Import your PDF list into an app like Anki. It tracks which words you struggle with and shows them more often.

This is where you move from "surviving" to "expressing." You will learn nuance—why "machen" isn't always the best word for "to do." You’ll also tackle compound nouns, which are the hallmark of German. Words like "Handschuh" (hand shoe = glove) show how German builds complex ideas from simple blocks. 3. The Fluency Layer (Words 5,001–9,000)

To show how the word changes in a sentence (declension).