diff --git a/Start_Windows/input.c b/Start_Windows/input.c
index ed77805..76a84ac 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/input.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,32 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+        if (file == NULL)
+            return 0;
 
+        unsigned int count = 0;
+        char line[512];
+
+        // Lese Datei zeilenweise
+        while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL && count < maxWordCount)
+            {
+                // Zerlege die Zeile in Tokens (Wörter), getrennt durch gängige Delimiter
+                char *token = strtok(line, " ,;:.!?\"\n\r\t");
+
+                while (token != NULL && count < maxWordCount)
+                    {
+                        // In Großbuchstaben umwandeln
+                        for (int i = 0; token[i]; i++)
+                            token[i] = toupper((unsigned char)token[i]);
+
+                        // Wort kopieren
+                        strncpy(words[count], token, MAX_WORD_LEN - 1);
+                        words[count][MAX_WORD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+
+                        count++;
+                        token = strtok(NULL, " ,;:.!?\"\n\r\t");
+                    }
+            }
+
+        return count;
 }
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