Vocabulary
German vocabulary
German builds long words out of short ones you already know, so Handschuh is hand-shoe and Krankenhaus is sick-house. Once you see the joins, the famously long words stop needing to be memorised and start being read. These guides pick the words worth learning first.
Essential travel phrases
The handful of phrases worth knowing before a trip, and the two that get you out of trouble.
Read guideMore guides on the way
Food and drink, work and study, and the false friends that catch learners out are all coming. Meanwhile the app drills whichever words you meet.
Learn these phrases properly, not just read them
six short games turn a phrase list into something you can actually say under pressure.