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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.
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Day 20: Graduation: your first German news bulletin
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 19: How to read German headlines
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 18: The German future with wird — and the will trap
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 17: The sentence bracket: past tense, part two
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 16: The German past tense: the ge- hug
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 15: German question words — wer, was, wo, wann, warum
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 14: Kein vs nicht — the two German no's
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 13: Days, months and seasons in German
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 12: Kommen, gehen, fahren — and nach for countries
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 11: Sagen and your first German comparison
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 10: Football German — spielen, das Tor, gewinnen
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 9: Money in German — and the unbending Euro
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 8: Welded words — Flughafen, Hauptbahnhof
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 7: Es gibt — how German says "there is"
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 6: Election German — die Wahl, wählen, der Wähler
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 5: German plurals and the umlaut
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 4: Big German numbers are Lego
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 3: Der, die, das — never learn a naked noun
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 2: The verb haben — and why nouns wear capitals
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Day 1: The verb sein and the German number trick
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Jan 01, 2026 |