Watch it. Read it. Or come across it on some website. With Lenton, you get to understand every line and keep the German worth remembering.
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Hover any word to see what it means. Click it to open its word sheet and save it.
Mach bitte das Fenster zu, es zieht.
Please close the window, there's a draft.
Words you've saved are underlined green, words at your level purple. Hover any word to see what it means.
Es war einmal ein kleines Mädchen, das immer eine rote Kappe trug. Darum nannten es alle nur Rotkäppchen.
Eines Tages packte die Mutter Kuchen und Wein ein. „Bring das der Großmutter“, sagte sie, „und komm nicht vom Weg ab!“
Im Wald kam ihm der Wolf entgegen. Er sah das Mädchen freundlich an und fragte: „Wohin gehst du?“
Er rannte zum Haus der Großmutter und klopfte leise an. „Mach die Tür nur auf“, rief die Großmutter. Der Wolf ging hinein und fraß sie auf.
Everything in one place
Other tools scatter your words across three apps. Lenton keeps every word you save in the same list, and sends it to Anki.
Words in Lenton's CEFR word lists carry their level. Lenton underlines the words you've saved in green and the words at the level you're working towards in purple, so you can see what a line expects of you before you read it.
Gestern lehnte ich das Angebot ab, aber es war ausgesprochen verlockend.
Marking
CEFR bands
Every word you save keeps its meaning, level and the sentence you found it in. Search it, filter it, star it, and play any word back.
No. The website works on its own: paste a YouTube link or open a text. The extension adds the same subtitles inside YouTube, Disney+ and HBO Max.
Lenton can generate German subtitles from the audio. With the extension, you can also import your own German or English .srt or .vtt file.
No. Saved words stay in Vocabulary, and you can export them as CSV at any time. If you use Anki, Lenton connects through the AnkiConnect add-on while Anki is open.
Everything you learn here stays with your account. Your learning data is isolated to it, and you can export a copy from Settings.
Yes. Lenton recognizes verbs like zumachen and marks both halves, so “Mach … zu” is looked up and saved as one word.
Any. You choose the level you're working towards, and Lenton marks the words from that level's list, so a beginner and an advanced learner see different words marked in the same line.
Yes. Every shortcut can be reassigned in Settings. Press ? while watching or reading to see them all.