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German vocabulary you can put into a sentence, not just recognize

For beginners and anyone coming back to German. Every card has audio, a transcription, and a full example sentence: the word with its article, in its case, in its place.

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Der, die, das and the plural under every noun

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Why German feels hard

German isn’t “hard” – it’s unforgiving if you learn words in isolation.

Here is what trips learners up and what the cards do about each.

Gender and articles

Der, die, or das has to be learned with the noun, because nothing in the word tells you which one it takes. On a card they stand right under the word, together with the plural: der Kater, die Kater.

Cases and prepositions

Mit dem Auto, für die Arbeit, wegen des Wetters: the ending changes with the preposition, and rules alone do not make it automatic. Every example is a full sentence, so you keep meeting these combinations ready-made.

Compound nouns

Krankenversicherungskarte looks frightening until you have seen its parts a few times. Spaced repetition gives you exactly that: the same long word, again and again, until it reads as one.

Ü, ö, ch, and r

A few German sounds do not exist in most other languages, and reading will not teach them. Every card plays the word and the example and shows the transcription.

Sentence structure

The verb goes second, or to the very end, and the rest moves around it. A rule explains it once; full example sentences show it every time you review.

Separable verbs

Anrufen, aufstehen, mitnehmen: in a sentence the prefix breaks off and goes to the end. You see it in the forms right under the word – rief an, hat angerufen – and in the example: Ich rufe dich morgen an.

Where it pays off

Where you will need your German words

The cards are the same, but different words come first depending on what you need German for.

A job in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland

Applications, interviews, meetings, emails to colleagues: at work nobody waits while you look for a word.

University and exams

Goethe-Zertifikat, TestDaF, telc: the vocabulary is organized by level, from beginner to advanced, so you work through it in order, not at random.

Settling in

Anmeldung, Mietvertrag, Krankenkasse, Termin: life in a German-speaking country begins with paperwork, and paperwork has its own words.

Travel and culture

Ordering in a café in Vienna, asking the way in Berlin, following a series or a football match in the original: words you need to recognize by ear.

Getting started

From sign-up to your first card in a couple of minutes

No word lists to hunt for, no cards to make, no review schedule to plan – the app takes care of all that.

Answer a couple of questions

Tell us your language, your level, what you're learning for, and the topics you care about. It takes under a minute.

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You get 300 ready cards

From your answers the app picks words for your level and goals and groups them into sets, one for each topic you chose.

Straight to the words

After setup you land on a card, not on an empty dashboard. Your first session has as many words as you chose per day: 10, 20, or 30.

The next day

Your dashboard has one main button. It opens a session where new words come together with the ones that are due for review, so you never have to decide what to study today.

Behind the calm pace is spaced repetition: each review lands just as the memory starts to fade, so words settle into your active vocabulary.

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Questions, answered

Quick answers before you start.

Yes. Right under the headword every noun card shows the article and the plural – der Unterarm, die Unterarme – and the example sentence uses the noun again.

Yes. You choose your level at the start, and the first 300 words are picked for it. Each card gives you the sound, the transcription, and a full example sentence, so you are not left guessing how a new word behaves.

It helps with what speaking depends on: having the word ready when you need it. Reverse cards make you recall the German word from its translation, and short exercises make you use it in a sentence, by voice or typing.

The cards teach Standard German, the variety used in schools and the media and understood in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Regional words and dialects are not covered.

Yes. Learning now lets you add a list of words, or paste a text and let the app pick the words out of it. You study them in a separate focused session.

No. It is a vocabulary trainer: ready cards, spaced repetition, reverse cards, and short exercises. It works well next to a course, a tutor, or a textbook, because it takes care of the words.

Yes. The first month is free: your first 300 ready German vocabulary cards, no credit card. After that nothing is charged unless you choose a plan, and your words and progress stay saved.

Unlike Anki, there is nothing to set up: no building decks or importing shared files – ready-made German cards come with audio, images, and example sentences. And unlike gamified apps, there are no streaks or lives to protect: just a calm daily review queue powered by spaced repetition.

Start German the way you will use it: in sentences

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