Converting markdown files with frontmatter to Anki flashcards?

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I’ve only started playing with Anki a few hours ago. I’m trying to convert markdown files to Anki flashcards.

I have a personal dictionary of markdown files created in Obsidian with a bunch of cool words and I’m going to start learning a new language soon and I’d like to be able to use this system to add new words and revise words.

This is the frontmatter:

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Word: 
Definition: 
Etymology: 
Language: 
Added: 
---

Ideally, it would show the Word field and then once I click it shows the Definition and Etymology fields.

How can I convert markdown files with this format to a Anki flashcards?

Is this possible somehow?

Thanks!

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There are plenty of resources regarding this and other scripts on the Obsidian forum.

If you started with Anki just a few hours ago, I would read its manual first, then build a simple notetype for my use-case, add some vocabulary manually and try it out for a few days or weeks, just to see what works from a learning perspective.

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Good idea! But generally, is it possible to query information from frontmatter like in my example?

E.g. that Word becomes the front and the other stuff the back?

Thanks!

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This should be possible.