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The 100 most common German words
These hundred words make up a large share of everything written in German. Learn them and a page stops looking like a wall.
Space shows the answer, then the arrow keys answer it. Hold the green button until the ring fills to mark the word as learned.
How the cards work
Frequency order, not alphabetical
New words arrive in order of how often they appear in real German. The first twenty do more work for you than the next two hundred, so they come first.
Each word keeps its own schedule
Every word carries its own gap, and the gap grows each time you get it right. Miss one and it resets to a day. Each word is asked both ways round, and each way keeps its own gap, because recognising a word comes well before you can say it yourself.
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.
- 1undand
- 2sieshe, they, you (formal)
- 3diethe, who, which
- 4ichI
- 5derthe, who, which
- 6zuto, too, closed
- 7erhe, it
- 8esit
- 9inin, into
- 10dasthe, that, which
- 11warwas
- 12nichtnot
- 13denthe (accusative), to the
- 14eina, an, one
- 15sichhimself, herself, themselves
- 16aufon, onto, open
- 17mitwith
- 18vonof, from, by
- 19dassthat
- 20einea, an, one
- 21istis
- 22alsthan, when, as
- 23anat, on, to
- 24wiehow, like, as
- 25hattehad
- 26wirwe
- 27soso, like this, such
- 28sagtesaid
- 29demthe (dative), to the
- 30aberbut, however
- 31umaround, at, in order to
- 32einena, an (accusative)
- 33michme, myself
- 34ihrher, their, you (plural)
- 35seinto be, his, its
- 36ausout of, from, made of
- 37waswhat, that
- 38fürfor
- 39desof the
- 40ihreher, their
- 41duyou
- 42wennif, when, whenever
- 43ihnhim, it
- 44einema, an (dative)
- 45mirme, to me, myself
- 46nachafter, to, according to
- 47imin the
- 48seinehis, its
- 49überover, about, above
- 50dochbut, yet, however
- 51warenwere
- 52nochstill, yet, another
- 53einera, an, one
- 54dannthen, after that
- 55würdewould
- 56nuronly, just
- 57oderor
- 58habento have
- 59sehrvery
- 60unsus, to us, ourselves
- 61vorbefore, in front of, ago
- 62amat the, on the
- 63werdento become, will, to be
- 64habehave
- 65konntecould, was able to
- 66meinemy
- 67ihmhim, to him, it
- 68diesethis, these
- 69sindare
- 70meinmy
- 71wurdebecame, was
- 72durchthrough, by
- 73ihnenthem, to them, you (formal)
- 74auchalso, too, as well
- 75zumto the, for the
- 76immeralways
- 77dathere, here, since
- 78nunnow, well
- 79etwassomething, a little, somewhat
- 80keineno, not any, none
- 81hathas
- 82dieserthis, these
- 83wiederagain
- 84hättewould have, had
- 85sahsaw
- 86ihrenher, their, your (formal)
- 87nichtsnothing, anything
- 88selbstmyself, himself, herself
- 89wirdbecomes, will, is being
- 90dennbecause, for, then
- 91beiat, near, with
- 92mehrmore, anymore
- 93kanncan, is able to
- 94sehento see
- 95seinenhis, its
- 96bisuntil, up to
- 97wowhere
- 98weilbecause
- 99warumwhy
- 100werwho
