Learn German with Fluera

Study German words in sentences, practice grammar with English explanations and build vocabulary from texts, songs and videos. Learn free on your phone or in a browser.

How German lessons work

Your starting point

Choose where to begin — skip the words you already know.

Your words

Pull words from a video, a song or any text — into one dictionary.

Practice

Words come back until you know them — then they are gone for good.

Sprint

A 60-second speed round — quick warmup before the day starts.

How to learn German — sentences, vocabulary and a free course

Fluera is a free German learning app that teaches vocabulary through complete sentences instead of isolated word pairs. You fill in gaps, assemble phrases, type what you hear and connect each new word with the grammar that makes it work.

Learn German online in your browser or continue on your phone with the same account. Course words, ready-made lists and vocabulary imported from your own materials all live in one dictionary, so every part of your practice follows the same progress.

How to start learning German

Start with the words that unlock ordinary situations: greetings, numbers, food, directions, transport, home and work. Each short lesson introduces a small group of words and immediately puts them into sentences, so you learn not only what a word means but also where it belongs.

You do not have to begin from the first word if you already know some German. Choose a suitable starting point and mark familiar vocabulary as known. Fluera keeps the focus on words that can still move forward instead of making you repeat material you have already mastered.

A useful routine is deliberately simple: complete one lesson, return to the words that are ready for review and use a quick Sprint when you only have a minute. The aim is steady contact with German, not a study plan that is too demanding to maintain.

What the German course covers

The course is organized around practical themes such as family, shopping, travel, health, weather, study and work. A topic is divided into manageable lessons, and each lesson connects new vocabulary with sentences you can understand, hear and rebuild yourself.

Grammar enters the course when it helps explain what is happening in those sentences. You meet personal pronouns and common verbs first, then work with noun gender, articles, cases, adjective endings, past forms, separable verbs and the word order used in main and subordinate clauses.

As the sentences become richer, the course introduces more precise ways to describe time, reasons, conditions, opinions and imagined situations. You can follow the structured path or use it as a base while adding the vocabulary you need for your own reading, travel, work or conversations.

German sentences, not bare flashcards

A translation pair can tell you that Tisch means table, but it does not show that the noun is masculine, how its article changes or where it appears in a natural sentence. Context carries that information. It lets you learn a word together with the patterns you will need when you read, listen or speak.

German makes context especially valuable. Verbs change with the subject, articles signal case and gender, and a separable prefix may move to the end of a clause. Seeing these details repeatedly inside short sentences is more useful than memorizing a rule and a disconnected list of examples.

Fluera varies the task: fill in a missing word, choose the sentence that preserves an English meaning, assemble German words in the right order, type an answer or listen and identify what was said. Recognition, recall, spelling and listening reinforce the same vocabulary from different angles.

German grammar with English explanations

German grammar becomes easier when every explanation answers a question raised by a real sentence. Why is der now den? Why does the verb stand at the end? Why has a prefix moved away from the rest of the verb? Fluera explains these patterns in English and then asks you to use them.

Early practice focuses on foundations such as ich and du, sein and haben, present-tense verb position and the most common article patterns. Further lessons add case choices, modal and separable verbs, past narration, dependent clauses, passive constructions and Konjunktiv forms without turning the page into a grammar encyclopedia.

The exercises do more than ask you to name a rule. You choose a form that fits the sentence, restore a missing element or build the whole clause in neutral German word order. That connection between explanation and action helps grammar become part of comprehension rather than a list of labels to memorize.

Build a German vocabulary from your own materials

A fixed course cannot predict every word you need. Paste a German article, recipe, email or other text into Fluera and choose the vocabulary worth keeping. The importer highlights words you already know and ranks the remaining options so you can focus on useful items instead of collecting every rare name or one-off term.

You can also search for a German word directly or add entries one by one. A word card brings together its translation, pronunciation, forms and usage examples. Inflected forms are connected with the same dictionary entry, so learning a form inside a sentence strengthens the word you are actually studying instead of creating a duplicate card.

Course words and personal words share one learning history. If you master a word from an imported list, the course does not treat it as new later. If you answer it incorrectly in another activity, it can return in focused practice. Your dictionary remains the single place where that progress is recorded.

Learn German with songs and videos

Songs and videos are useful when you want vocabulary connected with material you genuinely enjoy. Enter an artist and song title to extract words from available lyrics, or paste a YouTube link so Fluera can turn its transcript into a list of German vocabulary to inspect.

You stay in control of the result. Skip familiar words, choose how many new items to add and leave names or unusually narrow terms behind. The selected words join the same dictionary and sentence practice as words from the course, rather than becoming a separate deck that is easy to forget.

Fluera is not a video player with interactive subtitles. Watch or listen wherever you normally would, then use Fluera to study the vocabulary you selected. This keeps the learning task focused: the source gives the words context, while the app turns those words into repeatable exercises.

German word lists for a specific goal

Ready-made and community word lists offer a direct route into a topic. You can choose vocabulary for travel, food, work or another practical situation, inspect the entries and start a focused study session without waiting to reach that theme in the course.

When the right list does not exist, build one in the spreadsheet-style editor, add words through search or describe the vocabulary you need in plain language. A list can support a trip to Berlin, a class, a book, a professional project or any personal interest that gives you a reason to use German.

List study is configurable. Choose which word statuses to include, how many words to take into a session, whether to show introductory cards and which exercise types to use. You can share a list by link, and another learner can make a personal copy without changing your original.

Learn German free in the browser or app

Fluera is free to use. You can open the German course in a modern browser and complete the first lessons as a guest, which makes it easy to see how sentence-based vocabulary practice feels before creating an account.

If you decide to continue, sign up and keep the progress from your guest session. An account makes your vocabulary and learning history available across devices, so the words you study on your phone are the same words waiting for you when you return in a browser.

The mobile app is available for iPhone and Android, while the web version works without an installation. The learning experience follows the same core model on each device: lessons, one personal dictionary, focused review, mistakes and quick recall practice.

Make German practice fit your day

Consistency matters more than an occasional long session. A short lesson is easier to repeat tomorrow, and each completed group of words gives you a concrete result. You can stop after one lesson or continue when you have more time; the app does not require a fixed timetable.

Words move through clear states as you work with them. Three successful answers on different days mark a word as learned, and it then leaves the regular queue instead of returning forever. Words that still need attention remain visible, so the dictionary shows what is changing rather than hiding progress behind a generic score.

A streak records the days on which you study. Optional reminders are tied to that learning day and respect quiet hours: once you have completed something, there is no reason to send another prompt. A home-screen widget can also show the streak without requiring you to open the app first.

Review German words, fix mistakes and play Sprint

Review builds a focused session from words that are ready to be reinforced. It does not make you repeat an entire course topic just to reach the few items that need another attempt. Because every source writes to the same dictionary, a due word can come from a lesson, a custom list, a song or a text import.

Mistakes gives incorrect answers their own place. If a German article, verb form or translation caused trouble, you can work on that word directly instead of hoping it appears again by chance. The same sentence exercises provide new attempts while the shared word status records the result.

Sprint is a 60-second recall round for words you already know. It is useful as a warm-up or for a day when a full lesson does not fit, but it does not replace explanations and contextual practice. It adds a faster rhythm to the same vocabulary rather than creating a separate game collection.

A German learning app built around your vocabulary

Many language courses decide exactly which word comes next, while flashcard tools expect you to create and maintain every deck yourself. Fluera connects both approaches: follow a structured German course when you want guidance, then add the words that matter to your own life without leaving the learning system.

The unit of progress is the word. You can see whether it is new, being learned, waiting for review or already known. Lessons, lists, Review, Mistakes and Sprint all read and update that same state, which prevents the duplicate queues that appear when course study and personal flashcards are kept apart.

If you want to learn German through practical sentences while still choosing your own vocabulary, start with a guest lesson. Explore the course, listen to the words and try the exercises; when you are ready, an account keeps the same dictionary available on your phone and in the browser.