Red Riding Hood (Rotkäppchen)

Großmutter, was hast du für große Ohren! Read Rotkäppchen in German and English together — the Grimm classic with native audio.

Explore Rotkäppchen — the story every German child knows by heart — through the eyes of a language learner. A little girl in a bright red hood sets off through the forest to visit her sick grandmother, not knowing a cunning wolf has overheard her plans. The Brothers Grimm told this story with deceptive simplicity, and that simplicity is gold for language learners.

This bilingual app presents the full German text alongside an English translation, sentence by sentence. Direct speech, forest vocabulary, and the wolf's cunning dialogue make this an ideal A2-B1 reader for building natural German instincts.

Professional German audio lets you listen as you read, training both your comprehension and your pronunciation simultaneously.