- 1 Neugeborenes Ab dem Alter von 4 Wochen bis zu 1 Jahr sagt man zu einem Kind Baby. Ab einem Alter von 2 Jahren sagt man zu… 45 words · 1 min 98%
- 2 Anonymität Members 41 words · 1 min 98%
- 3 Beruf Members 41 words · 1 min 98%
- 4 Maria Theresia Members 26 words · 1 min 96%
- 5 Junge Members 26 words · 1 min 96%
- 6 Übersetzung Members 50 words · 1 min 96%
- 7 Kindergarten Members 45 words · 1 min 96%
- 8 Säugling Members 45 words · 1 min 96%
- 9 Republik Kongo Members 44 words · 1 min 95%
- 10 Gewissen Members 62 words · 1 min 95%
- 11 Information Members 41 words · 1 min 95%
- 12 Fortpflanzung Members 41 words · 1 min 95%
- 13 Fortnite Members 40 words · 1 min 95%
- 14 Verein Members 54 words · 1 min 94%
- 15 Kaffee Members 50 words · 1 min 94%
- 16 Kiosk Members 50 words · 1 min 94%
- 17 Schloss Versailles Members 33 words · 1 min 94%
- 18 Gesundheit Members 32 words · 1 min 94%
- 19 Landgewinnung Members 47 words · 1 min 94%
- 20 Rede Members 47 words · 1 min 94%
- 21 Baby Members 47 words · 1 min 94%
- 22 Fahrrad Members 26 words · 1 min 92%
- 23 Haus Members 51 words · 1 min 92%
- 24 Mädchen Members 25 words · 1 min 96%
- 25 Park Members 124 words · 1 min 93%
- 26 Post Members 73 words · 1 min 95%
- 27 Kinderreisepass Members 114 words · 1 min 91%
- 28 Immanuel Kant Members 34 words · 1 min 91%
- 29 Kakao Members 42 words · 1 min 90%
- 30 Politiker Members 82 words · 1 min 90%
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Common questions
What should I read at German A2?
Texts where you already know most of the words. Otherwise you are decoding, not reading. The 30 texts here were picked by measuring exactly that: the easiest covers 98% of its running words with A2 vocabulary, the typical one 94%.
How long are the A2 texts?
About 49 words each, or 1 minutes at a careful learner's pace. Short on purpose: a text you finish and reread twice does more than a long one you abandon.
Are the texts free?
The first A2 text is free, with no account. The other 29 are for members, $7 a month on Patreon, or lifetime access bought once.
Should I read with the translation showing?
Read the German first with the translation hidden, and only reveal a line when you are genuinely stuck. The toggle at the top of every text does this in one click. The point is to make yourself guess before you check.
Do I need to know every word at A2?
No. Coverage tops out around 90% even at C2 because a quarter of the running words in any real text fall outside a 15,003-word list entirely: names, compounds, technical terms. In every text the words above your level are marked where they occur, and one tap opens the entry.
Texts from Klexikon, MiniKlexikon and Hurraki, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.