Learn German with Dear Child
Yes, Dear Child is a B2-level pick for German learners. A woman escapes captivity and reopens a cold case in this gripping miniseries. The diction is clear standard German, but the emotionally intense delivery plus medical, legal, and forensic vocabulary make it a B2 listen.
Key takeaways
- Dear Child is a B2-level pick for German, best suited to upper-intermediate learners.
- A tense psychological thriller in clear but intense German.
- It runs 1 season, 6 episodes, so its vocabulary recurs enough that finishing it builds real German listening.
- Against the 12 other German titles in our difficulty index, it is easier than 2 of them.
- Expect everyday German such as das Kind and die Entführung.
- Watch it with German subtitles rather than your own language, which the research links to the biggest listening gain.
- Difficulty
- B2 (challenging)
- Best for
- upper-intermediate learners
- Format
- TV series
- Length
- 1 season, 6 episodes
- Original audio
- German
- Genre
- thriller, crime, mystery
- Platform
- Netflix
- Relative difficulty
- Easier than 2 of 12 other German titles we rate
- In our index
- 1 of 13 German titles
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German words you'll hear in Dear Child
- das Kind
- child
- die Entführung
- abduction, kidnapping
- die Freiheit
- freedom
- die Angst
- fear
- das Krankenhaus
- hospital
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Dear Child good for learning German?
- Yes, at B2. The German is clearly spoken but the thriller is intense and brings medical and legal vocabulary, so graded subtitles help you follow the twists.