Volume five · English explanations

Deutsch C1 — the level
where correct stops
being the point.

B2 was measured in errors. C1 is measured in choices: which of nine verbs for said, which particle carries your attitude, whether the sentence should be sixty words long or four. Fifty-six days on the things nobody corrects for you — because they are not mistakes, they are absences.

56
study days, 45–60 minutes each
{{ totalWords }}
words in ten fields, idiom included
8
teaching modules, one system
4
exam modules, certified separately
The C1 shift

Four things change between B2 and C1

{{ s.k }} {{ s.v }}
The schedule

Fifty-six days, ticked off as you go ✓

Seven weeks of new material, then one of mocks. Tap a day when it is done — the sidebar and the library homepage both keep the count.

{{ m.days }}

{{ m.title }}

{{ m.lead }}

{{ m.h0 }}{{ m.h1 }}{{ m.h2 }}
{{ r.k }} {{ r.en }}
Every day · 15 minutes

Flashcard trainer 🎴

At C1 recognition is worthless. Produce the German out loud from the English before you flip — and mark anything you produced correctly but slowly as hard.

{{ deckTitle }}{{ deckCounter }}
{{ cardFront }}
{{ cardPl }}
{{ cardBack }}
{{ hardCount }}
{{ h.label }}
The C1 word list

{{ totalWords }} words, ten fields

Articles in colour: der · die · das. Tap a word to hear it, select it for the full dictionary entry.

{{ t.t }} {{ t.en }} {{ t.count }} Wörter
Speaking practice

Eight conversations you cannot fake 🗣

Every one of these is a scene where the German decides an outcome: a review, an objection, a negotiation. Read your side out loud, then cover the German and rebuild it from the English.

{{ d.t }} {{ d.en }} · {{ d.where }}
Days 53–56 · Prüfung

Lesen 70′ · Hören 40′ · Schreiben 80′ · Sprechen 15′

Goethe C1 is modular — each part is certified separately, so one weak module never costs you the others. Sixteen mock items below; answer, then read why. 🎯

{{ examScore }}
{{ q.m }} Nr. {{ q.n }}
{{ q.q }}
{{ q.why }}
After C1

C1 opens the university. C2 changes what people assume about you.

With C1 you can study any subject in German, work in any role, and read anything without a dictionary. C2 is a different claim: that you can write German that a German would be pleased to have written. That is style, phraseology and register — which is exactly what volume six is.

Write, then delete a quarter
The single fastest C1→C2 exercise. Style is what survives cutting.
Collect phrasemes, not words
One fixed expression a day, written into a real sentence of your own.
Mind the plateau
At this level progress is invisible by definition — the psychology module matters more, not less.
Open the C2 volume → ← the library B2 volume