About WunderDict
A German dictionary that remembers, with the drills to make it stick.
In short
- Free, in any modern browser, in light and dark.
- You build the lists from words you meet; the app schedules the reviews.
- Vocabulary support for your course or your reading, not a course itself.
Why it works
You build it yourself
The vocabulary that sticks is the vocabulary you chose. A word you looked up because you needed it carries a context that a ready-made deck never will. So WunderDict puts the list first: search in German or English, save the word, and its article, plural, level and examples are filled in for you.
Active recall and spacing
Two ideas from learning science do most of the work. Active recall: pulling a word out of memory beats reading it again, so practice here means answering, not just looking. Spaced repetition: a word comes back just before you would forget it, and the gap grows as it gets easier. A word counts as Known once you have recalled it several times across different days.
What you get
Every mode runs on your own lists. Questions are untimed and have two options, so you get a lot of reps in a little time. The timed challenge in Word Match and Preposition Match is just for fun and does not count toward your progress.
- Smart Practice
- Picks the words and skills you are due to review.
- Translation Quiz
- German to your language, and back.
- Flash Cards
- Flip to reveal, no scoring.
- Der/Die/Das
- The article of each noun.
- Plural Master
- The plural form of each noun.
- Verb Forms
- Partizip II, Präteritum, present tense, haben or sein.
- Case Picker and Fill in the Blank
- Cases and words in real sentences.
- Word Match and Preposition Match
- Quick matching games, with an optional timed challenge.
Lists are yours to shape: rename them, pin them, group them into collections, and practise a whole collection at once. Inside a list, words are grouped by part of speech, and each entry comes with its article, plural, level and examples. The Progress page shows the words you know, your accuracy and a year of activity, without nagging.
What it is not
WunderDict is not a course and not a tutor. It has no lesson plan, does not teach grammar from scratch, and will not correct your sentences or train your listening. It does one job, making vocabulary stick, so pair it with a course, a tutor, or plenty of reading and listening. Why use WunderDict explains where it fits.
Built on open lexical data (WikDict, drawn from Wiktionary) and a graded lexicon of German, the same data behind the grammar guides.
Build your first list as a guest in a couple of minutes, then sign in (email or Google) when you want to start practising. Search a word, save it, and come back to it tomorrow.
Start your first listMore questions? See the FAQ. Back to WunderDict
