German, explained clearly.
Books, free videos and courses by Anju Mishra. German is not a mountain of exceptions but a system of patterns, and these materials teach the patterns, from A1 to B1.
A library that fits together
Seven books, one method. Every German sentence carries its English beside it, every noun comes with its article and plural, and every book teaches the pattern before the list. All published by Surabhi Verlag.
Der Wortbaukasten
How German builds its words
A2–B1How German builds its words. Roots, prefixes and suffixes first, then twenty everyday vocabulary fields built on that engine.
14,99 € digital edition
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One World, Thirty Tales
30 folk tales from around the world
A2–B1Thirty folk tales from around the world as a bilingual German and English reader, with vocabulary and questions for every story.
12,99 € digital edition
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The Art of Conversation
30 German conversations for everyday life
A2–B1Thirty German conversations for everyday life, with parallel English text, from the bakery counter to the job interview.
12,99 € digital edition
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The Art of Writing
German letters and emails for B1
A2–B1German letters and emails for B1, taught through pairs of solved model answers in the exact formats of the Goethe and telc exams.
9,99 € digital edition
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Deutsche Grammatik
How German sentences work
A1–B1How German sentences work, one idea at a time. Available in three editions, an A1–A2 volume, a B1 volume and the complete book.
from 9,99 € three editions
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Das Arbeitsbuch
The workbook to Deutsche Grammatik
A1–B1The exercise workbook to Deutsche Grammatik. One practice chapter for every grammar chapter, plus reviews, two tests and a full answer key.
14,99 € digital edition
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Leben in Deutschland
Vocabulary for the citizenship test
Test prepDer Wortschatz zum Test. The vocabulary, the history and the ideas behind all 310 questions of the Leben in Deutschland test.
7,99 € digital edition
About the book →One pattern at a time
Free pages from the books. Each teaches one German pattern completely, with the English beside every example.
Leben in Deutschland test: the words the questions are made of
For anyone preparing for the Leben in Deutschland test at A2 to B1 who knows the facts but stalls on the German of the questions, this page gives the fifty recurring words by family.
How to prepare for the Einbürgerungstest / Leben in Deutschland test
For candidates who know the questions are published and want a method, covering what the catalogue asks, which fields carry the points, and how to work through them in German.
Der, die or das? The endings that decide German gender
For A2 to B1 learners who still guess the article, nine endings and three meaning groups that settle most of the nouns you meet.
Five German patterns by email
A free short course. One pattern every few days, German and English side by side, from these books. Unsubscribe with one click.
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Learn free on YouTube
The books come alive on YouTube. Stories are read aloud by a cast of German voices with English subtitles, vocabulary units become drill videos and deep videos with a sentence for every word, and dialogue practice is on the way. Everything on the channel is free.
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Meet Anju
Anju Mishra learned German as an adult, all the way to C1, and discovered along the way that German is a system of patterns. She writes the books, records the videos and teaches learners from around the world.
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