ProtoGermanicDictionary vs RuHero

Dive into the origins of modern Germanic languages with ProtoGermanic Dictionary! This app lets you explore Proto-Germanic words, their meanings, and etymological roots in a simple, offline-ready format. Perfect for linguists, students, and anyone fascinated by language history. Start your journey into the past of language today!

RuHero - Your Path to Linguistic Mastery Four tabs, zero fluff. No account, no subscription, fully offline. Just open and go. LEARN - The Foundation Cyrillic Alphabet - All 33 letters with audio. Tap any cursive card to trace it with your finger, just like school propisi. 650+ Vocabulary Words - 30+ themed groups (Family, Food, Travel, Animals, Emotions, Street Russian, Idioms and more). Every word shows stress marks and an example sentence. 53 Grammar Rules - From Gender Detective and Plurals to the full 6-case system, Verb Aspect, Comparatives, and advanced topics: Verb Prefixes, Motion Verbs, Conditional, Participles, and Verbal Adverbs. Numerals & Time - The "1-2-5" counting rule, gendered numbers, ordinals, time-telling, days, and months. Graded Readings - A1 through C1 passages with translation and stress marks. IMMERSE - Real-World Practice 46 Dialogues - Airport, restaurant, doctor, job interview, shopping and more. Two distinct voices alternate naturally, with line-by-line translations. Native audio when available, high-quality TTS fallback. 19 Stories - A1 to C1, from everyday topics to Russian classics (Pushkin, Cheburashka). Tap any word to hear it and see its translation. Speaking Lab - 37 phrases. Record your voice and get a pronunciation score via speech recognition. PRACTICE - The Challenge No tests, no grades - just games that make Russian stick. Today's Lesson - One tap: SRS reviews, new words, grammar bite, listening check, done. Daily streak included. Quiz - Reading, Listening, and Reverse modes. Spaced repetition picks what you're about to forget. Writing Lab - Type the translation. Forgiving checking handles typos, stress marks, and yo/ye variants. Gender Lab - 30 sentences: pick the correct gendered form in context. Dictation - Hear a sentence, type Cyrillic, get word-by-word green/red feedback. Replay unlimited. Number Trainer - Russian numbers 0-999,999 with all the tricky rules (feminine forms, plural shifts, and the 11-14 exception). Mistake Notebook - Wrong answers auto-collected from Quiz, Writing, and Gender. Flashcard review; graduates after 2 correct in a row. Terminal - A tech-themed "data recovery" game: solve linguistic puzzles to unlock Russian data. TOOLS - The Linguistic Suite Phrasebook - 80 phrases in 8 categories (Greetings, Emergencies, Restaurant, Directions, Shopping, Hotel, Small Talk, Polite Power Phrases). Searchable in English and Russian. Tap to hear. Scratchpad - Paste any Russian text. Tap "Read" and every word becomes tappable: hear it, see its stress mark, get an instant translation from the 700-word glossary. Dictionary - Search 650+ words in English or Russian with stress marks and examples. Verb Conjugator - Handles both conjugation types, 270+ irregulars, reflexive verbs, husher rules, and compound future. Type any infinitive and see every form. Declension Calculator - All 6 cases, singular and plural. Soft stems, 7-letter rule, indeclinable loanwords, irregular plurals. Root Explorer - 24 root families visualized. See how one root branches into an entire word family. The fastest way to multiply your vocabulary. UNDER THE HOOD Natural Voice with real intonation - pauses at commas, rises on questions, picks the best installed Russian voice. SM-2 Spaced Repetition behind every quiz and lesson. No deck management needed. Stress marks on 250+ words across vocabulary, phrasebook, scratchpad, and stories. 100% offline. No internet, no account, no ads, no subscription. From Privet to Dostoevsky - let's begin!