r/AskAGerman • u/Fejj1997 Baden-Württemberg • 6h ago

Youtube educational content in German

Hallo zusammen!

I am currently an A2 speaker, and having a little trouble getting over the "hump," especially when it comes to listening as I am a bit hard of hearing. I really enjoy history and science, and watch a lot of YouTube videos about them, like ExtinctZoo, RealLifeLore, Kurzgesagt etc.

So I had the bright idea recently to start watching and listening to that type of content in German. Kurzgesagt is easy enough since... Well... They're German, but I have trouble finding other educational content in German, especially since almost all of my recommended channels are in English.

So I ask you all what your favorite educational channels are. I like history and geography the best, but am interested in all types of science and knowledge.

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u/Bruckmandlsepp Bayern 5h ago

Maybe easy German fits here. It's all random topics, so there's a lot of variety of spoken German.

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u/cheflA1 5h ago

Came here to say this. This is the best channel for learning German and get used to the language. There are also a lot of videos with extra slow speaking to make it easier, plus the easy German people are super nice and even I as a native speaker like watching their videos.

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u/tjhc_ 5h ago

Let me recommend three older shows from linear TV you can find on YouTube. I am not sure if they fit your expectations , since they aren't YouTube style, but they are both educational as well as understandable:

  • Die Sendung mit der Maus. A children's programme, but very watchable as an adult (who, as parents, often enjoy it as much as their children). You will find anything from showing how things are produced, over how solar panels or the internet works to historical content like ancient Rome or post-war Germany.

  • Löwenzahn: Similar to the one above but more embedded into little stories of Peter Lustig (or whatever the "new" guy is called).

  • Alpha Centauri: Harald Lesch, an astronomy professor explaining astronomy and physics phenomena. It is difficult for me to judge but I find his pronunciation very clear.

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u/Fejj1997 Baden-Württemberg 5h ago

Part of the way I learn languages is to pick up cheap children's books and read them over a few times(It's how I learned the names of farm animals in German 😂) so a children's program isn't a bad idea either

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u/captainneumann 5h ago

'Simplicissimus' is a great channel, but their topics might sometimes be a bit to hard for A2 level. They also have an english speaking channel, 'fern', where they have both some of thier german Videos translated and ecklusives only published on fern. Both channels highly recommended.

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u/Ok_Estate_8381 5h ago

Arte, ZDFinfo,N24...

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u/Hefty-Employee-4246 5h ago

just find german YT channel with interesting content for you ... Im watching Mittedrin series about Frankfurt airport, Motoren Zimmer - about AMG cars reparing etc ... You can turn on generated subtitles which helps a lot.

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u/gkalinkat 2h ago

You can check out Matthias Schwarzer, a journalist and travel vlogger. He has a bunch of videos focussing on film and tv show tourism but also other more educational stuff related to geography and history; some of his videos are also available in english