diff --git a/backend/services/vocabService.js b/backend/services/vocabService.js
index 4a2fcb9..e9d5229 100644
--- a/backend/services/vocabService.js
+++ b/backend/services/vocabService.js
@@ -408,20 +408,23 @@ export default class VocabService {
     return { languageId: access.id, isOwner: access.isOwner, vocabs: rows };
   }
 
-  async searchVocabs(hashedUserId, languageId, { learning = '', motherTongue = '' } = {}) {
+  async searchVocabs(hashedUserId, languageId, { q = '', learning = '', motherTongue = '' } = {}) {
     const user = await this._getUserByHashedId(hashedUserId);
     const access = await this._getLanguageAccess(user.id, languageId);
 
+    const query = typeof q === 'string' ? q.trim() : '';
+    // Abwärtskompatibel: falls alte Parameter genutzt werden, zusammenfassen
     const learningTerm = typeof learning === 'string' ? learning.trim() : '';
     const motherTerm = typeof motherTongue === 'string' ? motherTongue.trim() : '';
-    if (!learningTerm && !motherTerm) {
+    const effective = query || learningTerm || motherTerm;
+
+    if (!effective) {
       const err = new Error('Missing search term');
       err.status = 400;
       throw err;
     }
 
-    const learningLike = learningTerm ? `%${learningTerm}%` : null;
-    const motherLike = motherTerm ? `%${motherTerm}%` : null;
+    const like = `%${effective}%`;
 
     const rows = await sequelize.query(
       `
@@ -436,16 +439,14 @@ export default class VocabService {
       JOIN community.vocab_lexeme l1 ON l1.id = cl.learning_lexeme_id
       JOIN community.vocab_lexeme l2 ON l2.id = cl.reference_lexeme_id
       WHERE c.language_id = :languageId
-        AND (:learningLike IS NULL OR l1.text ILIKE :learningLike)
-        AND (:motherLike IS NULL OR l2.text ILIKE :motherLike)
+        AND (l1.text ILIKE :like OR l2.text ILIKE :like)
       ORDER BY l2.text ASC, l1.text ASC, c.title ASC
       LIMIT 200
       `,
       {
         replacements: {
           languageId: access.id,
-          learningLike,
-          motherLike,
+          like,
         },
         type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT,
       }
diff --git a/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabSearchDialog.vue b/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabSearchDialog.vue
index 6383b83..23e264c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabSearchDialog.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabSearchDialog.vue
@@ -16,14 +16,10 @@
       <div class="top">
         <div class="row">
           <label class="field">
-            {{ $t('socialnetwork.vocab.search.motherTongue') }}
-            <input v-model="motherTongue" type="text" @keydown.enter.prevent="runSearch" />
+            {{ $t('socialnetwork.vocab.search.term') }}
+            <input v-model="term" type="text" @keydown.enter.prevent="runSearch" />
           </label>
-          <label class="field">
-            {{ learningLabel }}
-            <input v-model="learning" type="text" @keydown.enter.prevent="runSearch" />
-          </label>
-          <button class="btn" :disabled="loading || (!motherTongue.trim() && !learning.trim())" @click="runSearch">
+          <button class="btn" :disabled="loading || !term.trim()" @click="runSearch">
             {{ loading ? $t('general.loading') : $t('socialnetwork.vocab.search.search') }}
           </button>
         </div>
@@ -66,8 +62,7 @@ export default {
     return {
       languageId: null,
       languageName: '',
-      motherTongue: '',
-      learning: '',
+      term: '',
       loading: false,
       results: [],
       error: '',
@@ -85,8 +80,7 @@ export default {
     open({ languageId, languageName = '' } = {}) {
       this.languageId = languageId;
       this.languageName = languageName || '';
-      this.motherTongue = '';
-      this.learning = '';
+      this.term = '';
       this.results = [];
       this.error = '';
       this.loading = false;
@@ -98,17 +92,15 @@ export default {
     },
     async runSearch() {
       if (!this.languageId) return;
-      const mt = this.motherTongue.trim();
-      const l = this.learning.trim();
-      if (!mt && !l) return;
+      const q = this.term.trim();
+      if (!q) return;
 
       this.loading = true;
       this.error = '';
       try {
         const res = await apiClient.get(`/api/vocab/languages/${this.languageId}/search`, {
           params: {
-            motherTongue: mt || undefined,
-            learning: l || undefined,
+            q,
           },
         });
         this.results = res.data?.results || [];
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/socialnetwork.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/socialnetwork.json
index 2add768..24e20b4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/socialnetwork.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/socialnetwork.json
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@
             "search": {
                 "open": "Suche",
                 "title": "Vokabeln suchen",
+                "term": "Suchbegriff",
                 "motherTongue": "Muttersprache",
                 "learningLanguage": "Lernsprache",
                 "lesson": "Lektion",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/socialnetwork.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/socialnetwork.json
index 2b5844e..76d2b8d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/socialnetwork.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/socialnetwork.json
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@
             "search": {
                 "open": "Search",
                 "title": "Search vocabulary",
+                "term": "Search term",
                 "motherTongue": "Mother tongue",
                 "learningLanguage": "Learning language",
                 "lesson": "Lesson",