60 acast.com Day One German | Beginner News-Focused German Course http://www.linguawire.com/dayone/german en LinguaWire beginner German, learn German, German for beginners, A1 German, German podcast, German lessons, German vocabulary, German phrases, German listening, easy German, German course, German news, understand German, Deutsch lernen, slow news German LinguaWire German Day One is a 20-episode beginner German podcast for absolute beginners who want to understand slow German news. No prior German is needed.

Visit https://linguawire.com/dayone/german for all learning materials and homework to test your knowledge.


In five minutes a day, learn the essential German words, verbs, phrases, grammar patterns, and listening skills you need to start listening to our main podcast - LinguaWire A1 German news. In that feed, we post a new episode every day discussing the latest real news stories, in simple A1 German.


This podcast is perfect for learners who are just beginning German, learning German for the first time, starting German A1, and looking for slow, basic German education.


LinguaWire podcasts use AI support, including translations and multi-language recording, under native speaker scripting and supervision.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> German Day One is a 20-episode beginner German podcast for absolute beginners who want to understand slow German news. No prior German is needed.

Visit https://linguawire.com/dayone/german for all learning materials and homework to test your knowledge.


In five minutes a day, learn the essential German words, verbs, phrases, grammar patterns, and listening skills you need to start listening to our main podcast - LinguaWire A1 German news. In that feed, we post a new episode every day discussing the latest real news stories, in simple A1 German.


This podcast is perfect for learners who are just beginning German, learning German for the first time, starting German A1, and looking for slow, basic German education.


LinguaWire podcasts use AI support, including translations and multi-language recording, under native speaker scripting and supervision.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> false LinguaWire hello@linguawire.com 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c learn-german-day-1-beginner-news-focused-german-course serial https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c/1781178188340-856969a4-99b9-4bba-a473-d482e2fd2f9d.jpeg http://www.linguawire.com/dayone/german Day One German | Beginner News-Focused German Course Day 20: Graduation: your first German news bulletin Day 20: Graduation: your first German news bulletin Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:19:00 GMT 7:55 6a2b34e272ff36e11a351013 false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/20 6a2b34e272ff36e11a351013 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c day-20-graduation-your-first-german-news-bulletin Four stories, ninety seconds, real German news — and you understand it. full The Day One German finale, with Felix and Leonie. Graduation day: a full German news bulletin, election, heatwave, strike, sport, built entirely from the last twenty days, read twice like real radio. Then the handover: you're ready for LinguaWire A1 Daily German News, a new episode every day, two real news stories in slow, clear A1 German. Subscribe via the link in the show notes and your first real daily episode arrives tomorrow morning.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/20


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> The Day One German finale, with Felix and Leonie. Graduation day: a full German news bulletin, election, heatwave, strike, sport, built entirely from the last twenty days, read twice like real radio. Then the handover: you're ready for LinguaWire A1 Daily German News, a new episode every day, two real news stories in slow, clear A1 German. Subscribe via the link in the show notes and your first real daily episode arrives tomorrow morning.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/20


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 19: How to read German headlines Day 19: How to read German headlines Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:18:00 GMT 5:51 6a2b34df479dfe546fca7749 false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/19 6a2b34df479dfe546fca7749 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Telegram German: why headlines drop articles, verbs, and everything polite. full Episode nineteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, the penultimate episode. Headlines don't speak full German; they speak telegram: no articles, often no verb. Today you learn to expand them back into sentences you already know, drill three real headlines built entirely from series vocabulary, and pick up the diplomacy kit. Tomorrow: graduation, a full German news bulletin.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/19


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode nineteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, the penultimate episode. Headlines don't speak full German; they speak telegram: no articles, often no verb. Today you learn to expand them back into sentences you already know, drill three real headlines built entirely from series vocabulary, and pick up the diplomacy kit. Tomorrow: graduation, a full German news bulletin.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/19


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 18: The German future with wird — and the will trap Day 18: The German future with wird — and the will trap Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:17:00 GMT 5:49 6a2b34dd72ff36e11a350e99 false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/18 6a2b34dd72ff36e11a350e99 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Future German with werden — and why will does not mean “will.” full Episode eighteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Yesterday the past, today the future: werden plus a verb at the end, the bracket again. Plus the business kit (the company, the factory, jobs, to build, to create) and the quirk that werden moonlights: with another verb at the end it means 'will'; on its own it can mean 'become' or 'get'. Today's sentence: Die Firma wird eine neue Fabrik bauen und dreitausend Jobs schaffen.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/18


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode eighteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Yesterday the past, today the future: werden plus a verb at the end, the bracket again. Plus the business kit (the company, the factory, jobs, to build, to create) and the quirk that werden moonlights: with another verb at the end it means 'will'; on its own it can mean 'become' or 'get'. Today's sentence: Die Firma wird eine neue Fabrik bauen und dreitausend Jobs schaffen.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/18


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 17: The sentence bracket: past tense, part two Day 17: The sentence bracket: past tense, part two Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:16:00 GMT 5:55 6a2b34db622531b86459a582 false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/17 6a2b34db622531b86459a582 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c day-17-the-sentence-bracket-past-tense-part-two Your first two-sentence story, and the German verb bracket in action. full Episode seventeen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. A milestone: your first full two-sentence news story, exactly as breaking news is written. Today: the earthquake (a compound you can dismantle yourself), the past tense doing real work, and the sentence bracket, German's habit of opening a verb at position two and closing it at the very end. Today's story: Ein Erdbeben hat die Region in der Nacht getroffen. Viele Menschen haben ihre Häuser verloren.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/17


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode seventeen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. A milestone: your first full two-sentence news story, exactly as breaking news is written. Today: the earthquake (a compound you can dismantle yourself), the past tense doing real work, and the sentence bracket, German's habit of opening a verb at position two and closing it at the very end. Today's story: Ein Erdbeben hat die Region in der Nacht getroffen. Viele Menschen haben ihre Häuser verloren.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/17


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 16: The German past tense: the ge- hug Day 16: The German past tense: the ge- hug Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:15:00 GMT 6:09 6a2b34d8479dfe546fca759a false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/16 6a2b34d8479dfe546fca759a 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c day-16-the-german-past-tense-the-ge-hug Recognising the German past: haben plus a word wrapped in ge-. full Episode sixteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Final week. News is mostly about things that already happened, so today you learn to RECOGNISE the German past: haben plus a ge- word. You don't need to build it yet; you need to hear it. Plus war and peace, the vocabulary of the biggest stories. Today's sentence: Der Präsident hat gestern gesagt: Der Krieg ist vorbei.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/16


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode sixteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Final week. News is mostly about things that already happened, so today you learn to RECOGNISE the German past: haben plus a ge- word. You don't need to build it yet; you need to hear it. Plus war and peace, the vocabulary of the biggest stories. Today's sentence: Der Präsident hat gestern gesagt: Der Krieg ist vorbei.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/16


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 15: German question words — wer, was, wo, wann, warum Day 15: German question words — wer, was, wo, wann, warum Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:14:00 GMT 6:28 6a2b34d6622531b86459a498 false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/15 6a2b34d6622531b86459a498 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c The six W-words — and the trap that catches English speakers. full Episode fifteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, the week-three finale. News exists to answer questions, so today you get the question kit: wer, was, wo, wann, warum, wie, including the famous trap where 'wer' means who and 'wo' means where. Plus the verb wollen, to want: the engine of every political story. Today's sentence: Wer ist die neue Ministerin, und was will sie?


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/15


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode fifteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, the week-three finale. News exists to answer questions, so today you get the question kit: wer, was, wo, wann, warum, wie, including the famous trap where 'wer' means who and 'wo' means where. Plus the verb wollen, to want: the engine of every political story. Today's sentence: Wer ist die neue Ministerin, und was will sie?


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/15


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> <![CDATA[Day 14: Kein vs nicht — the two German no's]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:13:00 GMT 5:19 6a2b34d490aa100df92b053c false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/14 6a2b34d490aa100df92b053c 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c How German says no: kein for things, nicht for everything else. full Episode fourteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Bad news is news, and bad news is full of negatives. Today's quirk is genuinely useful grammar in disguise: German has two words for 'not', kein for things, nicht for everything else, and one simple rule of thumb to choose between them. Today's sentence: Im Norden gibt es keinen Strom, und die Schulen sind nicht geöffnet.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/14


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode fourteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Bad news is news, and bad news is full of negatives. Today's quirk is genuinely useful grammar in disguise: German has two words for 'not', kein for things, nicht for everything else, and one simple rule of thumb to choose between them. Today's sentence: Im Norden gibt es keinen Strom, und die Schulen sind nicht geöffnet.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/14


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 13: Days, months and seasons in German Day 13: Days, months and seasons in German Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:12:00 GMT 5:15 6a2b34d290aa100df92b04ee false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/13 6a2b34d290aa100df92b04ee 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Calendar German: days of the week, dates, and the one rebel day. full Episode thirteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Every news story is pinned to a date. Today: the seven days (six of which end in -tag, and then there's Wednesday), the verbs to begin and to end, and the four diary phrases that place any story in time. Today's sentence: Der Gipfel beginnt am Montag und endet am Freitag.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/13


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode thirteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Every news story is pinned to a date. Today: the seven days (six of which end in -tag, and then there's Wednesday), the verbs to begin and to end, and the four diary phrases that place any story in time. Today's sentence: Der Gipfel beginnt am Montag und endet am Freitag.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/13


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 12: Kommen, gehen, fahren — and nach for countries Day 12: Kommen, gehen, fahren — and nach for countries Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:11:00 GMT 5:19 6a2b34d0479dfe546fca73ae false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/12 6a2b34d0479dfe546fca73ae 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Movement German: come, go, travel — and why Germany is “after Germany.” full Episode twelve of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. People moving, to festivals, to borders, to safety, is half the news. Today: kommen, gehen, fahren, twenty-five countries and nationalities, and the quirk that nach can mean after, but with countries and cities it often means to. Today's sentence: Tausende Menschen kommen für das Festival nach Deutschland.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/12


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode twelve of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. People moving, to festivals, to borders, to safety, is half the news. Today: kommen, gehen, fahren, twenty-five countries and nationalities, and the quirk that nach can mean after, but with countries and cities it often means to. Today's sentence: Tausende Menschen kommen für das Festival nach Deutschland.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/12


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 11: Sagen and your first German comparison Day 11: Sagen and your first German comparison Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:10:00 GMT 5:40 6a2b34ce440b9d7bbf9040bc false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/11 6a2b34ce440b9d7bbf9040bc 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c The journalism verb: “says” — plus food basics and your first comparison. full Episode eleven of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Week three is the verb week, and it opens with the single most-used verb in German news: sagen, to say. Plus the news colon, food basics (bread, milk, water, coffee, eating and drinking), and your first comparison. Today's sentence: Der Minister sagt: Brot und Milch sind dieses Jahr teurer.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/11


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode eleven of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Week three is the verb week, and it opens with the single most-used verb in German news: sagen, to say. Plus the news colon, food basics (bread, milk, water, coffee, eating and drinking), and your first comparison. Today's sentence: Der Minister sagt: Brot und Milch sind dieses Jahr teurer.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/11


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 10: Football German — spielen, das Tor, gewinnen Day 10: Football German — spielen, das Tor, gewinnen Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:09:00 GMT 5:18 6a2b34cb622531b86459a211 false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/10 6a2b34cb622531b86459a211 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Sport day, the halfway point, and the English hiding inside German football. full Episode ten of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, you're halfway! Sport closes every bulletin: today you learn the team, the match, to play, to win, to lose, and the quirk that German sport is full of borrowed English, Fans, Team, Trainer. Today's sentence: Die Nationalmannschaft spielt heute Abend vor achtzigtausend Fans.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/10


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode ten of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, you're halfway! Sport closes every bulletin: today you learn the team, the match, to play, to win, to lose, and the quirk that German sport is full of borrowed English, Fans, Team, Trainer. Today's sentence: Die Nationalmannschaft spielt heute Abend vor achtzigtausend Fans.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/10


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 9: Money in German — and the unbending Euro Day 9: Money in German — and the unbending Euro Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:08:00 GMT 4:48 6a2b34c972ff36e11a350a1b false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/9 6a2b34c972ff36e11a350a1b 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Prices, money, more and less — plus the Euro that refuses to change. full Episode nine of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. The story that never leaves the front page: the cost of living. Today: prices, money, more and less, expensive and cheap, the verb kosten, and the small, useful quirk that after numbers German normally keeps Euro unchanged. Today's sentence: Die Preise sind hoch, und die Menschen haben weniger Geld.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/9


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode nine of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. The story that never leaves the front page: the cost of living. Today: prices, money, more and less, expensive and cheap, the verb kosten, and the small, useful quirk that after numbers German normally keeps Euro unchanged. Today's sentence: Die Preise sind hoch, und die Menschen haben weniger Geld.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/9


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 8: Welded words — Flughafen, Hauptbahnhof Day 8: Welded words — Flughafen, Hauptbahnhof Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:07:00 GMT 5:02 6a2b34c7622531b86459a0dc false https://shows.acast.com/learn-german-day-1-beginner-news-focused-german-course/episodes/6a2b34c7622531b86459a0dc 6a2b34c7622531b86459a0dc 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Transport chaos and German compound words that are less scary than they look. full Episode eight of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Transport chaos is a news perennial, today you learn the trains, the airport, open and closed, and the most famous thing about German: compound words. Long German words aren't new words; they're old words holding hands. Today's sentence: Die Züge sind voll, und der Flughafen ist geschlossen.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/8


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode eight of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Transport chaos is a news perennial, today you learn the trains, the airport, open and closed, and the most famous thing about German: compound words. Long German words aren't new words; they're old words holding hands. Today's sentence: Die Züge sind voll, und der Flughafen ist geschlossen.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/8


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> <![CDATA[Day 7: Es gibt — how German says "there is"]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:06:00 GMT 5:09 6a2b34c5622531b86459a08c false https://shows.acast.com/learn-german-day-1-beginner-news-focused-german-course/episodes/6a2b34c5622531b86459a08c 6a2b34c5622531b86459a08c 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Weather, compass directions, and the strange little phrase that means “there is.” full Episode seven of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Every news broadcast on earth ends the same way, the weather. Today: it is forty degrees, hot and cold, the four compass directions, and the loveliest oddity in German: es gibt, 'there is', which literally means 'it gives'. Today's sentence: Es ist vierzig Grad im Süden, und es gibt keinen Regen.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/7


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode seven of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Every news broadcast on earth ends the same way, the weather. Today: it is forty degrees, hot and cold, the four compass directions, and the loveliest oddity in German: es gibt, 'there is', which literally means 'it gives'. Today's sentence: Es ist vierzig Grad im Süden, und es gibt keinen Regen.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/7


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 6: Election German — die Wahl, wählen, der Wähler Day 6: Election German — die Wahl, wählen, der Wähler Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:05:00 GMT 5:08 6a2b34c3440b9d7bbf903e74 false https://shows.acast.com/learn-german-day-1-beginner-news-focused-german-course/episodes/6a2b34c3440b9d7bbf903e74 6a2b34c3440b9d7bbf903e74 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Politics day: one root, several useful election words. full Episode six of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Week two begins: one news domain a day, starting with the biggest, politics. Today: the election, the word-family trick (learn one root, get the relatives free), am Sonntag, and the polls. Today's sentence: Die Wahl ist am Sonntag, und die Umfragen sind sehr knapp.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/6


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode six of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Week two begins: one news domain a day, starting with the biggest, politics. Today: the election, the word-family trick (learn one root, get the relatives free), am Sonntag, and the polls. Today's sentence: Die Wahl ist am Sonntag, und die Umfragen sind sehr knapp.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/6


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 5: German plurals and the umlaut Day 5: German plurals and the umlaut Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:04:00 GMT 6:03 6a2b34c1440b9d7bbf903de8 false https://shows.acast.com/learn-german-day-1-beginner-news-focused-german-course/episodes/6a2b34c1440b9d7bbf903de8 6a2b34c1440b9d7bbf903de8 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Professions, strikes, plural chaos — and your first full regular verb. full Episode five of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, the week-one finale. Today: fifteen professions, the half-dozen ways German makes a plural (and the one island of calm), and your first full regular verb: streiken. Today's sentence: Die Ärzte und die Lehrer streiken heute.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/5


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode five of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie, the week-one finale. Today: fifteen professions, the half-dozen ways German makes a plural (and the one island of calm), and your first full regular verb: streiken. Today's sentence: Die Ärzte und die Lehrer streiken heute.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/5


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 4: Big German numbers are Lego Day 4: Big German numbers are Lego Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:03:00 GMT 6:03 6a2b34bd72ff36e11a35076f false https://shows.acast.com/learn-german-day-1-beginner-news-focused-german-course/episodes/6a2b34bd72ff36e11a35076f 6a2b34bd72ff36e11a35076f 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Hundreds, thousands, demonstrations — and the joy of glued-together numbers. full Episode four of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. News is obsessed with counting, today you unlock the big numbers: hundert, tausend, and the famous German habit of gluing whole numbers into single mega-words. Plus the two words for people and the crowd vocabulary of every protest story. Today's sentence: Mehr als zehntausend Menschen sind bei der Demonstration in der Hauptstadt.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/4


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode four of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. News is obsessed with counting, today you unlock the big numbers: hundert, tausend, and the famous German habit of gluing whole numbers into single mega-words. Plus the two words for people and the crowd vocabulary of every protest story. Today's sentence: Mehr als zehntausend Menschen sind bei der Demonstration in der Hauptstadt.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/4


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 3: Der, die, das — never learn a naked noun Day 3: Der, die, das — never learn a naked noun Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:02:00 GMT 6:17 6a2b34bb622531b864599e41 false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/3 6a2b34bb622531b864599e41 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c German articles without panic: gender as wardrobe, not logic. full Episode three of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. The day every German learner remembers: the three words for 'the'. You'll meet der, die and das, complete the verb sein, learn the word heute, and discover why the girl is neuter. Today's sentence: Die Regierung, die Polizei und die Armee sind heute auf den Straßen.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/3


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode three of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. The day every German learner remembers: the three words for 'the'. You'll meet der, die and das, complete the verb sein, learn the word heute, and discover why the girl is neuter. Today's sentence: Die Regierung, die Polizei und die Armee sind heute auf den Straßen.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/3


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 2: The verb haben — and why nouns wear capitals Day 2: The verb haben — and why nouns wear capitals Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:01:00 GMT 6:50 6a2b34b8440b9d7bbf903beb false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/2 6a2b34b8440b9d7bbf903beb 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Meet haben, family words, and the German habit you can see immediately. full Episode two of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Today you learn the verb haben (to have), and with it, the ending pattern that runs nearly every German verb, plus the chancellor, the family, and the quirk you can see: every German noun wears a capital letter. Today's real news sentence: Die Kanzlerin hat zwei Kinder und wohnt in der Hauptstadt.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/2


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Episode two of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Today you learn the verb haben (to have), and with it, the ending pattern that runs nearly every German verb, plus the chancellor, the family, and the quirk you can see: every German noun wears a capital letter. Today's real news sentence: Die Kanzlerin hat zwei Kinder und wohnt in der Hauptstadt.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/2


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day 1: The verb sein and the German number trick Day 1: The verb sein and the German number trick Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT 7:43 6a2b34b5622531b864599c40 false https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/1 6a2b34b5622531b864599c40 6a2a8c581029ec14b9b7c32c Your first German verb, your first pronouns, and numbers that fit together like Lego. full Day One German takes you from absolute zero to being ready for our daily news podcast, LinguaWire A1 Daily German News, in four weeks. Twenty episodes, five minutes a day, with Felix and Leonie. In episode one you learn the verb sein (I am, he is, she is), the word der Präsident, and the wonderful, slightly mad way German builds its numbers. By the end you'll understand and say a real German news sentence: Der neue Präsident ist 62 Jahre alt.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/1


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Day One German takes you from absolute zero to being ready for our daily news podcast, LinguaWire A1 Daily German News, in four weeks. Twenty episodes, five minutes a day, with Felix and Leonie. In episode one you learn the verb sein (I am, he is, she is), the word der Präsident, and the wonderful, slightly mad way German builds its numbers. By the end you'll understand and say a real German news sentence: Der neue Präsident ist 62 Jahre alt.


▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:

https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/1


🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news:

https://linguawire.com/german


Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple.

#LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]>