Miniglot
DeutschThe CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) describes six levels of a language, from A1 for beginners to C2 for near-native speakers; the Goethe-Zertifikat exams follow it for German. Miniglot covers A1 to C1, nouns with their article, choosing for each level the words a learner meets most often, each with its pronunciation, its meaning and an example sentence.
4,970 words in all. Times are at 15 new words a day, about ten minutes in the app.
| Level | Words | With examples | Time | CSV, Anki deck |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German A1 vocabularyBeginner | 463 | 463 | 4 weeks | CSV|Anki |
| German A2 vocabularyElementary | 507 | 507 | 5 weeks | CSV|Anki |
| German B1 vocabularyIntermediate | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2 months | CSV|Anki |
| German B2 vocabularyUpper intermediate | 1,500 | 1,498 | 3 months | CSV|Anki |
| German C1 vocabularyAdvanced | 1,500 | 1,498 | 3 months | CSV|Anki |
Miniglot shows these words one card at a time, with audio, and brings each back just before you forget it. Then you read stories made only from the words you know.
Miniglot's A1 list has 463 words. At 15 new words a day, that is about 4 weeks.
4,970 words across 5 levels, each word taught at one level only. Learning all of them at 15 a day takes about 11 months.
Spaced repetition: seeing each word again just before you would forget it, at longer and longer intervals, then meeting it in sentences and stories. Miniglot does both: it schedules each word's reviews and writes stories from the words you already know.
Yes. Every list is a free CSV file and a free Anki deck, with the word, its IPA, its meaning, an example sentence and its translation.