30 questions, about 12 minutes. No account, no card.
Thirty questions covering the kind of German grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension you meet in the Goethe-Zertifikat exam. Questions run from easy to hard; your level is worked out from the difficulty at which you start making mistakes.
What it does not measure: writing, speaking and listening. A large part of your real exam score comes from those skills, so this result is not a ceiling — it is a starting point that shows you where to begin preparing.
This is a free practice test made by LexUnio. The name Goethe-Zertifikat and the exam itself belong to Goethe-Institut e.V.; LexUnio has no affiliation with, authorisation from or endorsement by those organisations. This result is not a substitute for an official certificate.
It gives a reasonable estimate of the grammar, vocabulary and reading side. Because the writing and speaking parts of an Goethe-Zertifikat score are not measured here, the result is given as a range and kept on the cautious side.
It is free and no account is needed. You can create one if you want the result emailed to you or your progress saved, but it is not required to take the test.
That depends on the gap between your current level and your target. Moving up one CEFR level means a few hundred hours of study for most learners; the skill breakdown at the end of the test shows which area needs the most of that time.