diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d076978..1c6fd0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,10 @@ I2_Wortsalat/Start_Mac/game.o
 I2_Wortsalat/Start_Mac/runTests
 .o
 .a
+.idea/editor.xml
+.idea/vcs.xml
+.idea/workspace.xml
+I2_Wortsalat/.idea/editor.xml
+I2_Wortsalat/.idea/I2_Wortsalat.iml
+I2_Wortsalat/.idea/modules.xml
+I2_Wortsalat/Start_Mac/main.o
diff --git a/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/input.c b/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/input.c
index ed77805..9c4ef16 100644
--- a/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/input.c
+++ b/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,30 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    char lines [1024];                                  //TODO: Sinnvolle Begrenzung finden
+    int word_counter = 0;
 
+    while (fgets(lines, sizeof(lines) , file) != NULL)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; lines[i] != '\0'; i++) //Entfernen von \n aus dem String
+        {
+            if (lines[i] == '\n')
+            {
+                lines[i] = '\0';
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        char *single_word = strtok(lines, " ;,");
+
+        while (single_word != NULL && word_counter < maxWordCount)
+        {
+            strncpy(words[word_counter], single_word, MAX_WORD_LEN - 1);
+            words [word_counter][MAX_WORD_LEN -1] = '\0';                //Zur Sicherheit, damit \0 auf alle Fälle vorhanden ist
+            word_counter++;
+            single_word = strtok(NULL, " ;,");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return word_counter;
 }
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