Word TrainerLearn Czech words that you actually need
Czech has seven cases, a letter that even native speakers practise as children, and a spoken language that differs from the written one. What it also has is very predictable pronunciation, with the stress always on the first syllable: once a word is in your memory, you can say it. Word Trainer gets the words there and keeps them.
What makes Czech vocabulary tricky
Seven cases change nouns and adjectives: Praha, v Praze, do Prahy. The vocative is alive and used with names: Petře, Jano. The dictionary form is the beginning of the word, not the whole of it.
The sound ř is found in hardly any other language, and long vowels marked with a čárka change the meaning: byt is a flat, být is to be. Consonant clusters without vowels are normal words: prst, krk, vlk.
Verbs come in aspect pairs (dělat, udělat), and everyday spoken Czech has its own endings and words that the textbook shows last, if at all: 'dobrej' where the book writes 'dobrý'.
How Word Trainer helps with Czech
Word Trainer has no ready-made Czech deck. Your dictionary is the list of words you decided to learn: from your course, your textbook, your job, the shop on the corner. Type them, paste a whole list, photograph a page or, on Android, share text from another app, and the missing translations fill in automatically.
Every word then goes through the full cycle. The Learn tab shows it next to its translation and hides more of its letters at each level until you recall the whole word. Flashcards follow, and then training: you type or say the translation, and spaced repetition decides when the word comes back. Words you get wrong return sooner, words you know fade to rare refreshers.
The app pronounces every Czech word with a natural voice, plays your list as an audio playlist in Listen mode, and in hands-free mode listens to your spoken Czech and checks it, so you can train on a walk with nothing in your hands.
Three tips for your Czech entries
- Type long vowels exactly: 'být', 'bít' and 'byt' are three different words, and the first two even sound the same, so learn each spelling with its word.
- Add both verbs of an aspect pair as separate entries in the same folder, so you can train the pairs as one set: 'dělat', 'udělat'.
- Play your list in Listen mode and keep Auto-speak on: ř and the long vowels are learned by ear before they can be said.
A few Czech words worth adding
| Word | In English | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| prosím | please, you're welcome, here you are, pardon? | One word, four jobs |
| byt | flat, apartment | Short y: být with a long one means to be |
| úřad | office, authority | The place for permits, and for the letter ř |
| nákup | shopping, purchase | jít na nákup: to go shopping |
| vyřídit | to sort out, to arrange | Documents, calls, errands |
| zrovna | just now, right now | Everyday speech, every day |
Learn Czech from any language
Word Trainer supports 17 languages in any pair, in both directions. Learn Czech from English, Spanish, German, Ukrainian or any of the others, and the interface itself is available in 16 languages, so you can use the app in your own language while you learn Czech.
Frequently asked questions
Is spoken Czech different from what I learn from a textbook?
Yes, noticeably. Common Czech has its own endings and word forms: 'ten velký dům' becomes 'ten velkej dům' and 'mléko' becomes 'mlíko' in everyday speech. Learn the standard forms from your course and add the spoken ones as you hear them, as separate entries in a folder of their own. Your dictionary then covers both what you read and what people say.
Can I use the word list from my Czech course or textbook?
Yes. Paste the list into Bulk import, one word per line or 'word - translation' pairs, or photograph the page: the pairs are recognized and the missing translations are filled in. Folders keep the lessons apart, and you can train one folder or everything at once.
Does the app pronounce Czech words?
Yes. Every word in the Learn tab, in the list and on the flashcards, has a play button with a natural Czech voice, Auto-speak pronounces the words during training, Listen mode plays your whole list as a playlist, and hands-free mode understands your spoken Czech answers.
Is Word Trainer free?
There is a free plan with everything you need to learn: a dictionary of up to 150 words, training, and the Learn tab with flashcards and listening. Hands-free voice practice, word recognition from photos and translation come with monthly allowances, the paid plans raise them and remove the word limit, and Pro adds detailed progress. Sign up and start, no card needed.
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