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German A1 Anki Deck

A free Anki deck built from our Goethe-aligned A1 curriculum vocabulary — gender-colored nouns, pronunciation audio, and example sentences on every card.

470 words, 464 with audio, updated 30 August 2026

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Illustration of the A1 German word “am”, which translates to “on (days/times)”. A golden sun clock floating in the sky; a clock hand rests precisely on a glowing, oversized Monday morning written in clouds.
am

/am/

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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Artikel”, which translates to “article”. A giant blank newspaper unfolding in a meadow, each empty page blooming into a field of wildflowers as a reader sits happily on the crease.
der Artikel

/ˌaʁˈtiːkl̩/

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Illustration of the A1 German word “Auf Wiedersehen!”, which translates to “Goodbye!”. Friends waving cheerfully at a train station platform, a train slowly departing.
Auf Wiedersehen!

/aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːən/

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Illustration of the A1 German word “aus”, which translates to “from, out of”. A cheerful cat leaping out of a giant floating teapot into the open sky, trailing a ribbon of steam as it sails free into the clouds.
aus

/aʊ̯s/

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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Automat”, which translates to “machine, vending machine”. A bright red vending machine dispensing a cold drink on a sunny street corner.
der Automat

/aʊ̯toˈmaːt/

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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Bankautomat”, which translates to “ATM”. A glowing ATM in a desert that dispenses shimmering golden butterflies instead of bills when a card is inserted.
der Bankautomat

/ˈbaŋkʔaʊ̯toˌmaːt/

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Illustration of the A1 German word “das Bild”, which translates to “picture, image”. An ornate empty frame hanging in mid-air, capturing a living, swirling galaxy of stars and nebula clouds inside its borders.
das Bild

/bɪlt/

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Illustration of the A1 German word “das Buch”, which translates to “book”. An enormous open book lies across a cliff edge, pages splayed; a tiny mouse dangles from its bottom corner by both front paws, hind legs kicking over a deep valley, eyes bulging with alarm.
das Buch

/buːx/

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What's in each card

The front shows the German word — nouns are colored by gender (der = blue, die = pink, das = green) — with pronunciation audio where available. The back shows the English translation, IPA pronunciation when we have it, and a real example sentence in German and English.

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