LEGAL
Terms & Conditions
The short, readable terms of using Germanium: what the product is, what it isn't, your content, our content, and the limits of the warranty.
VON GERMANIUM
Operator — Divyansh Sharma (Germanium)
The agreement
By using Germanium you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, don't use the site — the whole course is available without an account, so agreement is genuinely optional. The operator is Divyansh Sharma (Germanium); contact: flowdivs@proton.me.
What Germanium is
Germanium is a free, structured 77-day roadmap from A1 to A2 German. It sequences publicly available material (principally Deutsche Welle's Nicos Weg), adds original grammar worksheets, review scheduling, and progress tracking. Germanium is not an accredited language school, does not issue certificates, and makes no guarantee of any exam outcome — the exam gates model the Goethe format, but passing them here is practice, not certification.
Acceptable use
- Don't attack the service: no scraping at volume, no credential stuffing, no automated account creation, no probing the API beyond normal use. (These are enforced technically as well as legally — the sign-in form runs Cloudflare Turnstile bot protection.)
- Don't misuse other users' data. Every progress row is locked to its owner; attempting to circumvent that is both a terms violation and an offense.
- One human, one account. Automated or resold accounts may be terminated.
Your content
Your learning data (progress, worksheet answers, notes) is yours. We store it to run the product, never publish it, and delete it on request. Your imported Anki decks remain entirely yours — they are processed in your browser and never uploaded to us.
Our content
Original Germanium material — the roadmap structure, grammar worksheets, editorial articles, and design — is © the operator, all rights reserved. You may use it personally and share links freely; republishing, reselling, or bulk-copying the worksheets or curriculum is not permitted. Third-party content stays third-party: Nicos Weg and all Deutsche Welle material belong to DW and are linked, never copied; their terms govern your use of it.
Disclaimer and liability
The service is provided as is, without warranty of any kind — including fitness for a particular purpose (say, passing a Goethe exam) or uninterrupted availability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operator is not liable for indirect or consequential damages, lost progress, or data loss. Nothing here excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
What happens to my progress if Germanium shuts down?
The operator commits to at least 30 days' notice on the site before any shutdown, with an export window so every account can download its full progress row as JSON before the lights go out.
Is Germanium free to use?
Yes — the full 77-day course, all worksheets, and progress sync are free. There is no paid tier, no upsell, and no advertising; the terms are simply the rules that keep a free service sustainable.
Can I use Germanium worksheets in my classroom?
For personal learning, freely. For group teaching, link students to the site rather than redistributing copies — the worksheets may not be republished or resold, but pointing a whole class at the road is welcome.
Changes and termination
- These terms may be updated; the current version is always at this page, dated above.
- You may stop using Germanium at any time; delete your account by email request.
- The operator may suspend accounts that violate the acceptable-use rules — with notice where possible.