German exam vocabulary, sorted by the topics the exams ask about.

A1 to B1: the integration exams

Picture the writing task on an A2 integration exam: a short email to the Magistrat asking about a form. The grammar is usually manageable. The words are what trip people up, because nobody meets der Meldezettel or die Bestätigung in a textbook dialogue about hobbies.

That is why the lists from A1 to B1 follow the exam topics. In Austria that means the ÖIF Integrationsprüfung, and in Germany the topic areas the BAMF sets for the Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer. Each topic is its own deck of 25 to 60 cards.

Level	Topics
A1	Person und Familie, Zeit und Alltag, Einkaufen, Wohnen, Mobilität, Gesundheit
A2	Ämter und Behörden, Arbeit, Aus- und Weiterbildung, Banken und Versicherungen, Auf der Bank, Auf dem Markt, Im Handy-Geschäft, Im Deutschkurs, Beim Elternsprechtag, Freizeit und Feste, Wetter und Jahreszeiten
B1	Arbeitssuche, Wohnen, Gesundheit, Mediennutzung, Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit, Zusammenleben und Werte

Austrian words are marked as Austrian on the card. So das Magistrat reads "city administration (Austrian)", and a learner heading for Munich knows to expect a different word there.

B2 to C2: the ÖSD topics

Above B1 the exams stop asking about the post office and start asking for an opinion. So the upper lists follow the topics of the ÖSD exams, where a B2 candidate argues about work and a C2 candidate about ethics.

Level	Topics
B2	Beruf und Karriere, Bildung und Studium, Ernährung und Lebensstil, Gesellschaft und Migration, Technik und Digitalisierung, Wirtschaft und Konsum
C1	Arbeitswelt im Wandel, Kunst und Kultur, Politik und Demokratie, Recht und Justiz, Stadt und Gesellschaft, Wissenschaft und Forschung
C2	Literatur und Rhetorik, Macht und Institutionen, Natur und Klima, Philosophie und Ethik, Psyche und Verhalten, Sprache und Diskurs

Idioms and set phrases at every level

Examiners notice a fixed phrase used correctly, and they notice one used wrongly even more. So each level also has a deck of Feste Wendungen or Redewendungen, from the A1 phrases you need at a counter to the C2 idioms of an editorial.

How to study a topic before the exam

Open a topic and press Learn Top-50 words from this list. The words enter your deck at once and come back on a spaced schedule: tomorrow, then after 6 days, then 13, then 29. A word you miss returns before the session ends. Started three weeks out, that ladder puts each word in front of you about four times before the exam day.

Every card was written by hand rather than extracted, so the sentence under a word is one you could say in the exam. Tap the speaker to hear it in a German or an Austrian voice.

The speaking part

Knowing the word and saying it under pressure are two different skills, which is why the app has a speaking partner for the ÖIF and Goethe speaking tasks. German speaking practice

English exam lists too

For English, the same format covers the Life in the UK test and the US citizenship interview, across six topics from values and rights to history. Where the two countries differ, the card says so.