diff --git a/Startcode/input.c b/Startcode/input.c
index ed77805..67f00a8 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.c
+++ b/Startcode/input.c
@@ -4,9 +4,68 @@
 
 // TODO:
 // eine Funktion implementieren, die ein einzelnes Wort aus einer Textdatei (words.txt) einliest und als C-String zurückgibt.
+static char *liesWort(FILE *file, char *puffer, unsigned int pufferGroesse) {
+    int laenge = 0;
+
+    if (file == NULL || puffer == NULL || pufferGroesse == 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (fgets(puffer, (int)pufferGroesse, file) == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    laenge = (int)strlen(puffer);
+    if (laenge > 0 && puffer[laenge - 1] == '\n') {
+        puffer[laenge - 1] = '\0';
+        laenge--;
+    }
+
+    if (laenge > 0 && puffer[laenge - 1] == '\r') {
+        puffer[laenge - 1] = '\0';
+        laenge--;
+    }
+
+    return puffer;
+}
 
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
-int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
-{
+int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount){
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    int anzahlWoerter = 0;
+    int i = 0;
+    char zeilenPuffer[MAX_LINE_LEN];
+    char *wort = NULL;
+    const char *trennzeichen = " ,;\t\r\n";
+
+    if (file == NULL || words == NULL || maxWordCount == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    while (anzahlWoerter < (int)maxWordCount && liesWort(file, zeilenPuffer, sizeof(zeilenPuffer)) != NULL) {
+        wort = strtok(zeilenPuffer, trennzeichen);
+
+        while (wort != NULL && anzahlWoerter < (int)maxWordCount) {
+            while  (*wort == ' ' || *wort == '\t') {
+                wort++;
+            }
+
+            if (*wort == '\0') {
+                wort = strtok(NULL, trennzeichen);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            for (i = 0; wort[i] != '\0'; i++) {
+                wort[i] = (char)toupper((unsigned char)wort[i]);
+            }
+            strncpy(words[anzahlWoerter], wort, MAX_WORD_LEN - 1);
+
+            words[anzahlWoerter][MAX_WORD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+
+            anzahlWoerter++;
+
+            wort = strtok(NULL, trennzeichen);
+        }
+    }
+    return anzahlWoerter;
+}