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German YouTube Transcript

Paste a YouTube link to get its transcript in German (Deutsch). Videos with German captions show them directly; any other video is translated into German, with the original above each line. Free, no sign-up.

How to get a YouTube transcript in German

  1. 1

    Copy the video link

    Any YouTube video, Short, or finished livestream, in German or any other language.

  2. 2

    Paste it above

    If the video has German captions you get them as they are. If not, the transcript is translated into German automatically.

  3. 3

    Copy, compare, or download

    Turn on Show original to see each line next to its source, then copy the text or download a German TXT or SRT file.

German captions or a German translation

German videos usually have accurate auto-captions, and public broadcasters often upload human-made German subtitles. When a video has no German track, the tool machine-translates the transcript, which is accurate enough to follow along, study, or search. For publishing, have a German speaker review it.

Learn German with YouTube

Read a video's German captions with your own language underneath, click any line to replay it, and download the bilingual transcript to study offline. Pick videos with creator-uploaded captions for the most accurate text.

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Need transcripts at scale? Use the API

The same transcripts are available through the YouTube Transcript API: timestamped JSON, text, SRT, VTT, CSV, or Markdown, 150+ languages, and AI transcription for videos without captions. Or connect the YouTube MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex and just paste links in chat.

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Common questions

How do I get a German transcript of a YouTube video?

Paste the link above. The tool uses the video's German captions when it has them and translates the transcript into German when it doesn't.

Can I translate an English video into German?

Yes. Any video's transcript can be translated into German. Turn on Show original to read both languages line by line, and download them together as a bilingual SRT or TXT.

Can I download German subtitles?

Yes. After the transcript loads, click SRT or VTT for a German subtitle file with the original timings.

Are German auto-captions accurate?

German videos usually have accurate auto-captions, and public broadcasters often upload human-made German subtitles. Clear speech with little background noise gives the best results.

Is it free?

Yes. A few videos a day need no account, and signing in with Google raises the limit.