Kilo Lingo

German stories

Short stories written within a strict vocabulary tier so every word is one you have already met - or should meet soon. That is comprehensible input by construction. The stories from chapters 1 and 2 are free to read; the rest of the library comes with Kilo Lingo Plus.

Ist das noch da?
Top 200 wordsCore 1,0001 min

Ist das noch da?

Is it still available?

46 words

Wer war das?
Top 214 wordsCore 1,0001 min

Wer war das?

Who did this?

30 words

Der Mann mit dem Hund
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Der Mann mit dem Hund

The Man with the Dog

99 words

Zimmer frei
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Zimmer frei

Room to Let

91 words

Paul crouches on the pavement in front of the building, grinning, holding up a key; Herr Becker watches him from his ground-floor window.
Top 500 wordsCore 1,0002 minPlus feature Plus

Der Schlüssel

The key

217 words

A very round, very content grey tabby cat sits on a table; a folded note is tied to her red collar.
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Wo bist du gewesen?

Where have you been?

188 words

Sunday lunch: Opa flings his arms wide as he talks, his granddaughter writes in an exercise book, and Oma, eyes closed, mouths the words along with him, her spoon put down.
Top 700 wordsCore 1,0002 minPlus feature Plus

Die Frau im Zug

The woman on the train

252 words

The letter on a table: Paul's grey pencil lines fill the left side, and Mama's small blue biro notes sit in the margin beside them with little arrows, plus a tiny cup sketch; a pencil and a blue biro lie next to it.
Top 800 wordsCore 1,0002 minPlus feature Plus

Der Brief an mich

The letter to me

189 words

Night: across a quiet street, one kitchen window in a dark building flashes; three small bursts of light are shown one after another, and a tower clock shows ten o'clock. In the near window Lena watches with her chin in her hand.
Top 900 wordsCore 1,0003 minPlus feature Plus

Das Licht gegenüber

The light across the street

319 words

An old village kitchen: the wall is covered in framed photos of the same blond boy growing up, from a baby to a young man in a hotel uniform; an old woman sits at the door end of the table, an empty chair at its window end, and a young man with a rucksack stands in the doorway, staring at the wall.
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Die Tür ist offen

The door is open

318 words

Nicht vor den Leuten
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Nicht vor den Leuten

Not in Front of People

524 words

Auf dem Markt: Kuchen und ein Geschenk
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Auf dem Markt: Kuchen und ein Geschenk

At the market: cake and a present

204 words