Free Letter Drop

German vocabulary: a free spelling game

Spelling a word out is harder than recognising it, and it is the direction you need when you actually want to say something. Work, travel, the city and the natural world. The next layer out. Every prompt carries the article, so the gender goes in with the word.

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How to play

Catch the next correct letter to spell the German word for the English shown. A wrong letter costs a life, and you have 3. 85 nouns in this set.

Tap or click the lane with the correct letter

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What is in this game

The 85 terms you will drill

Everything the game tests, in plain text, so you can read it first or revise without playing.

Free German Vocabulary Game: Everyday Nouns term list
English	German
work	die Arbeit
office	das Büro
company	die Firma
boss	der Chef
colleague	der Kollege
profession	der Beruf
teacher	der Lehrer
pupil	der Schüler
student	der Student
class	die Klasse
exam	die Prüfung
task	die Aufgabe
question	die Frage
answer	die Antwort
word	das Wort
sentence	der Satz
language	die Sprache
newspaper	die Zeitung
letter	der Brief
telephone	das Telefon
computer	der Computer
music	die Musik
film	der Film
photo	das Foto
colour	die Farbe
dress	das Kleid
shirt	das Hemd
trousers	die Hose
skirt	der Rock
shoe	der Schuh
jacket	die Jacke
coat	der Mantel
hat	der Hut
station	der Bahnhof
airport	der Flughafen
train	der Zug
bus	der Bus
bicycle	das Fahrrad
aeroplane	das Flugzeug
ship	das Schiff
journey	die Reise
hotel	das Hotel
suitcase	der Koffer
path	der Weg
square	der Platz
market	der Markt
shop	der Laden
price	der Preis
bank	die Bank
post office	die Post
church	die Kirche
museum	das Museum
park	der Park
bridge	die Brücke
village	das Dorf
country	das Land
tree	der Baum
flower	die Blume
forest	der Wald
mountain	der Berg
river	der Fluss
lake	der See
sea	das Meer
island	die Insel
sky	der Himmel
sun	die Sonne
moon	der Mond
star	der Stern
cloud	die Wolke
rain	der Regen
snow	der Schnee
wind	der Wind
weather	das Wetter
winter	der Winter
summer	der Sommer
fire	das Feuer
earth	die Erde
stone	der Stein
animal	das Tier
cow	die Kuh
pig	das Schwein
sheep	das Schaf
mouse	die Maus
leaf	das Blatt
grass	das Gras

How to spell 85 everyday German nouns from the English
Production rather than recognition, which is the harder and more useful direction
The article alongside the word, so gender is learned with the noun instead of after it

Noun genders and plurals from German Wiktionary via the german-nouns dataset (CC BY-SA 4.0). These sets are hand-picked everyday nouns, not official CEFR word lists: the Goethe-Institut lists are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced.

Questions

Frequently asked

Is this German game free?

Yes. It runs in your browser with no sign-up, no download, and no account.

How many nouns does it cover?

85 in this set, and there is a second set at a different level. Every noun is listed on this page as well as in the game.

Are these A1 or A2 nouns?

Neither, and any site telling you otherwise is guessing. The Goethe-Institut CEFR word lists are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced, so these are hand-picked everyday nouns grouped by how early you are likely to meet them.

Why is the article shown with every noun?

Because a German noun without its gender is only half learned. Meeting Tisch as der Tisch every time is far more effective than learning the word now and the gender later.

Can I make a game from my own German word list?

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