The Cost of Learning German

A recent study puts the language in the Top 10 most expensive to learn fluently

Does it take $51,000 to become fluent in German?

That’s the claim that landed in my inbox and captured my attention last week. According to an analysis produced by the online learning platform, The Internet of Learning, German ranks 10th on its list of the most expensive languages for English-speakers to learn.

According to IOL, the most expensive language to learn is Korean, with an estimated cost to go from ‘beginner to working proficiency’ of $130,820. The most affordable language to learn, according to the IOL list, was Romanian, with an estimated cost to achieve fluency of just $14,270.