A2 German course. Where German stops being optional.
Ten units that land the grammar A1 set up. Adjective endings, Konjunktiv II, passive voice, relative clauses. Explained, drilled, retained, not skipped.
The A2 course, unit by unit
10 units · follows the Hueber Motive grammar progression
Warum rufst du nicht an?
Phone calls, reasons, plans with friends.
Grammar: Reflexive verbs, Nebensätze with weil and dass.
Passt der Rock?
Shopping, clothes, opinions on style.
Grammar: Adjective declension across all cases.
Ab in den Urlaub!
Trips, comparisons, describing places.
Grammar: Comparative and superlative, travel prepositions.
Körper und Gesundheit
The body, staying healthy, at the doctor.
Grammar: Imperative forms, body vocabulary, health dialogues.
Was würdest du jetzt gern machen?
Wishes, hypotheticals, polite requests.
Grammar: Konjunktiv II for wishes and hypotheticals.
Willst du den Job trotzdem haben?
Work, job interviews, conditions and objections.
Grammar: Passive voice with werden and Partizip II.
Freust du dich auf mich?
Emotions, anticipation, fixed expressions.
Grammar: Prepositional verbs, fixed preposition plus case.
Ist das der Strand, der dir so gefällt?
Describing places and people you know.
Grammar: Relativsätze in all cases.
Wofür interessierst du dich?
Interests, culture, online life, dating.
Grammar: wo- and da- compounds with prepositions.
Wie bleibst du gesund?
Wellness, pharmacy, extreme sports, word formation.
Grammar: Complex sentence structures, adverbial clauses.
Why A2 is the grammar wall
A2 is where apps quietly give up. Four cases, adjective endings, Konjunktiv, relative clauses. You either learn the system or you stall at A2 for years. We built A2 for the learner who decided to stop stalling.
One Who Learns
Good atA1 to B1 grammar spine. Theory before drills. Vocab that reviews itself.
What you getEUR 12 a month. Self-paced. Built for the Goethe exam.
Textbooks
Good atReal grammar progression, tested in classrooms.
What is missingNo audio. No feedback between sessions. You do it once and forget it by Thursday.
Language apps
Good atDaily habit, clean UI, good for vocab.
What is missingPattern matching, not grammar. You finish a tree and still cannot say why the article changed.
Private schools
Good atStructure and accountability in a group setting.
What is missingEUR 400 to 1,500 a course. Fixed schedule. Pace set by the slowest student, not by you.
The real problem was never a missing feature. It was four products that never talk to each other. One Who Learns closes the gap.
One place to learn. Everything connected.
One Who Learns replaces your textbook, your apps, and your flashcard grind, and works alongside your tutor.
Memory palace flashcards
Learn vocabulary through image-based association — not rote repetition. Each word is paired with a visual scene that anchors meaning in memory. Combined with spaced repetition: forget a word, it comes back more often.
das Kind
A child playing with magical bubbles that show dreams
Tap to flip
child
das Kind
die Blume
A giant flower singing to the moon
flower
die Blume
der Hund
A royal hound on a throne of bones
dog
der Hund
essen, aß, hat gegessen
A giant mouth eating a mountain of spaghetti
Examples
Sie isst gerne Pizza zum Abendessen.
Hast du schon gefrühstückt?
das Mädchen
A girl with braids dancing among wildflowers
girl
das Mädchen
das Wasser
Crystal clear water forming dancing shapes
water
das Wasser
schlafen, schlief, hat geschlafen
A bear sleeping on fluffy clouds with stars
Examples
Das Baby schläft schon seit zwei Stunden.
Ich habe letzte Nacht sehr gut geschlafen.
die Arbeit
Busy hands creating art from work
work
die Arbeit
der Tisch
A grand table with a feast floating in the sky
table
der Tisch
groß
Giant towering over tiny houses
big/tall
groß
laufen, lief, ist gelaufen
A cheetah racing through a candy landscape
Examples
Er läuft jeden Morgen im Park.
Wir sind gestern fünf Kilometer gelaufen.
die Katze
A cat wearing a crown sitting on velvet cushions
cat
die Katze
Grammar drills for the A2 jump
Adjective endings, Konjunktiv II, relative pronouns. A lot of moving parts. Our drills isolate one pattern at a time and repeat it until it holds. Mistakes come back on a schedule.
Grammar that explains why
A2 is where grammar stops being optional. Every section opens with a theory block, with diagrams, example sentences, and the exception traps that quietly drop you half a level.
A2 vocab list, already built
200 A2 words with gender colour coding, audio, and spaced repetition. Visual flashcards anchor meaning. Complete a unit and the words auto-queue for review.
Interactive reference tables
Adjective declension, relative pronouns, preposition plus case groups. All interactive. The A2 references you will actually open in the middle of an exercise.
Connect your AI assistant via MCP
Expose your data to ChatGPT or Gemini. Your AI grades writing, explains grammar, and adapts to your level. Use it alongside the platform.
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A1 is free. 8 units. Full features. No credit card.
Common questions
Duolingo teaches phrases through pattern matching. It never explains why German grammar works the way it does. One Who Learns is a structured curriculum. 30 units with theory blocks, grammar drills, and exam-style exercises. Your vocab reviews itself through spaced repetition. You do not need a separate flashcard app.
Yes. Exercise formats mirror the Goethe exam: Leseverstehen, Hörverstehen, Schreiben, and grammar sections. Progress is tracked by grammar point, not streaks. At B1, the final unit is a full exam strategy module for Lesen, Hören, Schreiben, and Sprechen.
Your tutor gives you 1 to 2 hours a week. What about the other 5 to 10 hours of study? That is where One Who Learns lives. The tutor focuses on speaking and correction. The platform handles grammar, retention, and structure between sessions. They complement each other.
A1 is free to try. A2 and B1 unlock with Premium at EUR 12/month or EUR 99/year, less than a single private tutor session.
No, and we are upfront about that. One Who Learns covers reading, listening, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. That is 3 of 4 Goethe exam modules plus the foundation for all of them. For speaking, pair the app with a tutor, a tandem partner, or an AI assistant.
A1 is free with no time limit. Sections take 10 to 15 minutes each, built for real schedules, not idealised ones. Vocab reviews automatically, so even sporadic sessions still build retention.
The curriculum follows the grammar progression of Hueber Motive, a textbook used in German universities and Sprachschulen. Exercise types map to the Goethe B1 exam format. We built this to pass the exam, not to gamify learning.