Alongside your course, for a move abroad, or simply because you have been meaning to for years. No lessons: you practise words, forms and sentences, and ripiti asks them again just before you forget them.
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From memory. Recognising a word is not knowing it. Only when you can say or write it from memory is it yours. That is why you type every answer in ripiti: the German word, the right conjugation. No multiple choice, nothing to click.
By ear. Being able to write a word does not mean you understand it when someone says it. That is why you also hear everything you learn without text: the German word, and you say what it means. Conjugations you hear in a sentence and write down, accents and all.
Repeat. Not ten times in a row, but a few times at the right moment: just before you lose it again. If you still know it, the gap gets longer. That is called spaced repetition, and there is a reason repeating is in the name: ripiti.
Every word and every conjugation is a card, and every card climbs a staircase. That decides when the card comes back.
Every new card begins at the bottom, at the start.
Typed correctly: one step up.
The higher the step, the longer the card stays away: 1 day, 3 days, 7 days … up to 240 days. Only then can you climb further.
Wrong: back to the start. The card comes up again later in the same round; in a review round, once more at the end.
From step 2 a card also comes back by ear from the next day, with a staircase of its own.
From step 3 a card counts as mastered.
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Words: first practise from English into German
You always see the word in an example sentence with a gap, so in context.
2368 words, each with three example sentences, with translation and pronunciation.
Wrong? Then the word comes back four cards later (in a review, once more at the end), and starts again at the bottom of the staircase.
Play and find out: type what fits in the sentence.
give the German
house
____ steht direkt am Fluss.
das Haus
Unser Haus steht direkt am Fluss.
Our house is right by the river.
give the German
big
Unser Garten ist ziemlich ____.
groß
Unser Garten ist ziemlich groß.
Our garden is quite big.
give the German
year
____ fahren wir im Sommer nach Italien.
das Jahr
Dieses Jahr fahren wir im Sommer nach Italien.
This year we are going to Italy in the summer.
give the German
see you later (today)
____, ich gehe jetzt einkaufen.
Bis später
Bis später, ich gehe jetzt einkaufen.
See you later, I'm going shopping now.
Listen and find out: hear the word, think of the meaning and judge yourself.
You hear the word, without text. Think of the meaning, tap show and judge yourself: right or wrong. Prefer typing? You can, under ⚙.
You can always listen again, slower too.
A word comes back by ear once it reaches step 2 under Words, from the next day, as part of Today.
In the order you meet them, in sets of ten. Every word has its own page with meaning, sentences and conjugation. German as spoken in Germany.
Conjugations: 50 verbs, 5 tenses, from A1 to B1
Conjugate and find out: type the form that fits in the sentence.
conjugation · sein · present tense (Präsens)
I am very tired today.
Ich ____ heute sehr müde.
bin
Ich bin heute sehr müde.
I am very tired today.
You get an English sentence and the same sentence in German with a gap; you type only the form. Where a tense follows one pattern, you practise the pattern rather than every verb separately: the whole Präsens is 52 cards. Irregular forms get their own card and are shown in gold.
sein · present tense (Präsens)bin · bist · ist · sind · seid · sind
Conjugations come back by ear too: you hear the sentence and type the form.
Tests: whole sentences, with a mark
Translate and find out: type the sentence in German.
translate this sentence
Our house is right by the river.
Unser Haus steht direkt am Fluss.
There is a dictation too: you hear the sentence and type it. Every test gets a mark, no steps; tests unlock once you master your first words (step 3).
Practical
What does it cost?
Nothing. No subscription, no ads; the website counts visits with Google Analytics, the app does not.
Do I need an account?
No. Your progress lives on your device. An account only exists to keep two devices in sync.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Add ripiti to your home screen and it works as an app, even without a connection. Audio you have never heard needs a connection once.
What level is it for?
Beginner to intermediate: the words you need first, and the tenses from A1 to B2.
What is it not?
Not a course and not a conversation partner. ripiti is the practice alongside your class, your book or your daily life in that language.
Who wrote the sentences?
They were written and checked with AI, not by a teacher. If a sentence is off, you flag it in the app with one tap.
Free, no account. Your progress stays on your device.