An online German school — five levels, four skills, one patient tutor
Übungszeit — German for “practice time” — is a school for using your German: reading, listening, writing and speaking, from A1 to C1. Helfen, your tutor, is in every room — with a hint when you want one and a kind correction when you slip.
Start for free — no payment required.
Heute lernen wir:
… und Helfen hilft dir dabei.
Four small steps, the same every time — so you can stop thinking about the website and simply learn.
Come in and take a seat
Choose your level and a skill. There is no placement test and nothing to set up — open a classroom door and begin where you are today.
Work through a real exercise
Read a short story, listen to a scene, write a letter, or talk through a real situation out loud. Every set is written by hand for your level — never copied, never filler.
Helfen sits right beside you
Stuck on a word or a rule? Ask any time and get a warm, clear answer. Or let Helfen watch quietly and hand you all corrections at the end — your choice.
The bell brings it back
Every mistake you make joins a review queue and returns days later, shortly before you would forget it — so the German you practice actually stays with you.
Real fluency comes from practicing all four — every classroom has all of them.
Reading · Lesen
Original stories and texts, with questions that check real understanding.
Listening · Hören
Audio you can replay, slow down, and transcribe — tuned to your level.
Writing · Schreiben
Guided prompts with a full red-pen review from Helfen.
Speaking · Sprechen
Real scenarios you talk through out loud — Helfen answers and coaches.
Every exercise here is original and written for its level. A few from the current library:
Helfen knows exactly which exercise you are working on. Ask about a word, a rule, or “why is this wrong?” at any moment — and get a warm, clear answer with real examples. Every mistake you make quietly joins your personal review queue, so it comes back until it sticks.
Prefer not to be interrupted? Tell Helfen to hold all corrections until the end of the exercise — you choose, every time.
Levels follow the CEFR scale, so your practice lines up with how German is taught worldwide. Übungszeit is a place to practice and absorb the language — it is not exam preparation and makes no certification promises.