Duolingo Stories - German: for access to removed stories

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:29 pm

To use these "older" stories that access is no longer provided by Duolingo through the official Duolingo Stories :

Ensure your learning language is set to : https://www.duolingo.com/enroll/de/en/Learn-German
In the tables below, click on the bookmark symbol , it should take you to the Duolingo presentation of the story.

Introduction to CEFR A2 : Set 1 to Set 6
CEFR B1 : Set 7 to Set 14

For other languages, check out:
Duolingo Stories - Access to additional resources + removed stories

TO NOTE: Sending a BIG thank you to those that initially were part of creating this resource. Also, to those in Duolingo that created the stories.
Yet it is those who have donated their skill to create resources such as this, I am wishing to acknowledge here. You are all amazing and kind hearted people and it has been a pleasure working with you. Our world is made better because of what you have done.

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:31 pm

	Title	CEFR	Length	Exercises	Version
	Set 7
![](	The Traitor 2/2 Der Verräter	B1	44	9	27
![](	Help Georg! Hilf Georg!	B1	34	11	58
![](	The Follower Der Verfolger	B1	45	14	41
![](	Robbery Einbruch	B1	24	11	21
![](	Crystals 1/2 Kristalle	B1	23	7	48
![](	Crystals 2/2 Kristalle	B1	51	12	55
![](	The Hunter 1/3 Der Jäger	B1	36	8	43
![](	The Hunter 2/3 Der Jäger	B1	44	10	45
![](	The Hunter 3/3 Der Jäger	B1	59	14	64
![](	The Envelope 1/3 Der Briefumschlag	B1	29	9	25
	Set 8
![](	The Envelope 2/3 Der Briefumschlag	B1	32	9	22
![](	The Envelope 3/3 Der Briefumschlag	B1	31	7	22
![](	Wedding Puppets Hochzeitspuppen	B1	43	10	48
![](	The Greatest Treasure Der größte Schatz	B1	19	9	48
![](	Three Wishes Drei Wünsche	B1	41	11	48
![](	Decisions Entscheidungen	B1	36	10	42
![](	Blackbeard Blackbeard	B1	50	12	82
![](	Package Delivered 1/2 Paket geliefert	B1	35	10	60
![](	Package Delivered 2/2 Paket geliefert	B1	32	8	60
![](	Sneaking Around 1/2 Herumschleichen	B1	46	12	59
	Set 9
![](	Sneaking Around 2/2 Herumschleichen	B1	43	11	62
![](	Skydive 1/2 Fallschirmsprung!	B1	22	7	16
![](	Skydive 2/2 Fallschirmsprung!	B1	23	9	18
![](	Speed Dating 1/3 Speed Dating	B1	47	14	54
![](	Speed Dating 2/3 Speed Dating	B1	50	11	59
![](	Speed Dating 3/3 Speed Dating	B1	40	8	67
![](	Atlantis 1/3 Atlantis	B1	30	10	22
![](	Atlantis 2/3 Atlantis	B1	32	11	25
![](	Atlantis 3/3 Atlantis	B1	32	6	22
![](	Secret Admirer 1/2 Der heimliche Verehrer	B1	40	11	45
	Set 10
![](	Secret Admirer 2/2 Der heimliche Verehrer	B1	38	9	48
![](	The Mugger Der Straßenräuber	B1	44	11	40
![](	What's Going On? Was ist los?	B1	33	7	30
![](	The Great Escape 1/2 Die große Flucht	B1	25	8	21
![](	The Great Escape 2/2 Die große Flucht	B1	29	7	21
![](	The Duke of Bastille Der Herzog von Bastille	B1	56	13	52
![](	Jasmir 1/3 Jasmir	B1	23	6	16
![](	Jasmir 2/3 Jasmir	B1	22	6	18
![](	Jasmir 3/3 Jasmir	B1	27	5	17
![](	Blueprints 1/3 Blaupausen	B1	55	13	50
	Set 11
![](	Blueprints 2/3 Blaupausen	B1	38	8	44
![](	Blueprints 3/3 Blaupausen	B1	29	9	45
![](	The Artist 1/5 Die Künstlerin	B1	15	6	10
![](	The Artist 2/5 Die Künstlerin	B1	27	7	23
![](	The Artist 3/5 Die Künstlerin	B1	16	4	16
![](	The Artist 4/5 Die Künstlerin	B1	25	7	20
![](	The Artist 5/5 Die Künstlerin	B1	15	6	16
![](	The Poachers 1/6 Die Wilderer	B1	32	9	65
![](	The Poachers 2/6 Die Wilderer	B1	26	8	39
![](	The Poachers 3/6 Die Wilderer	B1	34	9	43
	Set 12
![](	The Poachers 4/6 Die Wilderer	B1	20	5	38
![](	The Poachers 5/6 Die Wilderer	B1	23	6	39
![](	The Poachers 6/6 Die Wilderer	B1	21	4	38
![](	The Jump 1/3 Der Sprung	B1	30	7	34
![](	The Jump 2/3 Der Sprung	B1	35	4	43
![](	The Jump 3/3 Der Sprung	B1	35	7	32
![](	Grandma's Gift Omas Geschenk	B1	31	9	27
![](	Lost Cat Katze vermisst	B1	28	8	14
![](	The Day You Left Der Tag, an dem du gingst	B1	24	6	20
![](	Puss in Boots 1/4 Der gestiefelte Kater	B1	19	5	24
	Set 13
![](	Puss in Boots 2/4 Der gestiefelte Kater	B1	22	7	18
![](	Puss in Boots 3/4 Der gestiefelte Kater	B1	22	6	22
![](	Puss in Boots 4/4 Der gestiefelte Kater	B1	19	4	29
![](	The Second Assignment 1/4 Der zweite Auftrag	B1	14	3	15
![](	The Second Assignment 2/4 Der zweite Auftrag	B1	16	6	19
![](	The Second Assignment 3/4 Der zweite Auftrag	B1	22	5	19
![](	The Second Assignment 4/4 Der zweite Auftrag	B1	27	6	20
![](	The Beauty Baker 1/5 Die Schönheitsmaschine	B1	20	7	19
![](	The Beauty Baker 2/5 Die Schönheitsmaschine	B1	16	7	21
![](	The Beauty Baker 3/5 Die Schönheitsmaschine	B1	14	5	21
	Set 14
![](	The Beauty Baker 4/5 Die Schönheitsmaschine	B1	25	6	26
![](	The Beauty Baker 5/5 Die Schönheitsmaschine	B1	25	6	25
![](	Country Road 1/2 Landstraße	B1	19	8	36
![](	Country Road 2/2 Landstraße	B1	24	6	49
![](	Pixies in the Meadow 1/5 Feen auf der Wiese	B1	19	5	18
![](	Pixies in the Meadow 2/5 Feen auf der Wiese	B1	18	5	17
![](	Pixies in the Meadow 3/5 Feen auf der Wiese	B1	18	4	18
![](	Pixies in the Meadow 4/5 Feen auf der Wiese	B1	23	5	22
![](	Pixies in the Meadow 5/5 Feen auf der Wiese	B1	23	6	17
![](	2042 1/5 2042	B1	22	6	17
![](	2042 2/5 2042	B1	19	4	19
![](	2042 3/5 2042	B1	22	6	19
![](	2042 4/5 2042	B1	20	5	21
![](	2042 5/5 2042	B1	21	5	24

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:33 pm

	Title	CEFR	Length	Exercises	Version
	Set 1
![](	Good Morning! Guten Morgen!	Intro	24	6	39
![](	A Date Ein Date	Intro	29	6	32
![](	One Thing Eine Sache	Intro	20	6	33
![](	Surprise! Überraschung!	Intro	23	6	35
![](	In the Museum Im Museum	Intro	20	6	27
![](	Honeymoon Hochzeitsreise	Intro	27	6	26
![](	In the Store Im Laden	Intro	22	6	41
![](	The Exam Der Test	Intro	20	6	31
![](	I Need Money Ich brauche Geld	Intro	23	6	31
![](	Saturday Night Samstagabend	Intro	21	7	32
	Set 2
![](	Who Is This? Wer ist das?	A1.1	23	6	41
![](	The Dance Class Der Tanzkurs	A1.1	21	6	31
![](	Need Help? Brauchen Sie Hilfe?	A1.1	24	6	24
![](	The Garden Der Garten	A1.1	23	6	28
![](	What Was That? Was war das?	A1.1	19	6	39
![](	A Visit to Paris Ein Besuch in Paris	A1.1	22	6	37
![](	The New Mall Das neue Einkaufszentrum	A1.1	23	6	30
![](	Happy Birthday Alles Gute zum Geburtstag	A1.1	24	6	25
![](	The Perfect Vacation Der perfekte Urlaub	A1.1	21	6	25
![](	The Tourist Der Tourist	A1.1	28	7	31
	Set 3
![](	Room for Rent Zimmer zu vermieten	A2	31	7	62
![](	A Mysterious Date Ein geheimnisvolles Date	A2	32	7	61
![](	Do I Know You? Kenne ich dich?	A2	31	7	41
![](	We Have to Talk Wir müssen reden	A2	28	7	52
![](	Follow the Arrows Folge den Pfeilen	A2	34	8	45
![](	It's Three in the Morning! Es ist drei Uhr morgens!	A2	28	8	54
![](	Ready for Takeoff Abflugbereit	A2	27	6	40
![](	Bird Sitting Vogelsitting	A2	26	6	47
![](	Camping! Camping!	A2	27	6	45
![](	Chapter Two 1/2 Kapitel zwei	A2	24	6	44
	Set 4
![](	Chapter Two 2/2 Kapitel zwei	A2	22	6	55
![](	A Terrible Date Ein furchtbares Date	A2	36	7	41
![](	It's Him! Er ist es!	A2	27	6	39
![](	One More Wedding Noch eine Hochzeit	A2	18	6	31
![](	Car for Sale Auto zu verkaufen	A2	29	6	46
![](	The Worst Bank Robber Der schlechteste Bankräuber	A2	18	6	36
![](	Old Things Alte Sachen	A2	27	7	41
![](	On TV Im Fernsehen	A2	21	7	17
![](	Long-Distance Relationship Fernbeziehung	A2	21	7	32
![](	After Hours 1/2 Nach Geschäftsschluss	A2	31	7	45
	Set 5
![](	After Hours 2/2 Nach Geschäftsschluss	A2	25	7	50
![](	Traffic Check 1/2 Verkehrskontrolle	A2	27	8	32
![](	Traffic Check 2/2 Verkehrskontrolle	A2	27	7	48
![](	Love Is in the Air Liebe liegt in der Luft	A2	29	7	46
![](	A Snake! Eine Schlange!	A2	26	6	51
![](	The Secret Box Die geheime Kiste	A2	27	8	43
![](	The Paper Bag Die Papiertüte	A2	23	6	65
![](	The Forgotten Letter Der vergessene Brief	A2	18	7	21
![](	Fi Fi Needs a Room Fifi braucht ein Zimmer	A2	33	7	66
![](	New Life Plan 1/2 Neuer Lebensplan	A2	21	9	18
	Set 6
![](	New Life Plan 2/2 Neuer Lebensplan	B1	26	7	20
![](	Morning Muffin Morgen-Muffin	B1	46	11	81
![](	Wild Ride 1/2 Wilde Fahrt	B1	15	7	18
![](	Wild Ride 2/2 Wilde Fahrt	B1	25	10	22
![](	The First Assignment 1/2 Der erste Auftrag	B1	22	8	15
![](	The First Assignment 2/2 Der erste Auftrag	B1	33	10	28
![](	Locked Bathroom Verschlossenes Badezimmer	B1	40	10	46
![](	Sugarloaf Zuckerhut	B1	46	13	52
![](	Reunion Klassentreffen	B1	34	12	20
![](	The Traitor 1/2 Der Verräter	B1	42	9	20

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:40 pm

##Youtube version of German stories
By the IMPRESSIVE hoangletan : King Lee

The version of German stories can be found on Youtube:

Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Set 6
Set 7
Set 8
Set 9
Set 10
Set 11
Set 12
Set 13
Set 14

Full playlist:

reference : copied here to safeguard references to this resource.

Stephanie_Eastwood · Post by **Stephanie_Eastwood** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:21 am

Dear dakanga, thank you so, so much for sharing the links to the German stories from the original duolingo collaborators. The links with the little red book icons and the mp3s are still good. (16 March 2023)
My heart overflows with warm appreciation. The tab of your post is permanently up on my tablet, and I send you a big smile every day, so happy to have these stories! My fave is "Morgen Muffin!"

Stephanie Eastwood, Wisconsin, USA

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:56 am

Dear Stephanie,
Thank you for these warm and uplifting words.

I am deeply honored.

It also thrills me to hear that links to resources such as the audio are still being made available by Duolingo.
Thank you for this update.

I hope you also excuse me for mentioning to be careful of the information you share on the internet.
There are people on the internet that skim information and develop "profiles" of people, and then seek to use this information for ill intent to others.

And, unfortunately, also when we share personal information, it can encourage others to do so also, and to more revealing extents, than perhaps the other person ever would.

It is an honor to get to know you Stephanie. And, perhaps more so for the benefit of others, I hope you will excuse me mentioning this here.

Each of you matter to me.

insieme - together

appreciatively also yours,

daKanga

caubert · Post by **caubert** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:02 pm

Hi... awesome link-collection... thank you!
Do you have any resources for German lessons which were available between now and your collection.
Like :
Juniors Jobinterview > https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en- ... nversation
Der Schlagzeuger > https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en- ... nversation

thnx!

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:39 pm

@caubert There is this, for one of your suggested stories.
And I can also produce this type of resource sometime this week for the other story you mention.

Juniors Jobinterview

Junior kommt in Beas Wohnung. Er hat eine Aktentasche dabei.

Junior Hallo Bea. Ich bin wegen meines Jobinterviews hier.

Bea Jobinterview?

Junior Ja. Mein Vater hat gesagt, dass du verreist. Deshalb möchte ich mich gerne um den Job bewerben, deine Pflanzen zu gießen.

Bea Ah! Bitte, setz dich.

Junior Vielen Dank.

Junior setzt sich und öffnet seine Aktentasche.

Bea Möchtest du einen Keks?

Junior Nein, danke. Ich esse nie bei geschäftlichen Meetings.

Bea Das ist gut. Die Kekse gehören meiner Mitbewohnerin und ich darf sie eigentlich nicht essen.

Junior gibt Bea seine Bewerbung.

Bea Hast du deine Bewerbung mit einem Farbstift geschrieben?

Junior Richtig.

Bea OK. Also, warum sollte ich dir den Job geben?

Junior Ich bin sehr zuverlässig und fleißig.

Bea Hast du schon Erfahrung als Pflanzengießer?

Junior Nein, aber ich habe mir Videos im Internet angesehen.

Bea Wo siehst du dich in zehn Jahren?

Junior In einem fliegenden Auto!

Junior Aber zuerst werde ich meine eigene Firma haben. Und du bist meine erste Kundin.

Bea Blumengießen ist schwere Arbeit.

Junior Du hast nur zwei Pflanzen. Und die sehen schon nicht sehr gesund aus.

Bea Das stimmt. Meine Mitbewohnerin und ich vergessen immer, sie zu gießen.

Junior Bea. Hör zu.

Bea Ja?

Junior Wenn du mir den Job gibst, kannst du die ganzen Kekse deiner Mitbewohnerin aufessen. Und dann kannst du ihr sagen, dass ich sie gegessen habe.

Bea Das ist eine großartige Idee! Du hast den Job!

Sie geben einander die Hand.

Junior Über mein Gehalt können wir uns später unterhalten.

caubert · Post by **caubert** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:42 pm

Thanks, but I meant, do you have any more links such I gave above? I sadly have only two of these, but there were many more lessons

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:00 am

Unfortunately, I have no list of links.

Lets hope someone else out there may.

Perhaps also consider putting a post up on :

https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo

To reach out to more people.

Or on
https://www.facebook.com/duolingo/

You never know ....

And if you find some, could you also share any information back here for this community.

I hope some suggestions/information are found.

caubert · Post by **caubert** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:01 am

Roger that : )

caubert · Post by **caubert** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:31 pm

addendum, to make links for currently active lessons-stories, ones having textbook icon >
https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en- ... kt-komisch

would be the lesson for Unit 58 "The Pudding Tastes Strange"
difference is amount of XP it gives if already completed.

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 2:27 am

Deeply thank you @caubert for what you are doing that adds to resources that could be available to others.

For what you are doing to support learning of other languages.

You are making a mark, a very positive difference.

caubert · Post by **caubert** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:09 am

little update, so I took all the story titles from French resources and have updated everything I could think of logically. So this is addendum to my question above viewtopic.php?p=53474#p53474

The Reading Club - ???
The Baby Picture - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-das-babyfoto
The Move - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-der-umzug
The Bride - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-die-braut

A Fancy Wedding - ???
I'm the One Driving - ???
Fifty Years Later - ???
Let's Move the Bed - ???

The New App - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-die-neue-app
Eddy's Emergency - ???
Eddy's Haircut - ???
The Wedding Gift - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en- ... tsgeschenk

Bea's Date - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-beas-date
The Wedding Anniversary - ???
I Am Going to Run a Marathon! - ???
Aliens Exist - ???

The Space Viking - ???
Bad Reception - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en- ... er-empfang
A Boat Ride - ???
A Perfect Anniversary - ???

Where Is the Dog? - ???
Whatever Junior Wants - ???
The Password - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-das-passwort
The High School Reunion - ???

Junior Makes a Mess - ???
The Audition - ???
Horror Movie - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-der-horrorfilm
Aunt Élisabeth - ???

Twenty Years - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-zwanzig-jahre
Junior's Interview - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en- ... binterview
The Drummer - https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-en-der-schlagzeuger

Davidn14 · Post by **Davidn14** » Sat Aug 26, 2023 4:42 pm

Hi Dakanga I started to read vogelsitting but it was actually the current version instead of the old version

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Sat Aug 26, 2023 4:51 pm

I am not understanding.

Where were you reading it ?

Davidn14 · Post by **Davidn14** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:12 pm

Do you have the link to Vogelsitting the original one? The link to the story in the index is for the actual one which is in the app itself.

caubert · Post by **caubert** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:09 pm

Davidn14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:12 pm
Do you have the link to Vogelsitting the original one? The link to the story in the index is for the actual one which is in the app itself.

Vogelsitting is interesting >
https://www.duolingo.com/stories/de-vog ... ptation-a2
& Legendary: https://www.duolingo.com/lesson/unit/57/level/5

Davidn14 · Post by **Davidn14** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:38 pm

The legendary one took me to the website and directly to the path so it doesn’t work. But thanks and did you find the legendary “camping” ?

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:00 am

The courses on Duolingo are changing. They had, by my observation, a significant update about the end of 2023, beginning of 2024.

And currently I am focussing on "finding out about / taming" the French course for English speakers.

Sorry I have limited time and band width to attend to issues related to other courses such as this one.

Hopefully someone else out there can be of help on this issue.

PtolemysXX · Post by **PtolemysXX** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:01 am

A question out of curiosity: what is the difference between old and new stories? Is the contents different? Were the old stories recorded rather than synthetically generated?

dakanga · Post by **dakanga** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:10 am

I can only respond based on what I have seen, what I see.

And most of that focus, my focus, is on the learning French from knowing English.

Even from the beginning, for Duolingo stories, they have used voice actors.
And this has been so across the many other languages as well.

And even as at the latest released Duolingo stories - they use voice actors. Real people.

Also, shout out to @PtolemysXX !
You are a remarkable person.

Thank you also for questions like this, and also the many things you do for this community.

I am honored to be in a community with you.

PtolemysXX · Post by **PtolemysXX** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:34 pm

dakanga wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:10 am
Even from the beginning, for Duolingo stories, they have used voice actors.
And this has been so across the many other languages as well.

Thank you for this information, I did not realize these were real voices!
I do appreciate hard work put into creating the stories.

PtolemysXX · Post by **PtolemysXX** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:05 pm

Davidn14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:12 pm
Do you have the link to Vogelsitting the original one? The link to the story in the index is for the actual one which is in the app itself.

Is this the original story?

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