Lexie Languages German From English

German for English speakers

Lexie runs in English while you count and conjugate in German. The hints and the tutor explain in the language you already speak.

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Lexie the green blob at home, with a daily challenge button, a practice button and today's hunt: find something black

German numbers, next to English

NumberEnglishGerman
1oneeins
2twozwei
3threedrei
4fourvier
5fivefünf
6sixsechs
7sevensieben
8eightacht
9nineneun
10tenzehn
11elevenelf
12twelvezwölf
15fifteenfünfzehn
16sixteensechzehn
17seventeensiebzehn
20twentyzwanzig
21twenty-oneeinundzwanzig
30thirtydreißig
40fortyvierzig
50fiftyfünfzig
60sixtysechzig
70seventysiebzig
80eightyachtzig
90ninetyneunzig
99ninety-nineneunundneunzig
100one hundredeinhundert

Where German numbers get hard

These are the hints Lexie shows when a number falls in a tricky range.

  • 21 to 99: ones before tens (einundzwanzig)

Two verbs to start with

sein English: to be
ichbin
dubist
erist
wirsind
ihrseid
siesind
haben English: to have
ichhabe
duhast
erhat
wirhaben
ihrhabt
siehaben

First words

EnglishGerman
dogder Hund
catdie Katze
birdder Vogel
housedas Haus
doordie Tür
windowdas Fenster
tableder Tisch
bookdas Buch
treeder Baum
waterdas Wasser
redrot
blueblau

These come from Lexie's starter deck. You add your own by photographing things. All starter words.

How the practice works

  • Three ways to drill: a quiz, your voice, or by ear.
  • The blob reacts to every answer and thrives when you practise.
  • Rounds are short, and the numbers get longer as you level up.

A Tamagotchi for language drills

Lexie is on the App Store, for iPhone.

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