German dictation
Replay German story sentences, type what you hear and get word-by-word corrections. Practice umlauts, spelling and capitalization using original recordings.
One sentence.
A little more understanding.
Real German story recordings, manageable sentences, and corrections that show you what to work on. Take your time. Replay is part of the practice.
Start listeningDer Kuchen, der zu spät kam
Practice dictation from 132 complete story recordings
Make sense of what you’re practicing
What German dictation trains
Dictation connects sound, word boundaries and written forms. Listen to a short sentence, type it, then compare against the original. Pay attention to endings and small words: they often carry case, tense and agreement even when they are easy to miss in speech.
Spelling, umlauts and capitalization
An umlaut is part of the word: schon and schön differ in meaning. The checker keeps these distinctions. Word accuracy uses aligned words and reports missing, extra or substituted words. Capitalization is reported separately because German nouns and sentence beginnings need capitals, but capitals cannot be heard. Punctuation is also shown separately.
Original audio and trustworthy sentence boundaries
Every exercise replays part of an existing German story recording. Sentence starts and ends come from the original word timestamps. If a sentence cannot be aligned reliably, it is not offered as a clipped dictation exercise; the full passage can still be heard in the library.
A useful review routine
Try without hints first. If needed, slow the recording or reveal word initials, then compare the answer. Sentences completed with help remain in the review set. After correcting an error, replay the sentence at normal speed and continue the story to hear the phrase in context.