C1
German C1: Proficient
At C1 the question is no longer whether something is correct but what it does. Whether a piece of advice lands as an instruction or as an offer is not a matter of grammar any more: both sentences are correct, and only the tone separates them.
Then come the structures you can dodge in conversation and meet everywhere on the page: inversion, participle clauses, nouns built out of verbs, the whole frame of written language.
Sentence structure1
Word order
1Style and fine points2
Fine points and style
2Word lists at level C1
Lists: 120 · words: 5107
- Offices and official paperwork
- Banking and insurance
- Environment and energy
- University study
- The skilled trades
- Maths and statistics
- Weather and forecasts
- Photography
- Adult education and retraining
- Tools and fixings
- Beekeeping
- Rocks and minerals
- Pottery
- Brewing
- Growing wine
- Milk and cheese
- Law and contracts
- Research and academic writing
- Hospital and clinical care
- Old age and care
- Disability and access
- Volunteering and clubs
- Civil protection and disaster relief
- Ships and ports
Reading texts at level C1
- Die Sprache der Ämter
- Was Durchschnitte verschweigen
- Das Gedächtnis
- Die Stille
- Die Pünktlichkeit
- Der Wert der Langeweile
- Der letzte Tag im Büro
- Ein Jahr mit einer Frage
- Samstags in der Ausgabe
- Soll ich das Studium abbrechen?
- Das Gespräch mit der Lehrerin
- Die Mieterhöhung
Sentences from this level’s topics
Ich habe mich gefreut über deinen Brief.I was pleased about your letter.
Trotz intensiver Suche wurde der Schlüssel nicht gefunden.Despite an intensive search the key was not found.
Der Vorschlag fand breite Zustimmung.The proposal met with broad approval.