der · die · das
Three genders, no obvious system. Mond is masculine, Sonne feminine, even native speakers can rarely tell you why.
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Wortschatz.word-treasure.
Vocabulary that sticks. Path to Words shows each word right when you'd otherwise forget it, and steps back once it's locked in. Built first for German learners. More languages coming.
1.388German words·hand-curated·no machine translation
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Principles
Three things we got right.
I.
Spaced repetition that respects time.
We use FSRS-5, the same algorithm that powers Anki's research mode. Cards return when you're on the edge of forgetting, not earlier, not later.
II.
Real, curated vocabulary.
Over 1,200 A1 words from Oxford's New English File textbook, sorted into 14 thematic chapters. Articles, plurals, and pronunciation included, because German nouns without articles are useless.
III.
Examples that don't lie.
Every example sentence is generated under strict pedagogical rules: only A1 vocabulary, present tense only, no inflated grammar. Honest beats clever.
What makes German weird
Three reasons it doesn't stick.
Path to Words doesn't make any of this simpler. The algorithm just makes sure each one of these gets exactly the practice it needs.
Lebensabschnittsgefährte
Words stack until they describe exactly what you mean. Beautiful, and impossible to guess if you forget the middle.
aufstehen → ich stehe auf
Verbs that split apart mid-sentence. Steh up front, auf all the way at the end.
Vocabulary
Words you'll actually use.
1,288 hand-picked German words across 14 chapters, from numbers and family to verbs and adjectives. A1 level, with everything you need to use them properly.
Source: Oxford New English File · Beginner + Elementary
das Hausgehendie Familieschöndas Wasserdas Buchmorgendie Stadtlernender Freundunverwechselbardie Vergänglichkeit
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