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Free German books for people learning German
40 books in German, all public domain and free to download as EPUB from Project Gutenberg. Each one is measured from its own text — sentence length, and how much of it is built from the two thousand commonest German words.
These shelves carry no CEFR level. A CEFR-graded wordlist exists for English and is used on the English shelf; no equivalent is available for German, and inventing one from word frequency would be a number that looks precise and means nothing. What is shown here is measured — how, exactly.
Books on this shelf
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Pitt und Fox, die Liebeswege der Brüder Sintrup: Roman
Gentle 14 h
Fiction
83.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 14 h at a learner’s pace.
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Josefine Mutzenbacher: oder Die Geschichte einer Wienerischen Dirne von ihr selbst erzählt
Gentle 9 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
82.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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Gretchen Reinwalds letztes Schuljahr: Eine Erzählung für Mädchen von 13-16 Jahren
Gentle 10 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
82.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 10 h at a learner’s pace.
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Sämtliche Werke 20 — Aus dem Dunkel der Großstadt : Acht Novellen
Gentle 16 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
80.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 16 h at a learner’s pace.
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Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler — Roman
Gentle 9 h
Mystery Dialogue-heavy
78.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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Die Flucht der Beate Hoyermann — Roman
Gentle 9 h
AdventureMystery Dialogue-heavy
78.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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Die Sternbuben in der Großstadt: Eine heitere Geschichte
Gentle 6 h
Adventure Dialogue-heavy
80.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 6 h at a learner’s pace.
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Liebe ist ewig — Roman
Steady 11 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
77.4% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 11 h at a learner’s pace.
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Millionen; Der Tod des Iwan Lande: Zwei Novellen
Steady 10 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
78.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 10 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der kleine Dämon
Steady 12 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
78.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 12 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Skorpion. Band 2
Steady 8 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
78.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 8 h at a learner’s pace.
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Sämmtliche Werke 5: Dramatische Werke
Steady 13 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
77.2% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 13 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Gehülfe
Steady 10 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
78.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 10 h at a learner’s pace.
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Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts: Novelle
Steady 4 h
Adventure Dialogue-heavy
79.7% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 4 h at a learner’s pace.
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Himmelsvolk: Ein Buch von Blumen, Tieren und Gott
Steady 6 h
Science fiction Dialogue-heavy
79.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 6 h at a learner’s pace.
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Venus im Pelz
Steady 5 h
Romance Dialogue-heavy
78.2% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 5 h at a learner’s pace.
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Die Schwestern im Kreuz — Erzählung
Steady 6 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
76.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 6 h at a learner’s pace.
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Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil
Steady 4 h
Fiction
74.6% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 4 h at a learner’s pace.
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Die seltsamen Geschichten des Doktor Ulebuhle
Steady 9 h
Comedy Dialogue-heavy
76.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Steppenwolf
Stretching 9 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
77.2% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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Mister Galgenstrick: und andere Humoresken
Stretching 4 h
Comedy Dialogue-heavy
75.2% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 4 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Fall Vukobrankovics
Stretching 5 h
Mystery
74.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 5 h at a learner’s pace.
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Faust: Eine Tragödie [erster Teil]
Stretching 4 h
Fiction
73.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 4 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Jäger von Fall — Hochlandsroman
Stretching 8 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
73.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 8 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Zauberberg. Erster Band
Stretching 19 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
74.4% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 19 h at a learner’s pace.
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Die Liebe: Novelle
Stretching 2 h
Romance Dialogue-heavy
72.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 2 h at a learner’s pace.
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Die Elixiere des Teufels — Nachgelassene Papiere des Bruders Medardus, eines Kapuziners
Stretching 14 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
74.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 14 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Roman eines geborenen Verbrechers: Selbstbiographie des Strafgefangenen Antonino M
Stretching 9 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
74.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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Ein Mann: Des Seefahrers und aufrechten Bürgers Joachim Nettelbeck wundersame Lebensgeschichte von ihm selbst erzählt
Stretching 18 h
AdventureBiography Dialogue-heavy
74.7% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 18 h at a learner’s pace.
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Jud Süß
Demanding 20 h
Historical
70.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 20 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Zauberberg. Zweiter Band
Demanding 20 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
72.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 20 h at a learner’s pace.
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Kloster Himmelpforte — Geschichtliches Drama in 4 Akten
Demanding 80 min
Fiction
70.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 80 min at a learner’s pace.
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Der Dunkelgraf
Demanding 20 h
Fiction
73.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 20 h at a learner’s pace.
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Die Leute von Seldwyla — Band 2
Demanding 12 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
74.6% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 12 h at a learner’s pace.
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Das Bücher-Dekameron: Eine Zehn-Nächte-Tour durch die europäische Gesellschaft und Literatur
Demanding 11 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
68.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 11 h at a learner’s pace.
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Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents. Band 2
Demanding 14 h
Fiction
67.4% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 14 h at a learner’s pace.
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Soldan's Geschichte der Hexenprozesse. Zweiter Band
Demanding 15 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
65.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 15 h at a learner’s pace.
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Der Marquis de Sade und seine Zeit
Demanding 17 h
Biography Dialogue-heavy
63.5% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 17 h at a learner’s pace.
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Urwald
Demanding 3 h
Fiction
62.5% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 3 h at a learner’s pace.
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Skizzen einer Fußreise durch Oesterreich, Steiermark, Kärnthen, Salzburg, Berchtesgaden, Tirol und Baiern nach Wien, — nebst einer romantisch pittoresken Darstellung mehrerer Ritterburgen und ihrer Volkssagen, Gebirgsgegenden und Eisglätscher auf dieser Wanderung, unternommen im Jahre 1825 von Joseph Kyselak. (2/2)
Demanding 8 h
Fiction
62.7% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest German words. About 8 h at a learner’s pace.
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