Competition Levels

Levels and Special Status

All students compete at the level in which they are enrolled in German unless they are student with a special status.

A Special Student competes at one level above his/her class. A Special Student is defined as having learned more German outside the classroom than inside the classroom.

A Native Speaking Student only competes against native speakers in Poetry and Translation. They do not compete in any other written or oral events, but may take part in an individual artistic event and in school events (excluding Wettbewerb).