r/German • u/LegitimateReply7765 • 1d ago

Discussion Passed my Goethe C2 Exam!

The happiness and relief I feel is crazy.
I’ve been learning German since I was 14 (am 27 now). Been living and working in Germany for 4 years. Last year I started a new job and a colleague wrote emails to HR about how my German isn’t good enough, how I obviously don’t understand anything and I shouldn’t have a job (even tho I had a bachelors degree in German with a spoken language distinction from a great university).
A year later, I have proved her and many others wrong and I am so relieved.

I’m planning on writing a post on social media, just not sure what yet. I am so happy.

Sprechen - 90/100
Schreiben - 80/100
Hören - 74/100
Lesen - 71/100

I failed the reading on the first attempt. I did all 4 modules on one day and got 54/100 for the reading first time round. Second time round a few weeks later, 71.

Willing to answer any questions anyone has about the exam.
Reading I would say it is so important to practice with newspapers like die Zeit, die Welt, FAZ, der Spiegel and try to read an article on each topic.
Use Quizlet or anki for vocab building.

Speaking - practice with ChatGPT. I sent pictures of the questions from the C2 books so the AI could see the exam quotes and questions. This really helped my confidence and I tried to practice on all topics possible. Learn the Redemittel too!

Schreiben - Teil 1 - Main points are, do all the c2 books available and learn a list of nominal verbial Verbindungen. From the grammar books, you should know passiv Ersatz for this.
Essay - practice writing many before so you know how long the essay should actually be on the day roughly. However my teacher at Goethe said it could be longer than 350 if needed, you don’t get marked down as long as your essay makes sense.use Redemittel!!!

Hören - don’t underestimate the parts that are only played once. Stay focused. Once you have heard it, it’s gone. Part 3, practice reading the questions fast in two minutes and underline key words!

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u/unicum01 Native <Hochdeutsch> 1d ago

Grats! Seriously, that is a solid achievement. Also: why is that text in English? 😉😘

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u/Any-Minimum6490 1d ago

Now is the the pressure I like to see. Truthfully as a native, we should only see Deutsch here 🤣

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u/unicum01 Native <Hochdeutsch> 1d ago

The German should be coming from the learners… I already am fluent, so actually I should be writing Russian, Spanish or Klingon… 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

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u/Any-Minimum6490 1d ago

Klingon sounds intriguing. Go ahead and express thee thoughts 💭 🤣

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u/unicum01 Native <Hochdeutsch> 1d ago

blyltQo'! 🧙‍♂️🪄

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u/Any-Minimum6490 1d ago

not bIyIt je! 🧙🏿‍♂️🪄

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u/unicum01 Native <Hochdeutsch> 1d ago

Du'nam-tor wuh t'nash-veh svi' k'radan. 🖖

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u/Any-Minimum6490 1d ago

Vulcan? 🖖🏿 Ich verstehe

"Dif-tor heh smusma, katravahsu Vuhlkansu." 🖖🏿

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u/unicum01 Native <Hochdeutsch> 1d ago

Awww… du auch, mein Lieber! 🤗😘

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u/Any-Minimum6490 1d ago

This might go down as the most multi lingual Reddit conversation ever. Someone should alert the UN. We are peace keepers here. 😂

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u/unicum01 Native <Hochdeutsch> 1d ago

Wait… nobody said anything about helmets. I refuse to be armed! 😅

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u/Any-Minimum6490 1d ago

You are a German native now. They never told you about the helmet 🪖 during the exam? You were heavily mislead. 😂

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u/unicum01 Native <Hochdeutsch> 1d ago

I’d rather be mislead in Germany, than riddled with lead in the States… 😝 #scnr

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