Learn German with Michel Thomas and Paul Pimsleur

Learn to speak German in hours, not years

Michel Thomas Method - Total German
When it comes to learning German it doesn’t get easier than the Michel Thomas Method. The Michel Thomas method eases you into the German language by breaking it into its component parts. You will then be able to easily form your own to say what you want in German! Go from absolute beginner to confident speaker—without books, homework or memorizing.

Listen, absorb and speak German naturally

Try a free audio sample
The Michel Thomas Method audio course helps you pick up the German language naturally, at your own pace. It teaches you German through your own language, building it up, step by step in ‘real-time’ conditions.

About the German language

German is spoken as a native language by around 105 million people. About a further 80 million people speak it as a second or foreign language. The standard language is called Hochdeutsch and this is the language taught in schools. But there are also many regional variants, especially in Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland. German has considerable importance within the EU not only because of the number of speakers it has, but also because it is, along with French and English, one of the three procedural languages of the European Commission.