German vocabulary, by frequency
How many German words do you already know?
Take a four-minute adaptive test, get your vocabulary size, then learn what you're missing — in the order you'll actually meet it.
An example result
1,420of 5,000 words
Level
B1
KnownLearningNot yetEach dot = 25 words
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Frequency, not chapters
The first 1,000 words cover about 64% of the running text in our corpus. You learn them first, in rank order, instead of whatever the next unit happens to hold.
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A number that moves
Your vocabulary size goes up as words stick in review. Milestones at 100, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 and 5,000 words mark the way up.
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Four ways to be sure
Flashcards, multiple choice, typing and listening, scheduled by spaced repetition. Spoken audio and an example sentence on every word.
Learn the German words that matter most
Test your vocabulary. Discover how many words you know. Then learn the rest.