Tipword
Most learners hit the same wall: the course is fine, but real German, in news, chats and shows, is full of words you haven’t met. Looking each one up breaks your flow, so you stop reading. The fix is to make looking up a word take one second.
Read what you already read, in German
Switch one daily habit to German: the news you check in the morning, a recipe blog, a series with German subtitles. Pick something you’d read anyway, so you keep coming back.
Look words up without leaving the page
With Tipword, hold ⌥ Option and point at a word. Its English meaning appears right beside it, then goes away. No typing, no new tab, so you keep reading in German.
Long words, one pointer
German builds long words out of short ones, like Kündigungsfrist (notice period). They’re slow to type into a dictionary and easy to misspell. Pointing at one takes a second, however long it is.
Questions
Is German free?
Yes, on macOS 15 or later: German translates on your Mac with Apple, so there’s no key and nothing extra to pay.
Does it work in German PDFs and letters?
Yes. Point at the word in Preview, Acrobat or your browser. Scanned letters need Screen Recording access.