Word by Wort: Learn German

Select a German word on any page and add it to your Word by Wort words, with the sentence it came from.

Reading German online? Turn the words you meet into words you know. Select a German word or short phrase on any web page, right-click and choose "Add to Word by Wort" (or press Alt+Shift+W). A small panel shows: • the word as it's listed in the dictionary, even when you selected another form: "ging" becomes gehen, "kauft … ein" becomes einkaufen • der, die or das in colour, and the plural • the English meaning • the sentence you found it in, kept as the word's example if you like Choose "Add to my words" and it goes to your Word by Wort account. The app on your phone, tablet or computer adds it as a new word the next time it syncs, and it comes up in Review, spaced so you see it again just before you'd forget it. Not in the dictionary yet? Type what it means and it's added to your own phrases. You'll need a Word by Wort account (make one at app.wordbywort.com). Sign in with Apple, Google or your email. Private by design • The extension reads nothing until you choose "Add to Word by Wort", and then only the text you selected, the sentence around it, and the page's title and address. • It needs no access to the sites you visit, so your browser won't warn that it "can read and change all your data". • No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Words go only to your own account. • A switch in the toolbar menu turns it off whenever you like. Word by Wort is a complete German course: a 76,000-word dictionary, a 15,000-word pathway, 56 grammar topics, lessons from A1 to C1, reading at your level and exam practice papers. https://wordbywort.com