License & attribution

This project contains software and learning content. Both may be reused commercially with the terms below.

Software · MIT License

Applies to the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that power Wort für Wort.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 @pourteaux

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Learning content · CC BY 4.0

The German vocabulary entries, English glosses, grammar notes, original stories, translations, and visual identity are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Suggested attribution: German vocabulary and stories from Wort für Wort by @pourteaux, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Adaptation note

Wort für Wort is a German-language adaptation of the interaction concept originally published as 一字一世界 at chinesereader.net by @pourteaux. The German stories and vocabulary were newly written for this edition.

A note on CEFR levels

CEFR is a public framework and is not owned or claimed by this project. Level labels here are practical learning guidance, not an official certification or exhaustive word list.