The short answer
In the office we speak German, English, Turkish and Kurdish: advice, registration and all the paperwork happen in one of those four. The theory classes are taught in German. You sit the theory test in one of twelve languages, and the practical test in German.
Anybody new to Germany faces two hurdles at once with a driving licence: the thing itself, and the language it is explained in. The second one can largely be cleared away.
What works in your language
- The first consultation and any advice
- Registration and the contract
- The application to the licensing authority
- Questions in between, by phone or in the office
German, English, Turkish and Kurdish — so you do not have to translate your question before you can ask it. That sounds like a detail and is not: most misunderstandings around a driving licence start exactly where somebody does not ask.
What stays in German
The theory classes. They follow a nationally fixed syllabus and are taught in German. If something is left open, ask — we will go through it again afterwards in one of the four languages.
The tests
The theory test is available in twelve languages, among them English, Turkish, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Italian and Spanish — the full list is a post of its own. The practical test runs in German, but gets by on a handful of instructions you hear hundreds of times in your lessons anyway.
And the other languages on this site?
This website also exists in Arabic, Kurdish, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese, so you can read up in advance. What is spoken in the office is German, English, Turkish and Kurdish — we would rather name the difference here than at the counter.
With a licence from abroad
Then this may not be about full training at all but only about a conversion — and whether that needs a test depends on the issuing country. Bring the licence to the first consultation and we will clarify your case before you sign up.