The 100 most common Allemand words
These hundred words make up a large share of everything written in allemand. Learn them and a page stops looking like a wall.
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How the cards work
Frequency order, not alphabetical
New words arrive in order of how often they appear in real allemand. The first twenty do more work for you than the next two hundred, so they come first.
Each word keeps its own schedule
Answer that you knew a word and it comes back later. Answer that you did not and it comes back sooner. The gap grows every time you get it right, which is what moves a word from recognised to known.
How fast you answer counts
A word you answer instantly is scheduled further out than one you hesitate over, even though you got both right. Hesitation is the signal that a word is not secure yet.
The full list
All hundred, in frequency order. Words you have practised are marked.
- 1derthe, who, which
- 2diethe, who, which
- 3dasthe, that, which
- 4undand
- 5sieshe, they, you
- 6inin, into
- 7zuto, too, at
- 8erhe, it
- 9sichhimself, herself, itself
- 10denthe
- 11eina, an, one
- 12einea, an, one
- 13aufon, onto, at
- 14vonof, from, by
- 15mitwith, by
- 16esit
- 17alsas, when, than
- 18nichtnot
- 19ichI
- 20istis
- 21anon, at, to
- 22wiehow, like, as
- 23fürfor
- 24demthe
- 25wirwe
- 26aberbut, however
- 27ihrher, their, your
- 28imin the
- 29umaround, at, in order to
- 30dassthat
- 31ausout of, from, off
- 32überover, about, above
- 33seinto be, his, its
- 34durchthrough, by
- 35nuronly, just
- 36waswhat, that, something
- 37oderor
- 38nachafter, to, according to
- 39duyou
- 40sindare
- 41werdento become, will, to get
- 42auchalso, too, even
- 43wennif, when, whenever
- 44vorbefore, in front of, ago
- 45habento have
- 46hathas
- 47nochstill, yet, even
- 48zeittime
- 49wissento know, knowledge
- 50etwassomething, a little, somewhat
- 51nichtsnothing
- 52könnento be able to, can
- 53kanncan
- 54immeralways
- 55nienever
- 56dannthen
- 57mehrmore, anymore
- 58dochbut, yet, after all
- 59alleall, everyone, every
- 60jetztnow
- 61manone, you, people
- 62vielleichtmaybe, perhaps
- 63bisuntil, up to, by
- 64wiederagain
- 65ohnewithout
- 66sehento see
- 67hierhere
- 68sagento say, to tell
- 69gehento go, to walk
- 70kommento come
- 71machento do, to make
- 72denkento think
- 73wollento want
- 74gebento give
- 75nehmento take
- 76findento find, to think
- 77sprechento speak, to talk
- 78lebento live, life
- 79menschperson, human
- 80mannman, husband
- 81frauwoman, wife, Mrs.
- 82haushouse, home
- 83tagday
- 84nachtnight
- 85jahryear
- 86gutgood, well
- 87großbig, tall, great
- 88kleinsmall, little
- 89neunew
- 90jayes
- 91neinno
- 92hallohello, hi
- 93dankethank you, thanks
- 94bitteplease, you're welcome, here you go
- 95meinmy, mine
- 96dieserthis
- 97wowhere
- 98werwho
- 99warumwhy
- 100sehrvery, really