Your fellow learner
Ulli
Ulli is learning German the same way you are: one real situation at a time. He asks the question you were about to ask, gets the article wrong now and then, and keeps going with a smile.
The Auf Deutsch characters
The same two people,every step of the way.
Learning a language is easier when you know who you are talking to. Ulli and Gina appear again and again across Foundations, A1 and beyond, so the voices, faces and habits stay familiar while the German gets harder.
Your recurring companions
Meet Ulli & Gina
The Auf Deutsch fox is our mascot. Ulli and Gina are the people you actually learn with: the same two faces in every story, dialogue and listening scene, from your first introduction to a confident conversation at work.
The leads
Two learning companions
Your German-speaking companion
Gina
Gina is the German voice beside you — a colleague, neighbour and travel companion who speaks in short clear sentences, repeats without impatience, and never rushes you.
Scenes
Where you’ll meet them
Each slot is written for a specific piece of German. Slots marked “pending source” stay empty until artwork matching the canonical Ulli and Gina likeness exists.
Lessons
A warm study room
Am Tisch — the study table
The recurring lesson header: the same two people, the same table, one more piece of German.
Everyday classroom language
Travel & real life
Munich Hauptbahnhof
Am Hauptbahnhof — directions in München
Gina gives directions on the platform; Ulli repeats them back before the train leaves.
Directions, platforms, times
Stories
A German café counter
Im Café — ordering in a German café
Gina works the counter, Ulli orders — bitte, danke, and one slice of cake.
Ordering, prices, politeness formulas
An office desk
Im Büro — German for your job
The same two people at work: profession-specific German on top of a real foundation.
Workplace vocabulary, describing problems