About WunderDict

The vocabulary that sticks is the vocabulary you chose. A word you looked up because you actually needed it carries context that a pre-made deck never will. So WunderDict puts the list first: you search, you save, and your list becomes the thing you come back to. Search in German or English, and autocomplete suggests words from your library as you type. On submit, the word gets sorted by part of speech and dropped into your active list with its details filled in.

Two ideas from learning science do most of the work, and WunderDict is built around both. Active recall: pulling a word out of memory beats reading it again, which is why practice here means answering, not just looking. Spaced repetition: review a word right before you would forget it, then stretch the gap as it gets easier. The app tracks what you know, prioritises the words you have drilled least and the ones due for review, and spaces out the ones you have already nailed, so your time lands where it counts.

Every English speaker learning German hits the same wall: der, die, or das, and a plural that follows no rule you can guess. These are not really meaning problems, they are pattern problems, and patterns reward fast, high-volume reps. So they get dedicated drills. Der/Die/Das is a 2-choice drill for noun gender. Plural Master is a 2-choice drill for plurals. You answer on instinct, you see the truth, you move on, and the patterns start to settle.

The quizzes are quick timed rounds, roughly ten seconds a question, with two buttons and nothing else to read. That is on purpose. A long multiple-choice question turns recall into a logic puzzle: you reason your way to the answer instead of remembering it. Two buttons and a clock keep you honest and let you do a lot of reps in a little time. The Translation Quiz scores correct and incorrect, builds your streak, and pushes a word from new toward known.

Not every session needs a scoreboard. Flash Cards are exposure-only: flip the card, see the answer, keep going. No streak, no pressure, just repetition. Use them to warm up a new list, to coast through words you half-know, or on the days when getting it exactly right is more friction than you want. The reps still count toward familiarity.

A list is a workbench, so it is yours to shape. Rename it, favourite it, delete it, share it. Inside, words are grouped by part of speech, and each group shows the fields that matter: nouns carry their article and plural, verbs carry conjugation and Präteritum. The automatic enrichment fills in translations, levels, and example sentences, and entries get richer each time you search them. You can also add your own example sentences: the app will translate them and pull the individual words out into proper lookups, so you capture vocabulary in the context you actually met it.

Progress is the quiet motivator, so WunderDict shows it without nagging. The Progress dashboard tracks total words, words known, accuracy, your current streak, a year-long activity heatmap, and mastery per list. It updates as you practise. The point is not a number to chase; it is honest evidence that the small sessions are stacking into something real.