New: the German definition and an example sentence on the card, an English interface if you want one, and many more example sentences with a translation.
Lernkartei (German for a flashcard box) is a German dictionary with flashcard training, built for learners of German. Everything works offline: the dictionary lives on your phone, nothing is sent anywhere, and there is no account. The interface is in German, which is the point: you learn the language in the language. If you would rather start in English, switch it to English in the settings.
DICTIONARY
Over 160,000 entries with short English meanings, German definitions, examples, articles, plural and conjugation forms, and pronunciation. Search understands inflected forms ("ist" leads to "sein", "Häuser" to "Haus") and English ("house" finds "Haus").
CARDS THAT GET TO THE POINT
The back of a card shows what you actually want to know: "Haus" means "house", "gehen" means "go, walk". No long explanations, no rare senses in the way.
SIX WAYS TO PRACTISE
Flip the card and swipe right if you knew it, left if you did not. Pick the English meaning out of four, or type it. Type the German word for an English meaning, where a small slip does not count as wrong. Only hear the word and choose its meaning. Or find the word missing from an example sentence. Switch modes any time in the settings.
READY-MADE DECKS
Eight levels from A1.1 to B2.2 with 300 words each, ordered by real-world frequency, plus topic decks (travel, food, work, family, home, health, weather, shopping, body, clothes, feelings, nature and more) and decks by part of speech: the most common verbs, adjectives, and nouns by gender. Also the words of the Goethe-Zertifikat A1, A2 and B1 word lists and the 4000 most frequent words. One tap and you can start.
GRAMMAR
Der, die or das? Which plural? What is the past tense? Three drills ask for articles, plural forms and verb forms, with the words from your own decks.
SPACED REPETITION
A proven scheduling method plans every card individually: what you know comes back less often, what you struggle with comes back sooner. You decide how many new words a day come in. A daily goal, a streak and statistics with a forecast, a calendar of your practice and your hardest words show where you stand.
BACKUP AND ANKI
A backup takes your decks and progress to a new phone. Existing Anki packages import with front and back, and your decks export as .apkg files.
LIGHT AND DARK
Follows the system setting, or stays fixed to light or dark.
Dictionary data comes from the German Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Card details
The back of a card can now show the word's German definition, small under the English meaning, and an example sentence with its translation below it. Switch either on or off in the settings under "Kartendetails".
The app in English
If you would rather start with an English interface, switch it in the settings under "Sprache der App". Buttons, menus and hints are then in English; the words, definitions and examples stay German.
Idioms
A word's page now lists the idioms it is part of: for "Hand", "auf der Hand liegen" and "etwas in die Hand nehmen", each with its meaning.
More example sentences with a translation
38,223 more example sentences carry an English line underneath, among them the examples of every word in the ready-made decks.
Also new since the last version on the App Store
- Paste a word list from your course, and the app turns it into a deck.
- The vocabulary check shows you in a minute which deck to start with.
- "Wörter durchgehen" sorts out the words you have known for a long time.
- Sentence building: put example sentences from your decks back together.
- Verbs show their preposition ("warten auf + Akkusativ"), a rules page explains articles, cases and adjective endings, and every word shows its word family.
- The daily reminder says how many cards are waiting.
- Tidier settings, and a field for feedback and wishes.
Your decks, your progress and your streak survive the update.
Version 1.10.0
The developer, Serden Sait Eranil, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Serden Sait Eranil
Size
57.9 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.