German · BAMF / Integrationskurs
You ask about the German integration course: what to say in German
You ask about the German integration course.
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How it's done. The Integrationskurs is a state course in German and civics; you need a Teilnahmeberechtigung (entitlement) from BAMF or the Ausländerbehörde, which you submit to the course provider.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Guten Tag, ich möchte an einem Integrationskurs teilnehmen.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh MYOKH-teh ahn IGH-nem een-teh-gruh-tsee-OHNS-koors TIGHL-neh-mayn.
Good day, I'd like to take part in an integration course.
Or say:Guten Tag, ich suche einen Deutschkurs. Ich habe eine Berechtigung.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh ZOO-kheh IGH-nayn DOYCH-koors. Eekh KHAH-beh IGH-neh beh-REKH-tee-goong.
THEY SAY
Haben Sie eine Teilnahmeberechtigung vom BAMF?KHAH-bayn zee IGH-neh TIGHL-nuh-meh-beh-rekh-tee-goong fom bahmf?
Do you have a participation entitlement from the BAMF?
They might also say:
Haben Sie die Berechtigung dabei?
KHAH-bayn zee dee beh-REKH-tee-goong duh-BIGH?
Do you have the entitlement with you?
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YOU FINISH
Ja, hier ist das Schreiben.
Yah, kheer eest dahs SHRIGH-bayn.
Yes, here is the letter.
THEY SAY
Gut. Dann machen wir einen Einstufungstest.Goot. Dahn MAH-khayn veer IGH-nayn IGHNS-too-foongs-test.
Good. Then we'll do a placement test.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “German for life in Germany”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
möchte
MYOKH-teh
verb
would like
Integrationskurs
een-teh-gruh-tsee-OHNS-koors
noun
integration course
teilnehmen
TIGHL-neh-mayn
verb
to take part
Haben
KHAH-bayn
verb
to have
19 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Können Sie das bitte wiederholen?
KYOH-nayn zee dahs BEE-teh vee-dehr-KHOH-layn?
Can you repeat that, please?
Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?
KYOH-nayn zee BEE-teh LAHNG-zuh-muh SHPREH-khayn?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Ich spreche noch nicht gut Deutsch.
Eekh SHPREH-kheh nokh neekht goot doych.
I don't speak German well yet.
Können Sie das bitte aufschreiben?
KYOH-nayn zee dahs BEE-teh OWFSH-righ-bayn?
Can you write it down, please?
Similar situations
You check the course timetable and hoursBAMF / Integrationskurs · A2 in the app
→You ask about the exam at the end of the integration courseBAMF / Integrationskurs · A2 in the app
→You show a letter from an office and ask for an explanationBrief vom Amt · A2 in the app
→The office asks you to bring more documents laterBrief vom Amt · A2 in the app
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