Babbel
Practical lessons plus AI conversation practice
Babbel was built in Germany, a country we don’t cover yet, so there is no home result to show. Choose your country above to see how it fits a student there.
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What it does
What the AI actually does — Expert-authored courses at the core; a newer AI layer adds a conversation partner and speech feedback.
Why it was built — Practical, conversation-ready language learning built by linguists, focused on real everyday use.
Who built it
- Company
- Lesson Nine GmbH (Babbel)
- Founders
- Markus Witte · Thomas Holl · Toine Diepstraten · Lorenz Heine
- HQ / origin
- Berlin, Germany
- Founded
- 2007
- Model
- B2C / B2B
- Languages
- 14 course languages
- Pricing
- Subscription (+ Babbel for Business)
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Where it sits
Babbel is on the Learning Tools Index, in language learning, built in Germany.
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