Switzerland · German
Practise listening, speaking, reading and writing. 12 months of access from purchase for CHF 59.
The fide-Test costs about CHF 250. Oral CHF 170, written CHF 120. If your level is not enough, you pay it again. Sprachpass costs CHF 59. Once, for 12 months.
This price is valid until 28 October. After that Sprachpass costs CHF 69.
No sign-up. The test is in German.
Guten Morgen, ich möchte einen Termin vereinbaren. Ich habe seit gestern starke Halsschmerzen. / Haben Sie auch Fieber? Wir hätten heute um zehn Uhr einen Termin frei. / Ja, leichtes Fieber. Zehn Uhr passt gut, vielen Dank.
Ich fahre jeden Morgen mit dem Bus zur Arbeit. Die Fahrt dauert etwa zwanzig Minuten. An der Haltestelle treffe ich oft meine Nachbarin. Wir sprechen über unseren Tag. Wenn das Wetter schön ist, gehe ich am Abend zu Fuss nach Hause.
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3 19-minute examiner conversations per 24 hours · 4 skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing · Sentence-by-sentence correction · Offer explained in 9 languages
Four parts in 59 minutes: speaking 19, listening 10, reading 15, writing 15.
fide test: CHF 250 (fide-service.ch)
The fide-Test certifies your German speaking, listening, reading and writing levels for Swiss residence and naturalisation procedures.
For a C permit, the usual requirement is oral A2 and written A1. For early C permits and naturalisation, it is oral B1 and written A2.
Read the guidance in English and practise all four skills in German with corrections. Start with the free two-minute level test. Full access costs CHF 59 once for 12 months.
Start the free level testAn example with the kind of sentences a simulation produces, and the correction next to them. Your report looks exactly like this, with your own sentences.
Example · oral
14 / 18 points · phone simulation
Every point comes with your own sentence, and the correct version next to it.
„Ich habe gearbeitet in einem Restaurant seit zwei Jahre.“
Better Ich arbeite seit zwei Jahren in einem Restaurant.
„Ich kann nicht kommen, weil ich muss arbeiten.“
Better Ich kann nicht kommen, weil ich arbeiten muss.
„Ich möchte ein Termin für nächste Woche.“
Better Ich möchte einen Termin für nächste Woche.
You postponed the appointment but did not give the reason.
Subordinate clauses with "weil" and "dass": the verb goes to the end.
B permit: oral A1, nothing written. C permit: usually oral A2 and written A1. Naturalisation: oral B1 and written A2. Cantons may ask for more.
For context: 46% of German-language candidates reached oral B1 in 2024, out of 13'097 exams (annual report of the Geschäftsstelle fide).
If you want more than the short test: the full placement takes five minutes and looks at speaking and writing too. To the placement
The fide-Test costs about CHF 250. Oral CHF 170, written CHF 120. If your level is not enough, you pay it again.
Sprachpass costs CHF 59. Once, for 12 months.
This price is valid until 28 October. After that Sprachpass costs CHF 69.
fide-Test prices as published on the official site fide-service.ch. What Sprachpass offers
The official Swiss language certificate for immigration procedures and naturalisation. It tests speaking and listening (oral) plus reading and writing (written) and certifies the level you reach in the Sprachenpass. There is no "fail".
B permit: oral A1, nothing written. C permit: usually oral A2 and written A1. Early C permit and naturalisation: oral B1 and written A2. Cantons may ask for more.
The practice exercises are in German. You can read the website in English, German and seven other languages.