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The words worth knowing first

The words a sentence snags on — ordered by how often you hear them and whether German lets you guess them. Learn them ten at a time.

Direction: dialect → German. This is for understanding what was said, not for writing — what you should write yourself is over in the dialects section.

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  1. mirwir
  2. nonoch
  3. nödnicht
  4. hütheute
  5. gradgerade, sofort
  6. ächliein bisschen
  7. öppisetwas
  8. sisein
  9. woder, die, das (im Relativsatz)
  10. mercidanke

A short sitting with only these words. What you know for sure is marked «sticks» here, and the next ones move up.

All 262 words

First the ones heard most often in the situations that German does not let you guess.

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