Tutoring in Switzerland — from CHF 79/h + 8.1% MwSt.
Tutoring in Switzerland — from CHF 79/h + 8.1% MwSt.
German tutoring costs CHF 79, 89 or 99 an hour excl. 8.1% VAT, and a tutor is typically assigned within 48 to 72 hours. Whichever German your child is actually examined in — Hochdeutsch in a Swiss classroom, German B in the IB, or A1 from scratch after a mid-year move.
A German tutor in Switzerland costs CHF 79, 89 or 99 an hour with Rundil, excluding 8.1% VAT, and we typically assign one within 48 to 72 hours. Everyday spoken German is the CHF 79 tier; German as a school subject — IB, IGCSE, Swiss Matura, Gymi preparation and Deutsch als Zweitsprache — is CHF 89; Higher Level and exam-year work is CHF 99. At home or online, the price is the same, and every single session is refundable in full if it falls short.
The confusion this page exists to clear up is which German your child actually needs. Swiss schools teach and examine in Hochdeutsch from the first year of primary school; the playground runs on dialect. A child who is fluent on the football pitch can still fail a Sprachbetrachtung paper, and an international-school teenager sitting German B needs something different again. We assign a tutor to the exam, not to the language in general — and there is no registration fee, no minimum term and no subscription attached to it.
Tell us which German is the problem and how often you want a session. We will show you what a weekly rhythm actually costs — no email, no waiting, no sales call.
We recommend 1.5 hours because a German session has to do three things: find where the writing or the reading actually breaks down, teach it, then produce a piece of writing under exam conditions before the student leaves.
This is the question the search results do not answer. Type "German tutor Switzerland" and half the page is Swiss-German dialect coaching for adults; the other half is a directory. Neither tells a parent that their child is examined in Hochdeutsch and socialised in dialect, and that those are two different problems with two different fixes.
German is the one subject where Switzerland's parallel school systems collide hardest. In the same street you will find a child writing a Gymi Aufsatz in Hochdeutsch, a teenager sitting IB German B at an international school, and a nine-year-old who landed in August and is being supported in Deutsch als Zweitsprache. Those are three different jobs, and the tutoring market answers them with adult language courses, marketplaces or nothing at all. We assign against the exact paper your child sits, then stand behind every hour with a full refund if it falls short.
Tell us the school, the year group and the syllabus. We assign a specialist for that exact examination — typically within 48 to 72 hours — rather than a generalist who speaks German well.
Swiss institutes usually price a Lektion of 45 or 50 minutes. Ours is sixty. Before comparing rates, convert theirs — CHF 55 for 45 minutes is CHF 73 an hour, and the gap is bigger than the headline suggests.
If a session falls short, the student asks and we refund it in full. Not just the first lesson, not with conditions attached — any session, all year long.
No registration fee, no minimum term, nothing to cancel. Add hours before the Aufsatz or the oral, pause over the summer, stop entirely — none of it costs you anything.
Language tutoring is where families waste the most money, because progress is slow to see and easy to fake. A pleasant hour of conversation feels productive and moves no grade at all. So we carry that risk instead of you: if a session falls short on any given Tuesday in March, the student asks and it is refunded in full — no conditions, no approval, no awkward conversation.
The 1.5-hour structure is the same whether your child is writing a Gymi Aufsatz in Zürich or a German B Paper 2 essay in Zug — find where the language actually breaks, teach that, then produce something written under exam conditions before the session ends.
Every German paper in this country rewards something different. Knowing which one your child is actually marked against is most of the work — and it is the part no marketplace profile can do for you.
| Programme | Typical stage | What the German paper really rewards | Start here |
|---|---|---|---|
| IB German BMost requested | Ages 16–19, HL & SL | Text types under time pressure, the Individual Oral, and a register that stays consistent for a full essay rather than a paragraph. | IB tutoring Switzerland → |
| IB German A | Language & Literature | Literary and non-literary analysis in German, the guided textual analysis, and writing about how a text works rather than what it says. | IB tutoring Switzerland → |
| German ab initio | Beginners in the Diploma | Two years from almost nothing to an examined language — vocabulary volume, tense control and the confidence to speak in the oral. | IB tutoring Switzerland → |
| IB MYP German | Middle years | Criterion marking that looks nothing like a percentage, and the language habits the Diploma will later assume are already there. | MYP tutoring Switzerland → |
| IGCSE German | Years 10–11 | Board-specific question styles and a narrow, learnable set of writing tasks — Cambridge and Edexcel genuinely ask for different things. | IGCSE tutors Switzerland → |
| A-Level German | AS & A2 | Depth over breadth: the essay, the film or text study, and the mark-scheme discipline that separates a B from an A*. | A-Level tutoring Switzerland → |
| Gymi entrance — Deutsch | Aufnahmeprüfung | Two separate things in one subject: writing a text (the Aufsatz), and Sprachbetrachtung with Textverständnis. Most children are stronger at one than the other. | Gymi preparation → |
| Swiss Matura Deutsch | Gymnasium | Sustained written German across the year, plus an oral. The Maturaarbeit sits alongside it and is marked on structure as much as content. | Exam preparation → |
| Deutsch als Zweitsprache | Arriving mid-year | Survival first, then the written language the classroom assumes. Schools provide DaZ support; one-to-one work is what closes the gap faster. | Tutoring in Switzerland → |
German tutoring in Switzerland runs from about CHF 19 an hour on a marketplace to CHF 160 with an IB agency, and the published numbers are not comparable: some are 45-minute lessons, some carry a registration fee, some are a twelve-month membership. Below, everything is normalised to a real 60-minute hour.
These are the line items that make a cheap headline rate expensive by March. Every one of them is standard somewhere in the Swiss German-tutoring market.
| Charge | Common in this market | At Rundil |
|---|---|---|
| Registration or enrolment fee | Up to CHF 100, one-off, non-refundable | None |
| Lesson length | 45 or 50 minutes, often unstated | 60 minutes |
| Minimum term or membership | 6, 12 or 24 months is normal | None |
| Prepaid lesson blocks | 10 or 20 lessons paid up front | Pay per month |
| Travel or at-home surcharge | Charged separately, or online only | Same price |
| VAT position | Almost never stated | 8.1% MwSt, added and shown |
| Changing tutor | Sometimes a new registration | Free |
| A session that fell short | Paid for anyway | Refunded in full |
Three steps from enquiry to a German tutor at your kitchen table — or on screen — usually inside 48 to 72 hours.
Tell us the school, the year group and which German paper is the problem. It takes about two minutes. At the last question, choose Book Now and submit.
We assign a degree-qualified German specialist for that exact syllabus — typically within 48 to 72 hours — and confirm the name and schedule by WhatsApp.
Session one finds where the German actually breaks. From there it is teach, write, prove — with every session refundable if it falls short.
Four very different families, one common problem: German is being examined at a pace built for thirty children, and yours needs it to move at the pace of one.
IB German A, German B, ab initio, MYP German or IGCSE German at a school in Zürich, Zug, Basel, Geneva or Lausanne. You need someone who knows the Individual Oral and the mark scheme, not a conversation partner.
Your child sits the Gymi Aufsatz or Matura Deutsch and you cannot help with the homework. We teach the written German the school marks, and explain it in English where that gets there faster.
A child dropped into a Swiss classroom in November with school DaZ support and a lot of catching up. One-to-one German is what turns survival into participation, and participation into marks.
Everyday spoken German for work, admin and the neighbours, or structured preparation for a Goethe, telc or fide certificate. Same tutors, same guarantee, at the conversational tier.
Three tiers, published in full, identical at home and online. Which tier applies depends on what the German is for — everyday speaking, a school syllabus, or a high-stakes examination — not on where you live or how far the tutor travels.
| Tier | The German this covers | Rate excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Conversational Languages | Everyday spoken German for life in Switzerland — work, admin, neighbours | CHF 79/h |
| Experienced Tutors | German as a school subject: Deutsch in Swiss schools, DaZ, Gymi preparation, IB German B and ab initio, IGCSE German, MYP German | CHF 89/h |
| Most Accomplished Tutors | IB German Higher Level, German A Language and Literature, Matura Deutsch and other high-stakes exam years | CHF 99/h |
| What you actually pay | 1.5-hour session | Four sessions a month |
|---|---|---|
| Conversational Languages · CHF 79/h | CHF 118.50 | CHF 474 |
| Experienced Tutors · CHF 89/h | CHF 133.50 | CHF 534 |
| Most Accomplished · CHF 99/h | CHF 148.50 | CHF 594 |
For families with a settled weekly rhythm who want predictable billing.
For families whose weeks vary and who want to pay only for hours completed.
German is assigned to German teachers. We do not put a mathematician in front of an Aufsatz because they happen to be a native speaker — the tutor who takes your child holds a degree in German language or literature, or teaches the German paper they are being examined on.
IB German A & B · IGCSE German · Swiss Matura · Zürich
MA German Linguistics, Universität Zürich · native speaker
Anna teaches German as an examined subject rather than as a conversation. Her students are usually strong speakers whose written grade has stalled, and her work is structural: the text types each paper demands, the grammar underneath them, and the register that has to hold for a full essay. She prepares IB German A and German B at both levels, IGCSE German and Swiss Matura Deutsch, and she is direct with families about how long a written grade realistically takes to move.
You are never asked to browse profiles and guess. Tell us the curriculum, the German paper and the year group, and we assign the specialist — typically within 48 to 72 hours. Across Rundil Tutoring, 95% of our tutors scored above 43 in their own IB Diploma, which is why the IB German work sits where it does.
Two promises, written down rather than implied — because the two things families fear most about language tutoring are paying for pleasant hours that change nothing, and being stuck once they have.
A full refund is available after any session if the student requests it. There are no conditions and no asterisks, and it is not limited to the first lesson — satisfaction is guaranteed on every session, across every curriculum we teach. If the tutor is not the right fit going forward, we reassign at no cost and with no friction. On the results it buys: 95% of the students who joined us before September achieved their target grades by May.
Rated ★★★★★ 4.9 out of 5 from 756 verified client reviews since 2019.
"We needed structured Swiss Matura tutoring for German and Mathematics. Rundil understood our cantonal requirements and prepared our son superbly for the written and oral exams. He passed with excellent grades and far less stress."
"Rundil made such a difference for our son. He was really struggling in Zürich, and within a few weeks he became more confident and organised. His tutor explained things clearly and helped him understand what examiners expect. He went from a predicted 4 to a final 6."
"Our daughter needed year-long IGCSE support. The tutor from Rundil knew the Cambridge syllabus inside out and used past papers in every lesson. She achieved two grade 9s and finished the year with much more confidence."
"Our tutor was exceptional — calm, knowledgeable and very organised. He helped my daughter with essay planning and exam technique, and she achieved an A*, something she didn't believe was possible."
"We travel a lot, so online lessons were essential. Rundil's tutors adapted perfectly, and the online tutoring felt structured and interactive. My son stayed on track even during multi-week trips."
"The communication was excellent. We received clear notes after every lesson, plus goals and next steps. It felt like having a personal education advisor supporting our daughter throughout the school year."
At-home German tutoring across every major Swiss city and its surrounding canton — and online everywhere else, at exactly the same price.
Rundil provides one-to-one German tutoring across Switzerland for international-school families, English-speaking families inside the Swiss system, children who have arrived mid-year, and adults who need German for the life they are actually living here. The hard part in this country is not finding somebody who speaks German. It is finding somebody who knows which German is being examined: the Hochdeutsch of a Zürich Aufsatz, the German B mark scheme at an international school in Zug, and the Deutsch als Zweitsprache support a nine-year-old needs in November are three different pieces of work, and a tutor who treats them as one subject will be pleasant, expensive and ineffective.
So we do the identifying for you. You tell us the school, the year group and the paper; we assign a degree-qualified German specialist for that exact syllabus, typically within 48 to 72 hours, and confirm the name and schedule by WhatsApp. There is no gallery of profiles to sift through, no trial and error, and no fee for changing your mind.
Almost every family who contacts us about German describes the same thing: the child sounds fine, and the marks do not agree. It happens because Swiss schools teach and examine in standard German from the first primary year while daily life runs on dialect, so a student can be socially fluent and still lose marks on case endings, tense control, text structure and register. Those are learnable, and they are learnable quickly once someone reads the student's own marked work instead of a school report. That is what session one is for.
Rundil charges CHF 79, 89 or 99 an hour excl. 8.1% MwSt whether the tutor sits at your kitchen table in Seefeld or joins from a screen in Lugano, because the preparation behind the hour does not change. An hour is sixty minutes, which is worth checking against any quote you compare it with: much of this market prices a Lektion of 45 or 50 minutes, and several providers add a registration fee of up to CHF 100 on top. There is none here, no minimum term, and free cancellation until 17:00 the day before any session. Every session is refundable in full if it falls short — and 95% of the students who joined us before September achieved their target grades by May. Families across Zürich, Zug, Basel, Bern, Geneva and Lausanne choose Rundil because the German teaching is the point, and everything else stays out of the way.
Degree-qualified German specialists for IB, IGCSE, Matura, Gymi and everyday German — from CHF 79/h excl. VAT, at home or online for the same price, typically assigned within 48–72 hours. Every session refundable, no registration fee.
