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Learn German without the declension tables
Declensions and word order are learned far more naturally by meeting them in a real text than by memorizing a table.
Start for freeDie Regierung hat die Entscheidung auf nächste Woche .
Die kritisiert das scharf und fordert mehr Transparenz.
Trotzdem bleibt die im Parlament stabil.
Translation
Postponed, put off
Definition
- Verb (past participle)Pushed back to a later time.
- Root'schieben' means to push, plus the particle 'ver-' turns it into to postpone.
Context
« Die Regierung hat die Entscheidung auf nächste Woche verschoben. »
Declensions used to scare me. Meeting them in context, it almost became intuitive.
Marion, 29
I did 3 years of German in school without ever really understanding a text. Two months into Lira, I could.
Anthony, 35
Compound words don't scare me anymore, I just break them down while reading.
Camille, 26
Why learn German by reading
Grammar by use, not by heart
You see declensions working in real sentences, which makes them easier to absorb than on an isolated flashcard.
Vocabulary that comes back at the right time
FSRS schedules each review right before you forget, including for the compound words German is known for.
Texts at your exact level
Articles, short stories, or novel excerpts calibrated automatically, so you progress without getting stuck or bored.
A conjugated form isn't a new word
"hatte", "hat", "hätte": Lira groups them under the verb "haben" in your vocabulary list, while still tracking each form's own memorization separately.
One German, three registers
The formal 'Sie', everyday German, and bureaucratic German are built quite differently from each other. Lira trains you on all three, not just declension tables.
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A modal verb plus the polite Konjunktiv II, never the bare verb form learned first.
From A1 to C1, at your pace
Lira calibrates every text to your real level from the first reading, and adjusts difficulty as you progress.
FSRS
Spaced repetition
FSRS calculates, for every word, the exact moment you're about to forget it, and resurfaces it right before that happens. Retention climbs in steps, including for long compound words.
Vocabulary retention over time
Contextual anchoring
Every word fits into a network of meaning
The brain doesn't store words as a list: it links them to contexts and semantic families. Lira memorizes each word in the exact sentence you met it in.
Why not just Duolingo, Babbel, or Busuu?
Those apps teach German grammar out of context through repetitive drills. Lira trains you directly on real text, with memorization scheduled in the background.
- Understands real text, not isolated sentences
- Cases learned in context, not on tables
- Long-term memory through FSRS
- You choose the content you read
- Free
