You know a word when you’ve used it.
Wortken gives you one word a day. It comes back a few times until you’ve said or written it in sentences of your own.
The word comes back. You say a sentence with it.
An echo arrives as a notification with Speak, Write and In 1 h. Tap Speak and the phone listens, with a live transcript as you talk.
Mit Gelassenheit wartet sie auf den Zug.
Natural and clear. That’s exactly how it’s used.
Praise first. Then one correction, never a red page.
Feedback starts with what you got right, shows a single change as strike-through and insert, then a way a native speaker might also say it.
Ich bewundere seine Gelassenheitin demim Stau.
Good use of the word.
“in dem” becomes “im” here.
Also natural: “…seine Gelassenheit, wenn er im Stau steht.”
The third sentence, and it’s yours.
A word becomes known after the sentences you choose, two, three or more. Then it joins your words, and tomorrow brings a new one.
Gelassenheit lernt man nicht an einem Tag.
Lovely. Gelassenheit is now a known word.
Your day, your rhythm.
Choose how many words, how often each one comes back, when echoes may arrive and on which days. Wortken spreads them across your window, and never sends a pile.
German first. Any pair works.
Learn at your level, with explanations in the language you learn, in yours, or both. The app itself speaks 18 languages, so you can start in the one you read best.
Languages the app is available in.
Word detail
Meaning in both languages, grammar, synonyms, an opposite and example sentences. Tap any of them to hear it.
Add words from your cards
Photograph your paper word cards and pick the words to bring in. The photos are not kept.
Fill in the blanks
Short practice rounds with the words you already know, to keep them known.
Friends and challenges
See each other’s streaks and weekly numbers, and send a friend a fill-in-the-blank challenge.
Your sentences stay yours.
Your words and everything you write or say are stored on your phone.
- Sentences are sent only to be checked, and aren’t stored.
- Friends see your streak and counts, never your words.
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