From zero to using German words
Your way has two homes: one to recognise words, one to use them. Click a stop to walk there.
You start here, at 0 words
You don’t need to know any German yet. First you get to know lots of words, then you learn to use them.
Recognise lots of words, fast
Get to know as many words as you can: what they mean, and how they sound in real German.
See it, tap it, hear it
All 3,477 words in one deck, A to Z. Tap a card for the English, tap again to hear the word in real YouTube videos. The ones you don’t know yet come back the next day.
Hear any word in real videos
Type a German word or phrase and hear real people say it in thousands of YouTube videos, one sentence after another, with the words on screen.
Ja, also, man lernt auf jeden Fall, minimalistisch zu sein.
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Then use them in your own German
Knowing a word when you see it isn’t the same as using it. Here you write with it, again and again, and the red pen shows you what to fix.
Ten sentences with every word
Build a sentence, translate one, answer a question: ten exercises per word. The red pen marks what’s wrong and explains why.
Drag to turn the world, and tap a pin to see who’s there.
Chat in German
Tap a pin on the globe and say hallo. The red pen checks each message before it’s sent, and the chat suggests where to use the words you’ve just learned.
Bot or not? During our competition, chat partners aren’t labelled, and some of them are AI. See if you can tell.
Mistakes are fixed before they’re sent
New words end up in your messages
A daily plan
Choose how many new words a day, and each day’s words are picked for you.
Streaks
Practise every day, flashcards included, and watch your streak grow.
Medals
Finish a day, week or month in the top 3 of the leaderboard to win one.
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The most common verbs
Ordered from most to least common. Start anywhere; your progress is saved as you go.
- 1seinto be
- 2habento have
- 3werdento become, get
- 4könnento be able to, can
- 5müssento have to, must
- 6sagento say
- 7machento do, make
- 8gebento give
- 9kommento come
- 10sollenshould, ought to
- 11wollento want to
- 12gehento go
- 13wissento know
- 14sehento see
- 15lassento let, allow, have done
- 16stehento stand
- 17findento find
- 18bleibento stay, remain
- 19liegento lie
- 20heißento be called
- 21denkento think
- 22nehmento take
- 23tunto do
- 24dürfento be allowed, may