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Learning German: what actually works

German is one of the 28 languages NoaLingua offers, and 5 of its ten capability axes are verified from the extension's own registries. This page lists what exists, what is documented as absent, and the specific things about German that do not apply to any other language.

Deutsch

BCP-47 de · latin script

Capability by capability

Support for German, capability by capability
Capability State Detail
Chrome on-device translation per pair Not documented Varies by pair; Chrome decides
YouTube caption translation Not documented YouTube covers 156 languages; the list is not published per language
Cloud translation (MyMemory) per pair Not documented Opt-in, quota-limited, and the only source that sends sentence text off your device.
Offline word dictionary per pair Not documented FreeDict/WikDict coverage is per pair and not enumerated
Grammar tables (UniMorph) Yes 19 MB · nouns (219,104), verbs (198,913) and adjectives (87,503)
Definitions & IPA (Wiktionary / kaikki) Yes 91 MB
Example sentences (Tatoeba) per pair Yes Real bilingual sentences, searched locally once downloaded.
Speech recognition (Chrome pack) Not documented Chrome owns this pack; availability is Chrome's, not ours
Uncommon-word highlighting Yes Bundled top-1500 list
Punctuation for captions without it Yes One 56 MB model covering 47 languages, downloaded once per profile.

Specific to German

Things that are only true here

  • German UniMorph is one of the few that is genuinely balanced: 519,143 rows split across nouns (219,104), verbs (198,913) and adjectives (87,503) — so case tables for nouns and adjective endings both resolve.
  • The German Wiktionary pack is 91 MB, the third largest after English and Chinese.
  • German has one of the seven bundled frequency lists.
Setting up for German Choose German as the language you are learning in the extension popup or Settings → Languages. Packs begin downloading immediately and in the background — leave the browser open for 15 to 30 minutes and check the corner of the screen. When it goes quiet, everything is local. The full first-run guide →

Common questions

Does NoaLingua work for German?

German is one of the 28 languages in the learning and translation selectors, and 5 of its ten capability axes are verified. The table on this page shows exactly which ones — including the ones that are documented as absent.

Can I get grammar tables for German?

Yes. 19 MB · nouns (219,104), verbs (198,913) and adjectives (87,503) Conjugation and declension tables open at the exact form you clicked.

Does German work offline?

Yes, once the packs finish downloading. Expect to leave the extension running 15 to 30 minutes after choosing your languages.

What does “not documented” mean in the table?

That we have not verified it ourselves, so we will not claim it either way. It is not the same as “no”. Several of those columns depend on data Chrome owns and does not publish per language.