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German Language Course A2-B2 for Formal and Business Language - Native German Instructor - Explanations in English

4.6
463 reviews

Created by: Esther Hartwig

Last updated January 2025

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What you will learn

  • Use formal language and business language correctly
  • Expand your business vocabulary
  • Talk on the phone, write emails, give presentations
  • Learn about specific terminology and contract language
  • Study four important grammar points that are especially useful in business language
  • Make requests and suggestions, voice criticism politely
  • Test your level of knowledge before and after the course

How it compares

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  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 41% of them
  • Reviews463#273 of 536 by number of reviews
  • Length4.3 hoursshorter than 57% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2025more recently than 57% of them

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Course Description

Welcome to my German Business Language Course!

Formal German is not only used at work but also when we make appointments, talk to service providers of all kinds, when we communicate with doctors, landlords/landladies, building managers, school/university staff and so on.

Formal German and business language is different from everyday language. How German business language is different from general German is one thing you will learn in this course. The other one is on which areas of the language & grammar you have to focus.


  • We will look at the way people address each other in a formal context, at commonly used vocabulary and also more specific alternative vocabulary (e.g. more precise, more formal), phrases and expressions.

  • I also included the grammatical structures that are predominantly and/or used for specific purposes in a formal context. You will get lectures with in-depth explanations, examples and exercises for the structure and function for these four grammar points specifically (in German with English text).

  • For each lecture, there is a downloadable pdf-version of the lecture presentation slides. You can access it by clicking on the 'Resources' button of each lecture on the right side of the video player in the chapter/lecture overview.

  • E-mail writing, presenting and talking on the phone are of course included.

  • You will find some shorter vocabulary quizzes, exercises for the grammar, and at the end of the course, there is a test to check your understanding and knowledge of the entire course content.

Generally, on a solid A2 level this course should be manageable and in parts challenging, on level B1 it will definitely fill some gaps and include new material, and on B2 it should still contain plenty of new terms and phrases, though the structure and some vocabulary will be more for polishing up your knowledge.

With the exception of the grammar lectures, the explanations are in English because the course is aimed at a range of levels, including the ones that are usually not as far in understanding spoken language well enough to follow explanations in German.
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Instructor Details

Esther Hartwig

My name is Esther, I'm a certified language teacher from Germany, an Educational Scientist and former examiner with telc and TOEFL.

I started teaching languages in 2007, working for language schools and with individuals, and as an examiner for public schools and language institutes.

Now I work mainly as a personal teacher for 1-on-1 online lessons and as a course creator.


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4.6

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By Mert Özarslan on 12/2/2024

I will go and then go back here to learn what I need for a business life and a life I want to take part in Germany after I am very interested in germanics with English. So I say; Ich danke Ihnen für alles.

By Nana Katamadze on 7/21/2024

Es ist sehr interessant und spannend. Die Qualität der Lernmaterialien und -ressourcen ist beeindruckend. Neben interaktiven Lektionen bietet der Kurs Übungen, die es den Lernenden ermöglichen, ihre Fähigkeiten in einem sicheren Umfeld zu verbessern. Das Feedback der Dozenten ist detailliert und hilfreich, was den Lernprozess weiter unterstützt und beschleunigt.

By Veronica Hynes on 7/8/2024

Hasta ahora estoy mejorando mi vocabulario en escenarios más formales. Muy claras las explicaciones. Los repasos de temas gramaticales también ayudan mucho.

By Alkestis Spinou on 11/10/2023

The test is a nice idea, but many questions are poorly formed and don't make sense. Try giving examples to make it clearer what the words below are supposed to substitute, eg. sein zu in the original question "your desk has to stay clean" or the one about the "Bericht oder Dokument" make clearer what is the word we are looking for.

By László Farkas on 6/1/2023

I find this course particularly useful for several reasons: Firstly, it offers a wide range of useful vocabulary that come in handy in my day-to-day work. Secondly, the right amount of grammar is presented with a great number of examples thus facilitating the easy understanding of the grammatical concepts.

By Nevena Bukureshtlieva on 3/17/2023

I liked the examples. An improvement could be to test the learners before presenting the content to gain understanding about their level of knowledge. Thank you, Esther Hartwig, for the clear and structured instructions!

By Anonymized User on 2/23/2022

Brilliant, highly recommended! It has helped me a lot to differentiate previous concepts and get new specific info about Bueros. Tailored and well explained. Happy to find you, thanks a lot.

By Vedika Bhatawadekar on 6/8/2021

This Course was excellent! It will surely help me in my career!:) Esther explained it much easier than I thought how it would be.

By Rasika Dalvi on 4/21/2020

Es war ein wunderbarer Kurs für Wirtschaftsdeutsch. Ich habe viele neue Dinge gelernt, die in der formalen Umgebung verwendet werden können. Vielen Dank!!!

By Alexandra Panico on 3/10/2020

This is a very good course for anyone who might like to take their German into a working environment. I already speak German at B2-C1 level but it's still been useful for me so far to refresh my formal language and business-related vocabulary. It's very clear with plenty of useful information on the working culture and language and little quizzes at the end of each section to test what you've learned. Even with an upper intermediate level of German there's a lot of valuable content!

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Business & Formal German - Elementary to Upper Intermediate
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