Kurrent Script: German Cursive

Found a box of family letters you can't read? Kurrino teaches you to read Kurrent script and Sütterlin – the old German handwriting used in letters, diaries and church records – so you can read them yourself. No uploads, no account, works offline.

LEARN LETTER BY LETTER
Twelve short lessons cover the whole alphabet of Kurrent script and Sütterlin: lowercase, capitals, the long s, ß, ch, ck, sch and tz. Every letter writes itself in front of you, with stroke order and a memory tip. A short test after each lesson checks that it has stuck.

MASTER YOUR MIX-UPS
e or n? h or f? Long s or f? The training remembers which letters of the German cursive you confuse and asks those pairs again until you recognise them reliably.

ONE MINUTE OF OLD GERMAN SCRIPT A DAY
The daily round: 30 words in 60 seconds, the same for everyone. Compare yourself on the daily leaderboard, keep your streak and challenge others to a duel – in Sütterlin or Kurrent.

CONVERTER
Type any text and see it in old German handwriting, with the correct long and round s. Share it as an image.

DECIPHER HELPER
Stuck on one character in a letter? Answer three questions about its shape and Kurrino shows you the matching letters of the German cursive, in Kurrent or Sütterlin.

MADE FOR GERMAN GENEALOGY
For family historians tracing German ancestors, heirs of old letters and anyone curious about old German script. Explanations in English, German, French and Spanish; the reading words stay German, just like your documents.

FAIR
All lessons, the training and the daily round are free – made for German genealogy, not for selling extras. The app shows ads; “Ad-free” removes them with a one-time purchase. No subscriptions.

Recent changes:
New: an evening reminder when the daily task is still open – you can switch it off in the settings. Plus smaller improvements.