fact: German turns weather nouns into "doing" verbs. der Regen (rain, the thing) → es regnet (it rains, the action). der Schnee → es schneit. The weather literally verbs itself.

So — your turn. How would you say "It's snowing"?

It's snowing. →

⚡ Practice

Phase 4 · three rounds — then A1.2 is yours

Three short rounds: match the weather, build your home with the right articles, and describe your own world. Finish these and the unit is complete.

📌 Need a refresher? Your cards are one tap away: — also pinned in the left rail.

1 / 3Weather match0 / 5

Look at the picture and tap the sentence that matches it.

🌧️ — Wie ist das Wetter?

☀️ — Wie ist das Wetter?

❄️ — Wie ist das Wetter?

💨 — Wie ist das Wetter?

🥶 — Wie ist das Wetter?

One more set available.

2 / 3Build your homeSet 1/2

Fill each blank with the right article — ein (masc/neut) or eine (fem). The colours are your hint.

1. Ich habe ___ Wohnung.

2. Es gibt ___ Küche.

3. Es gibt ___ Bad.

4. Im Wohnzimmer gibt es ___ Sofa.

One more set available.

3 / 3Describe your world—

Your victory lap. Write 6–8 sentences about your home and today's weather — use der/die/das, ein or kein, a plural, and one weather sentence. No English allowed!

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A1.2 complete — Die Welt um mich herum!

+150 XP earned this session

You did it — all five sessions of Die Welt um mich herum. You can now name the rooms and things around you with the right der/die/das, say what there is and isn't with kein and es gibt, talk about one thing or many, and describe the weather. That's your whole world, in German.

Unit mastery

der/die/das gender ein/eine vs. der/die/das kein · es gibt plurals home + furniture vocab weather + es

📖Story Mission — Lenas neue WohnungClosed vocabulary

Your victory lap: read one short story — every word has appeared in this unit. Tap any word for its meaning, tap ▶ to hear a line, then answer the three questions.

Lena hat eine neue Wohnung in Berlin. Heute kommt Max. 
„Hallo Max! Komm rein. Das ist mein Wohnzimmer." 
„Schön! Es gibt ein Sofa, einen Fernseher und ein Regal." 
„Hast du einen Garten?" — „Nein, ich habe keinen Garten. Aber ich habe einen Balkon." 
„Und was ist das? Eine Katze?" — „Ja! Das ist Mimi. Ich habe eine Katze und zwei Fische." 
„Und heute ist das Wetter toll. Es ist sonnig!" 

1 · Wo wohnt Lena?

2 · Hat Lena einen Garten?

3 · Wie ist das Wetter?

🏅 Read it all and answer the three questions to earn the „Geschichtenleser" (Story Reader) badge. Want to keep going? Extend the story in Chat.

Next up: A1.3 — Was ich jeden Tag mache. Your reference cards stay available any time you revisit a session.

Session 2 of 5 · Locked preview

Woher kommst du? — Where are you from?

Same shape as Session 1

Every session in this unit follows the same four-phase rhythm: 🔓 Unlock → 🔍 Discover → 🛠 Build → ⚡ Sprint. Once you complete Session 1, this session unlocks with full content.

What you'll learn here

Die Welt um mich herum The world around me

By the end of this unit, you'll be able to

Das Alphabet & die Aussprache — The alphabet & pronunciation

🔤 The German alphabet

🔡 The four letters English doesn't have

🔠 Every noun is capitalised

⌨️ Typing ä, ö, ü and ß

Das ist mein Zuhause — This is my home

🔓 Three little words

🔍 One "the", three costumes

🛠 Gender & der/die/das

Home & rooms

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⚡ Practice

Session 1 complete

Was ist im Zimmer? — What's in the room?

🔓 The furniture flash

🔍 der vs. ein

🛠 The indefinite article ein / eine

ein / eine — a / an

Furniture & household objects

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⚡ Practice

Session 2 complete

Kein Problem! — No problem!

🔓 Spot the difference

🔍 ein → kein

🛠 The negative article kein + es gibt

Step 1 — kein (not a / no / none)

Step 2 — es gibt (there is / there are)

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⚡ Practice

Session 3 complete

Eins, zwei, viele — One, two, many

🔓 The zoo count

🔍 One word, many endings

🛠 The 5 plural patterns + animals

The 5 patterns — recognise, don't calculate

Animals — the core 8 (learn the plural with the word)

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⚡ Practice

Session 4 complete

Wie ist das Wetter? — What's the weather?

🔓 Who said this?

🔍 Meet the weather

Saying what it's like

🛠 Putting it all together

Everything you've collected this unit

⚡ Practice

A1.2 complete — Die Welt um mich herum!

Woher kommst du? — Where are you from?

Same shape as Session 1

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