Migaku makes learning German from Netflix hits like "Dark," "Babylon Berlin," classic films by directors like Wim Wenders, or even German YouTube content straightforward.

Parse → Fire up your video from Netflix, Disney+, or YouTube with Migaku. Migaku makes the subtitles interactive and shows you how difficult the content will be based on your current German level.

Look up → Watch the show! When you hit words you don't know, click them in the subtitles to see definitions or hear native pronunciation. If a sentence trips you up, Migaku translates it and gives you an AI breakdown.

Flashcards → Found a useful word? Turn it into a flashcard with one click. Migaku's flashcards include the word, the sentence it appears in, a native speaker recording, the audio snippet from your show, and a screenshot.

Review → Migaku tracks how well you remember each word and builds a custom study schedule to move them into your long-term memory.

This immersion approach means you're learning the German vocabulary and grammar you actually need for content you care about. That's what makes progress happen faster.

Yeah! Migaku works with German websites, newspapers like "Der Spiegel" and "Die Zeit," and basically any text-based content online.

Just like with subtitles, Migaku makes webpage text interactive. Click words for definitions, translate sentences, and create flashcards for later review. The platform also tracks which words you know to estimate how difficult a specific webpage will be for you personally. Start with easier content, build vocabulary, and gradually work toward more complex German texts with less hand-holding.

Migaku's OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool turns your environment into a German classroom.

See an unfamiliar German word on a menu, street sign, book, or literally any printed material? Use the app's "photo" feature to snap a picture. Migaku detects the text, lets you click words for definitions or translations, and makes flashcards on the spot. Super useful if you're traveling through Germany, Austria, or Switzerland—or if you just want to learn from authentic German materials you run into. Every German text becomes a learning opportunity.

Traditional apps give you textbook exercises. Migaku lets you learn German by engaging directly with German media you're actually interested in.

Like movies? → Watch whatever you want on Netflix, Disney+, or YouTube.

Like reading? → Browse German news online, scroll through German Twitter, or paste texts from ebooks into the Clipboard.

Like podcasts? → Download an .mp3 file of your favorite German series, send it to your phone, and listen with the Migaku Local Player.

Live in-country? → Go about your life. Don't understand a sign or menu? Use Migaku's OCR feature to break it down.

Basically, Migaku is a comprehensive language-learning toolbox. With instant word lookups, AI breakdowns of tricky sentences, and one-click flashcard creation, you can start enjoying (and learning from) native German media way sooner than usual. More importantly, when you learn German by interacting with newspapers, shows, and content you actually care about, vocabulary and grammar stick better.

A spaced-repetition system is essentially an algorithm-backed deck of flashcards. Migaku builds a personalized learning schedule for each user, assigning new cards (words) to learn each day and determining which old ones should be reviewed. User performance with these flashcards is also tracked: you'll be asked to review cards you struggle with more often and ones you know well less often.

This is a science-backed learning approach that's very effective for learning and remembering German vocabulary. Stay consistent with your reviews, and you'll eventually remember anything you make a flashcard out of.

Absolutely! Migaku assigns a unique learning status to every word you interact with:

Unknown → You don't know this word yet

Known → You know this word

Learning → You have a flashcard for this word and have studied it a few times

Tracking → You want this word to stand out a bit more when it comes up

Ignored → You don't want this word to count toward your wordcount

This information is used to calculate a personalized comprehension score for every piece of German content you interact with, assigning them an approximate difficulty level. This visual progress tracking provides tangible evidence of your German learning journey and ensures you learn with media that's suitable for your level.

This is one of the product's core features: Migaku revolutionizes German sentence mining by automating what used to be a time-consuming manual process.

Sentence mining on Migaku looks like this:

Consume → Consume German content you're interested in on places like Netflix, YouTube, or the web

Look up → When you encounter words you don't know, click on them to see what they mean or have the sentence broken down by AI

Make flashcards → If a word seems useful or a sentence seems interesting, make it into a flashcard. Migaku's flashcards contain your target word, the sentence it appears in, a recording of a native speaker saying the word, an audio snippet from your show's dialogue, and a screenshot of your show.

This streamlined sentence mining process makes German immersion very easy: the entire process of looking up a word and turning it into a flashcard takes less than a second. You're able to build your vocabulary from native media effortlessly.

Migaku offers affordable German learning starting at $10 USD per month:

Migaku Standard → $10 monthly / $96 yearly

Migaku EA → $15 monthly / $144 yearly

Migaku Lifetime → $499, one-time payment

Any subscription provides unlimited access to all features—the word-lookup system, one-click flashcard creation, spaced repetition studying, progress tracking, and more. An EA (Early Access) subscription provides beta access to new features before they're made public.