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AQA GCSE German

8668 · 2020 to 2025

Past papers

Paper 1:ListeningPaper 3:ReadingPaper 2:SpeakingPaper 4:Writing
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All AQA past papers

Topic questions

Life at school/college53 questionsJobs, career choices and ambitions46 questionsRelationships with family and friends40 questions
All AQA topics

Edexcel GCSE German

1GN0 · 2011 to 2025

Past papers

Paper 1FPaper 1HPaper 3FPaper 3HPaper 4FPaper 4H
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All Edexcel past papers

WJEC GCSE German

3820 · 2019 to 2025

Past papers

Unit 1FUnit 1HUnit 2FUnit 2HUnit 3FUnit 3H
Jump to20252024202320222019
All WJEC past papers

CCEA GCSE German

5670

No CCEA GCSE German papers in the archive yet. The CCEA page › carries the specification, the papers you sit and the years examined.

The boards

About GCSE German

Not sure which board? Look at the front of any past paper. It names the board and carries a code: 8668 is AQA, 1GN0 is Edexcel, 3820 is WJEC and 5670 is CCEA.

AQA (8668), Edexcel (1GN0), WJEC (3820) and CCEA (5670) set GCSE German, and the code is printed on the front of your paper. Each board below shows its newest papers and its questions by topic; the board's own page holds the full list.

AQA8668

Since 2018

Also 8662, 3661, 3667

17,000 a year

AQA's own site
Edexcel1GN0

Since 2016

Also 1GN1, 2GN01

15,000 a year

Edexcel's own site
WJEC3820

Since 2016

500 a year

WJEC's own site
CCEA5670

Since 2017

CCEA's own site

At a glance

183papers from 4 exam boards, January 2011 to June 2025.
601documents - question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports.
24topics classified across 540 questions.

GCSE German is examined in January, June and November. Each board's own page holds its full list, back to its first exam.

Foundation or Higher

FoundationPaper 1: Listening, Paper 2: Speaking, Paper 3: Reading, Paper 4: Writing.
Code ends in LF
HigherPaper 1: Listening, Paper 2: Speaking, Paper 3: Reading, Paper 4: Writing.
Code ends in LH

The code on the paper says which: 8668/LF is Foundation and 8668/LH is Higher.

Higher or Foundation, the verb still goes to the end.

German at other levels

International GCSE German346 International A Level German315 GCE A Level German106 Cambridge O Level German89 GCE AS Level German65 International AS Level German24

Memes

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Learn every noun’s gender
Say ‘die’ every time and hope
Me in the speaking exam, 2 minutes in
Saying ‘Ich bin’
Remembering the noun’s gender
Getting the verb to the end of the sentence
Dropping the subjunctive in the speaking exam
German enlightenment, ranked

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