German Alphabet: Write & Hear

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German Alphabet takes you from zero to writing and reading the German alphabet (das deutsche Alphabet) and its spelling-to-sound patterns. HANDWRITING PRACTICE - 40 items: 5 vowels, 3 umlauts (ä ö ü), 22 consonants including ß, and 10 digraphs - Trace on a grid with animated stroke-order demonstrations - Every letter comes with its name, its IPA and a memory aid - Undo and redo when you slip SYLLABLE CHART - 17 consonants (including sch) x 5 vowels = 85 syllables, each one traceable - German is mostly spelled the way it sounds, so consonant plus vowel gives you the syllable - Tap any syllable to hear it LISTEN AND LEARN - Consonant and vowel charts: tap a letter to hear it, long-press to copy it - Adjustable speech speed and slow replay - Pronunciation follows Standard German - Some audio is real-voice recordings from Wikimedia Commons (Lingua Libre) released under CC0; the rest is synthesized with Thorsten, an open-source Piper voice (all CC0) QUIZZES AND REVIEW - Two quiz types: see a letter and pick its name, or hear a sound and pick the letter - Practice all letters, only consonants or only vowels - Daily review scheduled with Leitner five-box spaced repetition, so missed letters come back more often - Listening quizzes never put eu and äu, which sound the same, in one question - Optional daily review reminder ORIGIN - The history of German, its letters and umlauts, pronunciation tips, letter combinations and cognates shared with English PET PARK - A Germany-themed 3D park with dirndl and lederhosen outfits, Neuschwanstein Castle, a beer-garden table, half-timbered houses, Christmas-market huts, a cuckoo clock and a pretzel stand; cats and dogs live there, and tapping a person plays a greeting in German MORE - Available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English and Korean - Several theme colors and dark mode - Back up your progress to continue on another device - No sign-up or login; your data stays on your device The app shows banner ads, only on the quiz home and Settings screens. Only non-personalized ads are shown, and never on the handwriting or quiz-taking screens.