Building a B2 word list that actually sticks
Capturing vocabulary in context, tagging it by exam part, and spacing your reviews for recall.
Most word lists fail the same way: a long column of German–English pairs you can recognise but never produce. A list that sticks is built differently — around context, structure, and spaced recall.
Capture in context, not in isolation
Don't log kündigen → to cancel. Log the sentence you met it in:
Ich möchte mein Abo zum Monatsende kündigen.
The sentence carries the case, the preposition, and the register — everything a bare pair throws away. You'll produce the word later because you stored how it's used, not just what it means.
Tag by exam part
Every entry gets a tag — Schreiben, Sprechen, Sprachbausteine. When you prepare the Beschwerdebrief, you pull the Schreiben set; before the oral, the Sprechen phrases. Vocabulary you can filter by task is vocabulary you can actually deploy on exam day.
Space the reviews
Recognition fades; recall lasts. Review on a widening schedule — a day later, then a few days, then a week — and test yourself by production: cover the German and reconstruct it from the English. The items you miss come back sooner; the ones you own drop away. Let the list shrink to what still slips, and keep the loop running daily — that's the engine Heloria automates so your list maintains itself.
