Speak German from day one — five-minute voice practice for real situations
Build useful German out loud: Hallo, Guten Tag, Ich heiße…, Bitte / Danke, and Herr / Frau. Short voice sessions with Gu — say the full line out loud and try it again. The first two units are free.
- 5-min sessions
- Speak with Gu
- First two units free
Start German on the App Store or Google Play. The first two units are free.
Cases, word order, and the sounds you have to say.
What trips beginners up in German — and how you practice it out loud.
- Cases and article endings
der / die / das and ein / eine shift with the job the noun does. Early speaking still needs complete phrases even when café and order endings arrive later.
- Word order under load
The finite verb sits early in main clauses and questions. Beginners freeze assembling the line piece by piece instead of speaking a whole pattern.
- Sounds and formal register
Rounded vowels (ü / ö), the two ch textures, long versus short vowels, and Sie / du politeness need spoken loops. Silent spelling drills do not train the mouth or the social choice.
Say a German line out loud, then try the same one again.
Say a German line out loud, and try it again.
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Say, retry
Gu turns a useful German line into a short speaking loop: greeting rhythm, the name line, Sie/du soft formality, and ch or rounded vowels.
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Real beginner situations
Greetings and introductions are practised out loud first. Café and directions arrive later in the structured path.
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Protect tomorrow’s five minutes
Use the daily-habit guidance linked on this page so the next five-minute session still happens.
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Exam-aware learners, softly
The Goethe A1 study-plan article linked on this page is a study plan to use beside the speaking practice.
Greetings and introductions — not a fluency promise.
Voice-first scenarios, not a time-to-fluency promise. Free week one is units 1–2 only, with Ich heiße and Ich bin for introductions. Café, the station, the bathroom, Guten Abend, Tschüss, and numbers come later in the course.
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Greet across the day
Hallo. Guten Morgen. Guten Tag. Gute Nacht. Guten Abend and Tschüss come later in the course.
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Goodbye and the polite cluster
Auf Wiedersehen. Bitte. Danke. Entschuldigung.
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Soft formality
Guten Tag, Frau …. Guten Morgen, mein Herr. Formal versus informal via Herr and Frau.
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Introduce yourself
Ich heiße ___. Ich bin ___. Freut mich. Angenehm.
Coming later in the course: café orders (Ich möchte einen Kaffee, bitte), the bathroom (Wo ist die Toilette?), the station (Wo ist der Bahnhof? · Wie komme ich zum Bahnhof?), numbers 1–20, the alphabet, and Sie in more depth.
ch, vowel length, formality, and the name line.
Quick mouth cues for saying each line out loud.
| Focus | German cue | Mouth / structure note |
|---|---|---|
| ch + rounded vowel | ich / auch / schön | Front ch after i versus back ch after a or u. Round the lips for ö — say each aloud. |
| Vowel length | Bahn vs short-stop shape | Long vowel plus a quieter consonant versus a short vowel plus a firmer stop. Length changes meaning. |
| Formality register | du (early) vs Sie (later) · Herr/Frau | Practise informal name lines and soft title greetings. Full Sie depth comes after free units 1–2. |
| Name formula | Ich heiße… / Ich bin… | The introduction lines from the free early lessons. |
Say these lines out loud.
Practice script — say these lines out loud. Café, station and bathroom lines come later in the course.
You: Hallo! / Guten Tag.
Hi! / Good day.
You: Ich heiße Alex.
My name is Alex.
You: Ich bin Student. Freut mich.
I’m a student. Nice to meet you.
You: Bitte. Danke. Entschuldigung.
Please. Thank you. Excuse me / sorry.
You: Guten Tag, Frau Müller. / Guten Morgen, mein Herr.
Good day, Ms Müller. / Good morning, sir.
You: Auf Wiedersehen.
Goodbye.
Three people who open German to speak, not to finish a case chart.
- First-time German learners
You want greetings and introductions you can say aloud in week one.
- Goethe A1 learners
You need more out-loud repetition alongside a formal study plan — without treating the app as an exam simulator.
- Returning learners
You recognise vocabulary but hesitate over Sie/du, endings, and sounds when speaking. Café, station, and bathroom lines come later.
German next steps, sibling courses, and the habit pieces.
All languages
Browse every VoiGu course, including the other speaking pages.
French
French speaking practice — greetings, introductions, and polite vous.
Spanish
Spanish speaking practice — café lines, directions, and ser versus estar.
Japanese
Japanese speaking practice — greetings, particles, and polite counter lines.
Goethe A1 study plan
Exam-aware reading for people already on a formal study path.
A daily language habit
How to protect a five-minute session so tomorrow’s German still happens.
How speaking practice works
Say each line out loud, then try it again.
Get the app
Start speaking German free. The download links are on the get-app page.
See what Plus unlocks
Plus unlocks content beyond the first two free units.
Straight answers.
Do I need to learn all German cases before speaking?
No. Start with useful complete phrases (Hallo, Ich heiße…, Bitte, Danke). Endings become clearer through spoken context; we do not promise case mastery in a fixed number of weeks.
Does VoiGu teach Standard German or regional dialects?
The German path is standard beginner German. There’s no separate Austrian or Swiss version.
Can I practise German pronunciation as a beginner?
Yes — use the voice-first practice loop and the page’s sound examples (ch, ü/ö, vowel length). Say the line out loud, then try it again.
Are the first German units free?
The first two units are free. They cover greetings and introducing yourself. Plus unlocks content beyond the first two free units; see /pricing. Start via /get-app.
Put a useful German greeting into your voice practice.
Say Hallo… Ich heiße… Freut mich out loud today — five minutes is enough to start.
The first two units are free.
Start German on the App Store or Google Play. The first two units are free.
Five minutes from now,
you'll know your first phrase.
Scan the QR code or grab the app — we'll see you on the path.
Start German on the App Store or Google Play. The first two units are free.