Annika Vogel
Hamburg native. I spent years explaining German word order to exchange students and still enjoy it. My decks favour the words you hear on the U-Bahn over the ones in textbooks.
Decks by Annika Vogel
100 Basic German Words for Beginners (A1)
The 100 German words you hear every day: pronouns, verbs, question words, times and everyday nouns, each with a short sentence a native speaker would really say.
100 Most Common German Verbs (A1)
The 100 German verbs beginners actually need: conjugation hints, separable prefixes and short everyday examples from real spoken German.
Colors in German: 25 Essential Color Words
Learn the 25 German color words you actually need: basic colors, hell-/dunkel- shades, and tricky ones like rosa, lila and orange, with real example sentences.
Common German Phrases for Beginners (50 Everyday Expressions)
50 common German phrases for A1 learners: greetings, thank-yous, apologies, ordering food and asking for help, with natural examples and usage notes.
Funny German Words: 30 Weird and Wonderful Slang Terms
Thirty funny German words with literal meanings, natural examples and register notes - grief bacon, pig-dogs and slappable faces included. For B1 learners.
German Adjectives: The 100 Most Useful for Beginners
100 essential German adjectives with natural example sentences, ending tips and usage notes for A1 learners – from gut and klein to kaputt and günstig.
German Modal Verbs: können, müssen, dürfen, sollen, wollen, mögen
20 A2 flashcards on German modal verbs: present and Präteritum forms, möchten, könnte and dürfte, plus the nicht müssen vs. nicht dürfen trap, with everyday examples.
German Numbers 1–100: eins to hundert
All 100 German numbers from eins to hundert with example sentences, the reversed tens explained and the spelling traps in sechzehn, dreißig and achtzig.
German Question Words (W-Fragen) for Beginners
The 20 German question words you actually need at A1: wer, was, wo, wohin, wann, warum and more, with natural example sentences and case tips.
German Swear Words: 30 Real Insults and Curses
Thirty German curse words, insults and rude phrases with strength ratings from 1 to 5, natural examples and notes on gender, region and when each one is actually used.
German Words Used in English: 40 Loanwords
Forty German words English borrowed – Rucksack, Bratwurst, Schadenfreude, Ersatz – with their real German meaning, gender and an example sentence.
Long German Words and What They Actually Mean
30 long German compound words, each broken into its parts: everyday monsters like Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung plus the famous record-holders. For B1 learners.