A1 German word list with Urdu meanings: the words you need for Goethe A1

Yes. The Goethe-Institut publishes a vocabulary list for the Goethe-Zertifikat A1 with the official A1 practice materials. Download it from the Goethe website; we don't copy it here. It is long and in German only, so many beginners find it easier to start with the most common words by topic, like the list below, and then work through the official list.

• Always learn a noun with its article: der Pass, die Prüfung, das Visum. Urdu has no articles, so this is the habit that matters most.
• Use a colour for each article, for example blue for der, red for die and green for das, on flashcards or in your notebook.
• Learn 8–10 new words a day and review yesterday's words before adding new ones.
• Say each word out loud in a short sentence: Das ist mein Pass.
• Learn words by topic, because the exam tasks are built around everyday topics.

You'll need these in Sprechen Teil 1 and Teil 2, when you talk about yourself and ask others questions. See the Goethe A1 Sprechen guide.

Travel words appear often in listening (station and airport announcements) and reading (signs and timetables).

From 21 onwards, German says the ones before the tens: einundzwanzig is "one-and-twenty". Practise prices, times and phone numbers out loud, because you'll hear them in listening and say one in Sprechen Teil 1.

Careful: der Morgen means "morning", but morgen (lower case) means "tomorrow". And Urdu ہفتہ can mean "week" or "Saturday"; in German these are different words: die Woche and Samstag.

You can use these in almost every part of the exam, and they're useful for the short message in Schreiben too: see the Goethe A1 Schreiben guide.

Once these words feel easy, move on to the official Goethe list and to practice tests. Check your level with the free German level test, read how the Goethe A1 exam works, or learn the words with a teacher in our A1 German course online, with grammar explained in Urdu.