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Remembering road signs: 5 tricks that really help
1 min read · Updated on October 17, 2026
There are more than 70 different signs in Driving School Germany alone. With these tricks you’ll remember them much more easily.
The tricks
Here’s how:
- Shape first: triangle warns, circle regulates, rectangle informs
- Mind the colour: red usually means prohibition, blue an order or information
- Learn in groups instead of one by one
- Test yourself with a quiz – mistakes show what’s still missing
- Consciously look at signs while driving
Practise playfully
The sign quiz gives you 10 random signs with four answers. And in the game every sign you discover goes into your sign album.
Keep going
More guides
- Learn German road signs the fun wayLearn road signs with a game: warning, priority, regulatory and guide signs – with a quiz and driving in a German city.
- Warning signs: the triangular German signs explainedHow to recognise warning signs and which ones are most common in traffic.
- Regulatory signs: orders and prohibitions at a glanceRound signs with a red border prohibit, blue signs command – how to read regulatory signs.