German Language Books

If you are looking for books to teach yourself German from scratch, please bear in mind that it is extremely difficult to achieve this without a teacher. We would strongly recommend you take at least a few lessons to get you started, if not with us then at evening school or wherever suits you best. We have heard so many stories of people who tried to learn a language just from books and tapes but soon gave up in frustration. A few lessons at the beginning sets you on the right path. Once you have grasped how the language works and how it sounds, you can learn more and more by yourself.

If you live in or near Manchester, you could start a one-to-one German course with us tomorrow (or whenever you like). Click here to read about our flexible, customised courses.

These books, then, are recommended as additional resources to accompany a course of lessons and/or for more advanced study.

 

Oxford Take Off in German: A Complete Language Learning Pack
by Andrea Reitz and Heike Schommartz

Learn to speak basic German pretty quickly. A very successful course.

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German: Beginner's CD Language Course (Hugo in Three Months)
by Sigrid-B. Martin

An effective, grammar-based approach with new CDs.

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Hammer's German Grammar and Usage
by A.E. Hammer (Author), Martin Durrell (Editor)

An excellent, thorough reference book for those past the beginner stage.

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Practising German Grammar: A Workbook
by Martin Durrell, Katrin Kohl, Gudrun Loftus

Practice makes perfect, as they say. A workbook to accompany the preceding grammar book.

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Collins Easy Learning German Grammar

Good explanations with a lot of examples.

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Collins Easy Learning German Verbs

A very useful reference book with a lot of detail.

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501 German Verbs
by Henry Strutz

Handy conjugations clearly laid out.

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Wort Fur Wort: New Advanced German Vocabulary
by Paul Stocker

Expand your vocabulary with authentic words and phrases of modern German.

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Collins Concise German Dictionary

An up-to-date, reliable dictionary.

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German Dictionary (Collins GEM)

It is always useful to have a pocket-sized dictionary.

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Interested in reading more about Germany?

Check out our books about and set in Germany.


Total beginner?

Have a look at our introduction to the German language.


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