Miles ahead: Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International (PWD).

By passing the Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International (PWD) examination, you prove that you can make yourself understood appropriately and react adequately in everyday work situations. The examination corresponds to level five (C1) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

After passing the examination, you will be able to do the following, for example:

• understand more challenging oral and written information in German and express yourself competently orally and in writing on professional and economic matters,
• process a wide range of linguistically complex and factually challenging authentic oral and written texts from an economic context in a receptive and productive way,
• express yourself orally on professional and economic matters in German in a manner that is correct, appropriate to the situation and sophisticated,
• deal with written correspondence in an appropriate form.

Further information and exercises for the
Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International (PWD)

Examination guidelines (PDF, 633 KB)
Supplement to the terms and conditions for exam participants with
   special needs (PDF, 594 KB)
Information for examination candidates with special needs (PDF, 61 KB)

We regret that this exam is currently not being offered by the Gothe-Zentrum Kapstadt.

Please get in touch with the Goethe-Institute in Johannesburg:
Goethe-Institut Johannesburg
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You can find answers to particular questions about the examination you are interested in taking under FAQ.