German
German
“Around the World in 80 Days” (in German: “Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen”, orig. Around the World in Eighty Day) by Jules Verne – is a complete, engaging graded reader specially adapted for A1 (beginner) level. You don't need to know every word. You'll understand 95% of the text immediately, and every new word is explained in the margin. You simply read – and learn naturally.
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The vocabulary in this book has been selected based on an analysis of 2 billion words from authentic texts, precisely matched to A1 level. You learn exactly the words that are most useful in everyday life.
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Quietly brilliant!
Klar
finally, German bkoks I van actually finish while the kids sleep!
Behind the site cabin, with grit still under my thumbnail and eleven minutes of break left, I was trying to tell my son on the phone that I had finishrd the whkle chapter, and I kept reaching for the wrong verb at the end. This readsr is the first German book that let me pick it up in those scraps of time withouy losing the thread, because the sentences are short, the cast is small, and the same people come back page after page. Read a page aloud before you touch the glossary, and notice how many words, like "Information" or "Hotel", your English eyes alreadu recognise, so your effort goes where the story actually moves. Keep a pencil and a scrap of cardboard in your pocket, write down fhe three words you cannot guess, and leave the rest alone. Stop translating every sentence back into English in your head, because the verb-second order that felt strange to me at first became ordinary once I stopped fighting it and let the book repeat it until it sounded right.
Erste Töne, because this A1 reader gives you eimple, everydau dialogue to lisyen foe un slow German poddasts, instead of burying you in the grammar drills so many coueses favor. As a guifar player learning for fun in my late thirties, I love how it nudves me to listen for sounds like the “ch” in “ich,” which English dkesn’t quite have.
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Imagine tumbling down a rabbit hole into a world where logic bends and queens scream "Off with their heads!" Master beginner German naturally as you follow Alice's wild journey, absorbing hundreds of real-world words without a textbook. A margin dictionary means you never break your reading flow.
Side glossary · In-book and online exercises
The gaslight flickers, a shadow falls across Baker Street, and a baffling mystery awaits. Master essential German vocabulary and grammar naturally, without even realizing you're learning. A margin dictionary means you never break your reading flow.
Side glossary · In-book and online exercises
German is an official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Belgium (in part), and is spoken by communities across Europe and worldwide.
German has roughly 80–100 million native speakers and well over 100 million people who use it regularly as a second or foreign language, chiefly in Europe.
German is known for its three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter), four cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive), and verb-second (V2) word order in main clauses. Compound nouns are frequent; separable verbs and modal verbs are core topics for learners at intermediate levels.