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नमस्तेBuilt in Nepal, for Nepali learnersPowered by Klaro AI1,928 Nepali learners

German that fits a Nepali brain — and costs nothing.

जर्मन भाषा, नेपाली तरिकाले सिकौं।

A1 to B2 taught through Nepali — where our grammar already matches German, and where it traps us. Video lessons, fourteen kinds of practice, and an AI tutor that marks your writing and your speaking sentence by sentence — free for the Nepali German-learning community, where an institute charges Rs. 10,000+ a level.

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Learners in 41 districts
Jhapa to Kailali

Free, the whole course

A1 · A2 · B1 · B2 — no fee, no card

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Nepali learners
1,928
across 41 districts, from Jhapa to Kailali
CEFR levels
4
A1 to B2 — every level live
Video lessons
60
each with practice and a graded test
For the community
Free
every level, every exercise — no fee, no card
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The Nepali advantage

You are closer to German than you think — closer than an English speaker

Almost every course in Nepal teaches German through English, which quietly hides the places where Nepali grammar already does the same job. We start from those.

01Head start

You already think in verb-final order

German pushes the verb to the end of subordinate clauses — exactly where Nepali puts it. '… weil ich Deutsch lerne' maps straight onto '… किनभने म जर्मन सिक्छु'. English speakers fight this for months; you don't.

In Nepaliम जर्मन सिक्छु
02Head start

Formal and informal 'you' is second nature

Sie vs. du is the same distinction as तपाईं vs. तिमी, used in the same social situations. You already know when a shopkeeper gets one and a friend gets the other.

In Nepaliतपाईं / तिमी
03Head start

Cases aren't new to you

German's four cases mark who does what to whom. Nepali does the same job with ले, लाई and को. Nominativ/Akkusativ/Dativ is a relabelling exercise, not a new concept.

In Nepaliरामले सीतालाई
The hard part

The one genuinely hard part: articles

Nepali has no der/die/das, so this is the piece we drill hardest. Every noun in Klaro is taught with its article and colour-coded from day one — you never learn a noun bare.

In Nepalider · die · das
Taught through Nepali

From नमस्ते to Guten Tag, with the pronunciation written the way you read

Every phrase comes with how to actually say it, spelled in Devanagari — the step institutes skip and the reason so many students are understood on paper but not in person.

Tap a card to flip it — 0/6 revealed

Sound lab

Six sounds that give a Nepali accent away

Fix these in your first week and you will be understood at the Ausländerbehörde counter, not just in the exam room.

wGerman letter

व as in 'water'

भ — Wasser = भासर

German w is our भ. English habits push you the wrong way here.

zGerman letter

ज

त्स — Zeit = त्साइट

Never a 'z' sound. It is always the त्स cluster, even at word start.

ei / ieGerman letter

both read as ई

ei = आइ, ie = ई

Nein = नाइन but Liebe = लीबे. The single most common A1 spelling slip.

üGerman letter

उ

इ with rounded lips

Say ई, then round your lips as if for उ without moving your tongue.

chGerman letter

च

ख़ after a/o/u, श-ish after i/e

Buch = बूख़, but ich = इख़्. Two different sounds, one spelling.

rGerman letter

र (tongue tap)

throat, closer to a soft ग़

German r comes from the back. Our tapped र instantly marks an accent.

How a lesson works

Watch, practise, write, then prove it

Every lesson is the same four beats, so you always know what you are walking into — and nothing is finished until a graded test says so.

Step 01

Watch

A short, focused video — one grammar point or theme, explained with Nepali examples, not a two-hour lecture.

Step 02

Practise

Interactive exercises drawn from fourteen formats, graded the moment you answer so mistakes get corrected while they're fresh.

Step 03

Write and speak

Your writing and your recorded German go to Klaro AI, which returns sentence-level corrections — the thing a 40-student batch can never give you.

Step 04

Test

A timed test closes each unit, built like the real Goethe paper so exam day is not the first time you feel the clock.

fourteen ways we make you practise

9 graded instantly · 5 marked by Klaro AI

Multiple choice

Quick recall on articles, endings and word order.

Match pairs

Pair a German word with its Nepali or English meaning.

Drag and drop

Rebuild a sentence in correct German word order.

Listen and write

Hear a word spoken, type what you heard. Spelling counts.

Reading passage

An advert, sign or short email with questions on it — scored per question, so partial credit is real.

Listening comprehension

Hören Teil 1 & 3

A dialogue plays, you pick the answer. Options stay hidden until it does.

Richtig / Falsch

Hören Teil 2

Judge each statement against an announcement or a text. Every one counts.

Fill in a form

Schreiben Teil 1

Transfer details from a situation into an Anmeldung-style form, field by field.

Sort into categories

Lesen Teil 4 · Hören Teil 4 (B1)

Drag words into the box they belong in — Dativ or Akkusativ, trennbar or untrennbar. Scored per item.

Speaking, recorded

AISprechen Teil 1–3

Record your answer on your phone. Klaro AI transcribes it and marks what you actually said.

Describe the picture

AI

The exact Sprechen task the oral exam uses, marked by Klaro AI against the task's own criteria.

Short answer

AI

One or two free sentences. Klaro AI grades the meaning, so there is more than one right answer.

Email and messages

AI

Write the message the task asks for — a sick note, a booking, a reply. Klaro AI checks every point is covered.

Long-form writing

AI

A full text, returned with sentence-level corrections and the reason behind each one.

Klaro AI · एआई

A tutor that marks your German the minute you write it

This is the part no institute in Nepal can match. Every free-text and spoken task you submit is read by Klaro AI and comes back corrected sentence by sentence — with the reason, not just a red line. No marking queue, no waiting for next class, no limit on how many times you try again.

Every sentence you write comes back corrected

Emails, form messages, long-form texts — Klaro AI marks them against the task's own criteria and hands back the fix with the reason. In minutes, not next Tuesday.

Long-form writing · Email and messages

It listens to you speak

Record the Sprechen task on your phone. Klaro AI transcribes your German and marks what you actually said — content, not accent. In a 40-student batch you speak once a month.

Speaking, recorded

Graded on meaning, not on an answer key

Free-text answers have many right forms. Klaro AI reads what you meant, so a correct sentence the author never thought of still scores — and a lucky keyword doesn't.

Short answer

The oral exam, rehearsed as often as you like

Describe the picture, get marked, do it again. The AI never gets tired of your fourth attempt, which is the whole reason the fourth attempt happens.

Describe the picture

Schreiben · Teil 2

Klaro AI

Write to your teacher: you are ill and cannot come on Monday.

You wrote

Hallo Frau Meyer, ich bin krank und ich kann nicht kommen am Montag. Danke.

Word order

… ich kann am Montag nicht kommen.

Time before the verb, and the verb goes last — same place Nepali puts it.

One point missing

The task asks you to apologise. Add Es tut mir leid — the exam scores each point separately.

Marked in 14 seconds7 / 10
5 of 14
Exercise types marked by AI
every free-text and spoken task
Minutes
To get your writing back
not the next class
Zero
Answers marked by a human
no teacher queue to wait in
Unlimited
Retries on a task
marked properly every time

And what our AI deliberately does not do

  • Pronunciation is never scored: the marker reads a transcript of what you said, so say it your way and be understood.
  • Klaro AI prepares you for the exam. It does not sit it, and it does not issue a certificate — only Goethe does that.
  • Grammar drills, matching and listening choice are graded against a real answer key, not by AI. We use AI where a key cannot work.
The curriculum

Four levels, and exactly what each one gets you

Open a level to see its themes, its grammar, the vocabulary load, the exam it targets and what that certificate actually unlocks.

A1

Absolute Beginner

From the alphabet to holding a first conversation.

Typical pace
2–3 months
Lessons
12
Vocabulary
≈ 650 words
Learners
842

What this level unlocks

Au-pair applications · family reunion visa

Themes you cover

  • Alphabet, greetings and self-introduction
  • Numbers, time, dates and prices
  • Family, home and daily routine
  • Food, shopping and ordering
  • Directions and public transport

Grammar you master

  • Present tense of regular verbs
  • sein and haben
  • der/die/das and the plural
  • Nominativ and Akkusativ
  • W-questions and yes/no questions

Target exam: Goethe-Zertifikat A1: Start Deutsch 1

Start A1
Why you'll actually finish

The hard part is not German. It is doing it on day 40.

Fifteen minutes a day beats a three-hour Saturday cram, so the whole app is built to protect the daily habit rather than reward heroic weekends.

🔥 46 days

Daily streak

15 minutes a day beats a 3-hour Saturday cram. The streak keeps you honest.

2,480 XP

XP and levels

Every exercise pays XP. Watch A1 fill up bar by bar instead of guessing your progress.

#4 this week

Weekly league

You're placed with ~30 other Nepali learners each week. Top 10 move up.

81% ready

Exam readiness

A live score from your test history that tells you when to actually book the Goethe exam.

The Ausbildung roadmap

Kathmandu to a German training contract, month by month

The full pathway with honest timings and honest costs — including the fees that go to the embassy and to Goethe, not to us.

  1. Month 1–3≈ 10 weeks

    Finish A1

    Alphabet to first conversation. Book the Goethe A1 exam at the Goethe-Zentrum in Kathmandu once you clear the in-app mock.

    Free on Klaro

  2. Month 4–6≈ 10 weeks

    Finish A2

    Past tense and everyday German. Start collecting documents in parallel: transcripts, NEB certificates, passport with 2+ years validity.

    Free on Klaro

  3. Month 7–10≈ 14 weeks

    Reach B1 and sit the exam

    B1 is the level almost every Ausbildung contract and study-visa route asks for. Sit Goethe B1 or ÖSD B1 — all four modules.

    Exam fee paid to Goethe, not to us

  4. Month 10–132–4 months

    Apply for the Ausbildung place

    Write the Bewerbung and Lebenslauf, sit video interviews with German employers, and sign the Ausbildungsvertrag. Our B1 track drills exactly these interviews — the Bewerbung unit is built around them.

    Free — the B1 track covers it

  5. Month 13–176–12 weeks

    Visa file and interview

    Blocked account, health insurance, APS/embassy appointment in Kathmandu, and the German-language interview. Then you fly.

    Embassy and blocked-account fees apply

Roughly 14–17 months from नमस्ते to Frankfurt, if you keep the daily habit.

We teach the language and prepare the interviews. We are not a consultancy: we do not file visa paperwork, and no one can promise you a placement.

What the language is for

The fields that hire, the German they demand, and the money

Indicative Ausbildung and post-qualification pay, next to what it actually costs to live there. Decide with numbers instead of a consultancy's brochure.

Where Nepali applicants actually get hired

gross € per month · swipe the table →
FieldDemandGerman neededDuring trainingOnce qualified
Pflege (nursing & care)The single largest route for Nepali applicants. Recognition of a Nepali nursing degree needs B2.Very highB1, B2 for recognition€1,200–1,400€2,900–3,600
Hotel & GastronomieFastest to get a contract; shift work and guest-facing German from day one.HighB1€1,000–1,200€2,300–2,900
IT / FachinformatikerEmployers interview in German even when the team codes in English.HighB1, B2 preferred€1,050–1,300€3,200–4,200
Handwerk (electrical, mechatronics)Chronic shortage of apprentices; safety instruction is legally required in German.Very highB1€950–1,250€2,800–3,500
Logistik & EinzelhandelLower language bar to enter, lower ceiling later. A useful first step, not a destination.ModerateA2–B1€900–1,150€2,200–2,700

Indicative 2025/26 ranges. Real pay depends on the Bundesland and the employer’s collective agreement (Tarifvertrag), and every route above still requires the certificate — not a promise from an agent.

And what it costs to live there

A trainee’s monthly reality, so the numbers on the left mean something.

  • Shared room (WG) outside a big city€300–450
  • Health insurance as a trainee€110–150
  • Groceries, cooking at home€180–250
  • Deutschlandticket (all local transport)€58
  • Phone and internet€25–40

An Ausbildung wage covers this in most cities — but only just. The higher your German, the sooner you move off the bottom band.

Exams, demystified

Every certificate, its modules and its pass mark

B1 is the line almost every visa route draws. Here is what sitting it involves — and who is allowed to issue the certificate.

Swipe the table sideways →

LevelCertificateModulesExam lengthPass markWhat it opens
A1Start Deutsch 1Hören · Lesen · Schreiben · Sprechen≈ 65 min60 / 100Family reunion, au-pair
A2Goethe-Zertifikat A2Hören · Lesen · Schreiben · Sprechen≈ 90 min60 / 100Entry-level pre-contracts
B1Zertifikat B1 (Goethe / ÖSD)4 modules, each retakeable alone≈ 165 min60 % per moduleAusbildung, study visa
B2Goethe-Zertifikat B24 modules, each retakeable alone≈ 190 min60 % per moduleUniversity, nursing recognition

Nobody but Goethe can give you a Goethe certificate.

If a course or agent claims they issue or “arrange” the Zertifikat, walk away. Klaro prepares you for the exam and gives you a Klaro completion certificate — the official one comes from the Goethe-Institut or an official partner.

Where you sit it, from Nepal

Goethe exams are held at the Goethe-Zentrum in Kathmandu; ÖSD runs through its licensed partners. Book once you clear our timed in-app mock — every B1 module can be retaken on its own, so a weak Schreiben doesn’t cost you the whole exam.

Mock tests are timed exactly like the real paper

Klaro vs an institute

Same certificate at the end. Very different road there.

We are not cheaper because we cut the teaching. We are cheaper because there is no classroom rent inside your fee.

Swipe the table sideways →

What matters
Institute in Kathmandu
Klaro
Cost for one level
Rs. 10,000–15,000
Free
Schedule
Fixed batch, fixed city
Any hour, any district
Class size
30–45 students
One-to-one with the material
Repeat a topic
Not without repeating the course
Unlimited replays
Writing feedback
Rarely — no time to mark
Klaro AI marks every submission, in minutes
Speaking practice
A few turns per month, if the batch is small
Record any time — AI transcribes and marks it
Miss a class
Content is gone
Nothing to miss
Exam mock tests
Sometimes, extra fee
Timed mocks, also free
Straight talk

Five things you'll be told that are not true

Being honest about this costs us nothing — and a refused visa file costs a Nepali family a great deal.

What you’ll be told

A2 is enough for Ausbildung if the consultancy has 'contacts'.

What is actually true

The visa officer asks for the certificate, not the contact. B1 from Goethe or ÖSD is the standard requirement, and A2 files get refused.

What you’ll be told

You can learn German in one month with a crash course.

What is actually true

A1 alone is ~80–100 study hours by the Goethe-Institut's own estimate. B1 is 350–650 hours. Anyone selling one month is selling a refusal.

What you’ll be told

Once you know English well, German is easy.

What is actually true

English helps with vocabulary and hurts with pronunciation and word order. Nepali grammar actually maps onto German better in several places — that's what we teach from.

What you’ll be told

An online course can't prepare you for the Sprechen module.

What is actually true

The oral module is a scripted format: introduce yourself, ask and answer, describe a picture. We drill that exact structure — and unlike a 40-student batch, you speak in every session.

What you’ll be told

Paying more means learning more.

What is actually true

Rs. 15,000 buys a classroom's rent and a fixed schedule. It does not buy more repetitions, and repetitions are the whole game.

Who teaches you

A Nepali teacher, a German voice, and someone who has done the interviews

Lessons are recorded by people who know both ends of this journey — including one who sat the Ausbildung interviews herself.

BT

Bikash Thapa

Lead instructor, A1–A2

Goethe C1 · 6 years teaching in Kathmandu

Built the pronunciation track after a decade of hearing Nepali learners say 'वासर' for Wasser.

AB

Anja Bergmann

Pronunciation and Sprechen

Native speaker, Leipzig · DaF-certified

Records every listening item so the audio you practise on is a real German mouth, not a synthesiser.

SR

Sunita Rai

B1 Ausbildung track

ÖSD B2 · Pflege Ausbildung, Bremen 2023

Went through the interviews herself. The Bewerbung templates are the ones that got her the contract.

Student stories

From Butwal, Biratnagar and Pokhara — to Bremen

What changed for learners who had already paid an institute once.

“I paid Rs. 14,000 at an institute for A1 and still could not introduce myself. Here the ei/ie thing was fixed in one lesson because someone finally explained it in Nepali.”
SS

Sabina Shrestha

Kathmandu · B1 passed

Ausbildung — Pflegefachfrau, Bremen
“The word-order drag-drop is the reason weil-clauses clicked. I do it on the bus. Fifteen minutes, done.”
AG

Aayush Gurung

Pokhara · A2 → B1

Applying for Ausbildung, autumn intake
“No institute near my home taught German. My phone did. The AI feedback on my writing caught the article mistakes my teacher never had time to mark.”
PC

Prakriti Chaudhary

Biratnagar · A1 passed

Studying for A2
“The mock tests are timed exactly like the real B1. On exam day nothing surprised me — I had already sat that paper eleven times.”
NK

Nabin Karki

Butwal · B1 passed

Study visa approved, Hochschule Bremerhaven

Learners studying from

KathmanduPokharaBiratnagarButwalChitwanBirgunjDharanNepalgunjHetaudaJanakpurDhangadhiItahariBhaktapurLalitpurDamakSurkhet
What it costs

Nothing. The whole course is free.

Klaro is free for the Nepali German-learning community — all four levels, AI marking included. No admission fee, no level-by-level charges, no card.

Institute in Kathmandu

Rs. 10,000–15,000 / level

Paid up front, per course, plus admission.

  • Fixed batch, fixed city
  • 30–45 students per teacher
  • Miss a class and the content is gone
  • Writing rarely marked — no time
  • Repeat a topic? Repeat the course.

To reach B1 you pay for three separate courses — about Rs. 30,000 before the exam fee.

Klaro, the whole course

Free

Rs. 0 / forever

Everything unlocked, for the whole Nepali German-learning community. No admission fee, no card, nothing to cancel.

  • Unlimited Klaro AI marking on writing and speaking
  • All four levels — A1, A2, B1 and B2, every one live
  • Video lesson + practice + test, every topic
  • 14 exercise formats, every one graded
  • Timed Goethe-style mock exams
  • Klaro completion certificate per level
Start learning — it's free

A1 all the way to B2 — nothing to pay, from the first lesson to the last.

Why it costs nothing

A lesson is recorded once and thousands of learners use it, so there is no classroom rent to pass on. Rather than charge a small fee to a few thousand people, Klaro is open to every Nepali learning German — whether you are heading for an Ausbildung, a study visa, or a family already in Germany.

We will never ask for a payment method to keep studying.

  • No fee, no admission charge, no card
  • Nothing locked, nothing expires
  • We do not file visas or promise placements
  • Goethe certificates come from Goethe — never from us
Questions

The things students and parents ask us first

Answered plainly — with a Nepali translation where it matters most.

Still deciding which level you need?

Take the free placement check — twelve questions, two minutes, and it tells you honestly whether to start at A1 or skip ahead.

Take the free check

Prefer to ask a human? Write to namaste@klaro.com — we answer in Nepali or English, usually within a day.

आजै सुरु गर्नुहोस् — पूरै कोर्स निःशुल्क।

The people already in Germany started with one lesson.

Fifteen minutes a day and about ten months to the B1 certificate that the visa file asks for — free, for every Nepali learning German. No fee, no fixed batch, no reason to wait for the next intake.

Free, all four levels · no card needed · nothing to cancel