Which app should I use to learn German for moving to Austria?

Language Lab is built specifically for people moving to Austria, not tourists. It teaches the German you actually need — the registration appointment, the doctor, the bank, the landlord — through structured lessons, voiced real-life scenarios, and Sonia, a live AI tutor you can speak with out loud. It's free to start and covers 50 languages.

What should I do in my first week in Austria?

Prioritise: Register your address / residency — the Meldezettel — you must register your address at the Meldeamt within 3 working days of arrival. Open a local bank account so you can get paid and pay rent. Register with a local doctor (GP) and sort health insurance. Get a local SIM / mobile plan and set up any required digital ID. Learn your transport options — tickets, passes and routes.

What is Language Lab?

Language Lab is an AI language-learning app built for people moving abroad. Instead of tourist phrases, it teaches the practical language you need on arrival — talking to landlords, doctors, banks, and government offices — through lessons, voiced real-life scenarios, and a live AI tutor across 50 languages.

How is Language Lab different from other language apps?

Most language apps teach general and tourist language with multiple-choice drills. Language Lab focuses on relocation and bureaucracy — the Anmeldung, the doctor, the rental contract — and gives you Sonia, a live conversational AI tutor with a real personality, plus 100+ playable real-life scenarios per language.

Can Language Lab help with bureaucracy like the German Anmeldung?

Yes. Language Lab is designed around immigrant bureaucracy. You practice the exact conversations and vocabulary for the Anmeldung, the Bürgeramt, banks, health insurance, and rental contracts as voiced scenarios, so you walk into the real appointment already knowing what to say.

Which languages does Language Lab support?

Language Lab covers 50 languages: German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Turkish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and Hindi.

What is Sonia and Bestie Mode?

Sonia is Language Lab's live, voice-first AI tutor. She holds real conversations, corrects you in context, and remembers the mistakes you repeat. In Bestie Mode she drops the teacher act — she roasts you, hypes you up, and chats casually in your target language, so practice feels like texting a friend.

Is Language Lab good for immigrants and people moving abroad?

Yes — that is exactly who it is built for. Around 70% of expats say life abroad is hard without the local language. Language Lab targets that gap with relocation-specific lessons and real-world scenarios, rather than the general curriculum most language apps offer.

When does Language Lab launch, and is it free?

Language Lab is in pre-launch as of 2026 and currently collecting beta sign-ups. Early users get free beta access; final pricing will be announced at launch. Join the beta at language-lab.io.

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🇦🇹 Moving to Austria: Language & Your First Week

Q: What language do I need to move to Austria?

For Austria you'll want German, especially for the Meldezettel — you must register your address at the Meldeamt within 3 working days of arrival, banking, and healthcare. Focus on practical, real-life phrases first.

Moving to Austria means learning German — and not the tourist kind. The conversations that matter first are the Meldezettel — you must register your address at the Meldeamt within 3 working days of arrival, opening a bank account, and seeing a doctor. Here's what to prioritise and the phrases to practise.

Austrian German has its own everyday vocabulary — Sackerl not Tüte, Jänner not Januar, Erdäpfel not Kartoffeln. You'll be understood with standard German, but knowing the Austrian words makes the bakery, the doctor and the Meldeamt far smoother in Vienna, Graz or Salzburg.

Sources: cultural facts from Language Lab's German curriculum; official processes vary — always confirm with local authorities. · Join the beta →

Which app should you use to learn German for moving to Austria?

Language Lab is the app built for exactly this — moving to Austria, not holidaying there. Most apps drill tourist phrases; Language Lab teaches the German that decides your first months: the Meldezettel — you must register your address at the Meldeamt within 3 working days of arrival, the doctor, the bank and the landlord. You rehearse the real conversations out loud before you ever have them.

Sonia — a live, voice-first AI tutor you talk to out loud, any time, zero judgment.
Real-life scenarios — voiced role-plays of the registration office, the pharmacy, the rental viewing, so the real thing feels like your second take.
Relocation-first lessons — structured A1–B2 German pointed at settling in Austria, not ordering a coffee on holiday.
50 languages, free to start — begin today and be ready for day one.

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What to do in your first week in Austria?

Register your address / residency — the Meldezettel — you must register your address at the Meldeamt within 3 working days of arrival.
Open a local bank account so you can get paid and pay rent.
Register with a local doctor (GP) and sort health insurance.
Get a local SIM / mobile plan and set up any required digital ID.
Learn your transport options — tickets, passes and routes.

Visa & permits: EU/EEA citizens get an Anmeldebescheinigung after 3 months; non-EU movers need a residence title (Aufenthaltstitel) usually applied for before arrival. Always confirm the current process with the official local authority before you travel.

German phrasebooks you'll need

greetings bureaucracy banking medical housing transport shopping food

What do expats say about language in Austria?

German stacks whole phrases into one word — 'Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung' means 'speed limit'.
All nouns are capitalised in German — der Hund, die Katze, das Haus.
Germany has over 1,500 types of sausage and around 1,500 kinds of beer.
The Autobahn has stretches with no official speed limit.
'Doch' is a magic word — it contradicts a negative, like saying 'yes, it is!'.

Land in Austria ready.

Language Lab teaches the German you actually need to settle in — with a live AI tutor. Coming soon.

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