Look up a German word. Keep the ones that matter.

What one lookup returns

Type “Wohnung” and this is what comes back, filled in automatically: the article, the plural, the CEFR level, and a German example sentence with its translation. Nothing here was typed by hand — it is the result of a single search.

The entry gets richer every time the word is searched, and saving it to a list takes one click.

What WunderDict is

WunderDict is a German dictionary that looks up words the way a good tutor would: type a word in German or in your own language, and the answer comes back with the article, the plural, the CEFR level, verb conjugation where it applies, and example sentences — filled in automatically, without you cross-referencing three other sites. It works from either direction, so a word you only half-remember in English still gets you to the correct German entry. Inside a list, words are grouped by part of speech, so each entry shows exactly the fields that matter for it — nouns carry their article and plural, verbs carry their conjugation.

Every word you look up can go straight into a list — grouped by chapter, topic, or whatever organisation makes sense to you — and from there into practice. Translation Quiz and Flash Cards cover the basics; Word Match, Der/Die/Das, Plural Master, Preposition Match, Case Picker, and Fill in the Blank each drill one specific pattern German is known for tripping learners up on. Searching and building lists work as a guest; the practice modes need a free account so your progress can be saved. Together, the modes turn a list you built from real searches into vocabulary you can actually produce, not just recognise.

Who it's for

WunderDict is built for someone already learning German — through a course, a textbook, or a move to a German-speaking country — who keeps meeting words faster than they can hold onto them. You are reading an article, sitting in a lesson, or watching something with subtitles, and a word stops you. That is the moment this tool is for: a quick, precise answer, then back to what you were doing. The tab that word came from stays open; WunderDict just needs a moment of your attention, not the rest of your afternoon.

It sits beside your regular study rather than replacing it. If your course teaches you grammar and gives you structure, WunderDict is where the vocabulary you meet along the way gets caught, organised, and reviewed until it is actually yours — from your first der/die/das at A1 to the compound nouns you start collecting at C1. Guests can search and build lists right away; signing in — with email or Google, both free — is what lets your lists and progress follow you between devices.

What it isn't

WunderDict is not a German course, and it will not teach you grammar from scratch — there is no curriculum, no lesson sequence, and no explanation of why the accusative case exists. It is not a chat tutor either: there is nobody to correct your sentences or hold a conversation with you. What it does is narrower and, we think, more useful for the exact moment it is built for: turning a word you just met into an entry you can trust and a list you will actually return to. The point is not to be everything at once. It is to be reliable at the one job it takes on: catching a word before it slips away, and giving you somewhere honest to bring it back to.

German grammar guides

Plain-language guides to the parts of German that trip learners up, written against the same dictionary the search box uses.

• Why use WunderDict?
• How to use WunderDict
• Der, die or das? How German noun gender works
• German plural rules
• The four German cases
• German verb conjugation
• The 100 most common German verbs
• Separable verbs
• German adjective endings
• Wo or wohin? Location versus direction
• German prepositions and the cases they take
• German CEFR levels, A1 to C2