Learn Latin free: what you can do without paying
In short
With Disce ludens a lot is free and needs no email address: the first three lessons, 20 words in the vocabulary trainer, a flashcard box of your own with up to 20 words and the form tables for every word in Disce ludens. On this website you will also find free explanations and tables on declensions, conjugations and sentence structure.
What is free in the demo
- The first three lessons of Disce ludens I: parts of speech, sentence elements and the first Latin words.
- 20 words in the vocabulary trainer, with flashcard box and both directions of learning.
- A flashcard box of your own with up to 20 words, from the app’s vocabulary or your own.
- Grammar reference: all forms of the words in Disce ludens, plus form identification – ceperunt leads you to capere.
The demo needs no account and no email address. It runs in the browser on phone, tablet and computer. The app is in German: exercises, hints and meanings are German, as in the original.
Free on this website
The grammar pages explain the rules and show the tables, each with a real exercise from Disce ludens to try:
- Declensions with all five declensions
- Conjugations in all tenses
- Identifying sentence elements
- Learning vocabulary with the flashcard box method
Where free reaches its limits
Free resources are good for looking things up and for single exercises. What is often missing is a path through the whole syllabus in a sensible order and a check of whether your own forms are right. That is what Disce ludens is built for: 69 lessons with 4,260 exercises from Thomas Wegener’s teaching.
A licence is worth it if you practise regularly. Disce ludens I, Disce ludens II and Verte ludens cost €19 per year each, everything together €89 as a one-time payment. No ads, no subscription trap.
Try it
A real exercise from Disce ludens:
Disce ludens I · Lesson 5 · The nominative, card 11
What is the plural form of silva (forest)?
Error points: 0
© Disce ludensWhat Disce ludens does – and what it doesn’t
What Disce ludens does
- Three lessons, 20 words and a box of your own for free and without an email address.
- Form tables and form identification for every word in Disce ludens.
- Grammar explanations and tables on the website.
What it doesn’t do
- Does not offer all 69 lessons for free.
- Does not show ads to pay for the demo.
- Does not replace a textbook with reading texts.
Frequently asked questions
Can you learn Latin online for free?
For getting started and for looking things up, yes: there are free explanations, tables and exercises. Disce ludens offers three lessons, 20 words, a flashcard box of your own and the form tables for free.
Is there a free Latin app?
You can try Disce ludens for free and without an email address. The demo has no ads and does not expire. The app is in German.
What does Disce ludens cost after the demo?
Disce ludens I, Disce ludens II and Verte ludens €19 per year or €39 as a one-time payment each, the vocabulary trainer on its own €9 per year or €19 one-time; everything together €39 per year or €89 one-time. Schools pay €3 per student per year.