German Subtitle Generator
Auto-build German subtitles (SRT/VTT) from any German audio or video – upload a file or paste a link.
Accepts German audio or video, or a link · returns downloadable German subtitles (SRT or VTT).
Produces a downloadable .srt or .vtt sidecar caption file you load alongside your video – not captions burned into the picture.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I generate German subtitles?
Give Pepys German audio or video, or a link, and it transcribes the speech and writes timestamped SRT or VTT caption files you load alongside the video. It is built for Hochdeutsch plus Austrian and Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch), keeps long compound words from breaking mid-cue, and spells ß and ä/ö/ü correctly. German is auto-detected among 99+ languages, and the first 60 minutes are free, no card.
How german subtitle generator works
Upload or paste a link
Add a German recording or paste a link – any audio or video format works.
Auto-generate captions
Pepys transcribes the German speech and splits it into timestamped subtitle cues.
Download SRT/VTT
Export a ready-to-use SRT or VTT file, ß and umlauts intact and the timing already set.
Captioning is where German really tests a tool, because German sentences are long and the screen is small. A single compound noun – Lebensmittelunverträglichkeit – can fill most of a line, and German syntax holds the verb back until the end, so a cue that breaks in the wrong place leaves a viewer hanging. Pepys reads the speech first and then segments it into cues that actually fit, whether the speaker is using Hochdeutsch, Austrian German or the markedly different Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch).
From there it is yours to ship. Subtitles export as a clean SRT or VTT file with the timing already matched and ß, ä, ö and ü spelled correctly, ready for your editor or player. You can also translate the captions into another language for an international audience, fix any cue inline, and reuse the same transcript for both German and a subtitled translation. Your first 60 minutes are free, credits never expire, and we never train on your audio.
Clean paragraphs. No more um's and ah's.
The left is what Pepys hands back – logical paragraphs with the filler stripped out, punctuated and readable. The right is the raw, one-line-per-segment dump most transcribers leave you with.
um so yeah everyone keeps telling you to like lead with your best line right but uh honestly if you give away the whole answer in the first second you know there's basically no reason for anyone to keep watching so the hook isn't kind of the smartest thing you say it's like a loop you open that they need to close and um that's the part that actually keeps people around
RawAutomatic German SRT and VTT captions with timing that fits long sentences on screen
Built for Hochdeutsch, Austrian and Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch); ß and ä/ö/ü spelled correctly
Translate the captions from or into German in a click for an international cut
99+ languages including German, auto-detected · we never train on your audio · credits never expire
Any language – 99+ detected automatically
- English
- 中文
- Español
- العربية
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- Deutsch
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- Tiếng Việt
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- Polski
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- Nederlands
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- اردو
- Svenska
- मराठी
- Română
- Magyar
- Čeština
- ગુજરાતી
- Kiswahili
- ქართული
- Tagalog
- አማርኛ
Works with the platforms you live in.
Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts – or drop in any audio or video file. We transcribe it once, then you export it however your workflow needs.
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- or any file
Export to any format
- TXT
- Markdown
- DOCX
- SRT
- VTT
- JSON
Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.
German subtitle generator – questions, answered
How do I generate German subtitles?
Upload German audio or video, or paste a link – first 60 minutes free, no card. Pepys returns downloadable German SRT or VTT captions in minutes.
SRT or VTT – which should I pick?
Both are available. SRT is the most widely supported across players and editors; VTT is the web-native format for HTML5 video. Export whichever your platform expects.
Are the subtitles burned into the video?
No. You get a downloadable sidecar file – an .srt or .vtt – that you load alongside the video, never captions baked into the picture, so you can edit or re-time them later.
Do German characters and umlauts show up correctly?
Yes – ä, ö, ü and the ß render correctly in every cue, and you can adjust spelling, line breaks or timing inline before exporting.
Will the captions fit those long German sentences?
That is the point. Pepys transcribes first, then breaks the text into cues sized for the screen, so a long compound word or a late-arriving verb doesn't get split across two cues awkwardly.
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