how long does it take to learn a new language?
I agree with previous posters (except that I don't think you can learn much in two or three months).\n\nHere in Argentina, language courses last for three years, with two or three two-hour weekly lessons for nine months a year. That's the time you're supposed to take to learn a language properly.\n\nNow, to "fully" learn it, it'll take you a lifetime. Not even Germans themselves know it "fully". The most you can expect is to gain a high level of the language, that would allow you to make yourself understood, and understand native people.