Luxembourgish levels A1 to B2: what each CEFR level means in practice

A1, A2, B1, B2: what each CEFR level means when you speak Luxembourgish — what you can do, what it sounds like in real sentences, and where each level matters in Luxembourg, from the Sproochentest to language courses.

Updated November 2, 2026 · 4 min read

Luxembourgish courses, exams and job adverts all use the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), set by the Council of Europe: A1 and A2 (basic user), B1 and B2 (independent user), C1 and C2 (proficient user). The descriptions below follow the CEFR's own global scale, put into everyday Luxembourgish — every example is a sentence from the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire (LOD) read by a native speaker.

A1 — the first words and sentences

The CEFR says: you understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases, can introduce yourself and others, ask and answer simple questions about where you live and who you know — if the other person speaks slowly and clearly.

In Luxembourgish that means greetings, *please* and *thank you*, numbers, the personal pronouns, the present tense of sinn, hunn, heeschen and wunnen, and the greetings: hello, please, thank you.

A2 — everyday life (the Sproochentest speaking level)

The CEFR says: you understand sentences and frequent expressions about things that matter to you — family, shopping, your area, work — and can handle simple, routine exchanges and describe your background and surroundings in simple terms.

In Luxembourgish: short connected sentences about your family, home, work and free time; the past tense for what you did; questions and negation; shopping and a visit to the doctor (shopping and eating out, at the doctor). This is exactly the Sproochentest speaking part.

B1 — the independent user (the Sproochentest listening level)

The CEFR says: you understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters at work, school and leisure, can deal with most situations while travelling, and can describe experiences, events, hopes and plans and briefly give reasons for opinions.

In Luxembourgish: sentences with *well*, *datt*, *wann* and the verb at the end (word order), the modal verbs in the past (*ech hu missen…*), and following the radio or a conversation between two people — the Sproochentest listening part.

B2 — fluent on familiar and abstract topics

The CEFR says: you understand the main ideas of complex speech and text on concrete and abstract topics, including discussions in your field, interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular conversation with native speakers easy for both sides, and can explain a viewpoint with the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

In Luxembourgish: meetings and phone calls at work, a debate about local news, idioms and proverbs — see Luxembourgish proverbs — and the full verb system, including the conditional, in the verb tables.

C1 and C2

At C1 you use the language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes and understand implicit meaning; at C2 you understand virtually everything and express yourself precisely, even in complex situations. The INL offers courses up to C2; for most people living and working in Luxembourg, B1–B2 is the practical goal.

How to know your level

• Take a placement test — schools usually test you before placing you in a course, and 16Word's placement test checks your vocabulary in a few minutes.
• Try the official Sproochentest samples (INL) — if you understand the listening sample, you are close to B1 listening.
• Use the CEFR self-assessment grid from the Council of Europe: it describes listening, reading, spoken interaction, spoken production and writing at every level.
• Ask a teacher. A native teacher can place you in one conversation — on Edluxio you book a 1-to-1 trial lesson with independent teachers, among them native Luxembourgish speakers, and get a full refund if the first lesson isn't right for you.

From one level to the next

Keep learning

• Sproochentest speaking (A2)
• Sproochentest listening (B1)
• A 60-day Sproochentest plan
• How to learn Luxembourgish online
• How to pronounce Luxembourgish
• Luxembourgish spelling
• All Luxembourgish phrase pages