diff --git a/Startcode/input.c b/Startcode/input.c
index ed77805..13992f3 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.c
+++ b/Startcode/input.c
@@ -4,9 +4,55 @@
 
 // TODO:
 // eine Funktion implementieren, die ein einzelnes Wort aus einer Textdatei (words.txt) einliest und als C-String zurückgibt.
+int splitWords(char texRow[], int maxLength, int wordNumber, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount);
+// Read words from file
 
-// Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    // Datei Zeilenweise auslesen
+    char textRow[MAX_LINE_LEN];
+    int row = 0;
+
+    while (fgets(textRow, MAX_LINE_LEN, file) != NULL)
+        row = splitWords(textRow, MAX_LINE_LEN, row, words, maxWordCount);
+
+    fclose(file);
+
+    for (int i; i < row; i++)
+        printf("%s\n", words[i]);
+
+    return row;
+}
+
+// Zeilen in lesbare Wörter aufteilen und "words" zuweisen
+int splitWords(char textRow[], int maxStringLength, int row, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
+{
+    char *teiler = " .,\n;";
+    char *token = strtok(textRow, teiler);
+
+    if (token != NULL)
+    {
+        if (row < maxWordCount)
+        {
+            strncpy(words[row], token, maxStringLength);
+            words[row][maxStringLength - 1] = '\0';
+            row++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    while (token != NULL && row < maxWordCount)
+    {
+
+        token = strtok(NULL, teiler);
+
+        if (token != NULL)
+        {
+            strncpy(words[row], token, maxStringLength);
+            words[row][maxStringLength - 1] = '\0';
+            row++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return row;
+}