diff --git a/frontend/messages/de.json b/frontend/messages/de.json
index 860891f4..33640306 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/de.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/de.json
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@
 	"login_label_username": "Benutzername",
 	"login_label_password": "Passwort",
 	"login_btn_submit": "Anmelden",
-	"docs_search_placeholder": "Suche in Titel, Inhalt, Ort...",
+	"docs_search_placeholder": "Titel, Personen, Tags durchsuchen…",
+	"docs_sort_label": "Sortierung",
+	"docs_sort_date": "Datum",
+	"docs_sort_title": "Titel",
+	"docs_sort_sender": "Absender",
+	"docs_sort_receiver": "Empfänger",
+	"docs_sort_upload": "Hochgeladen",
+	"docs_result_count": "{count} Dokumente",
+	"docs_empty_for_term": "Keine Dokumente f\u00fcr \"{term}\" gefunden",
 	"docs_btn_filter": "Filter",
 	"docs_btn_reset_title": "Filter zurücksetzen",
 	"docs_filter_label_tags": "Schlagworte",
diff --git a/frontend/messages/en.json b/frontend/messages/en.json
index 110d0c13..14db1d3a 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/en.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/en.json
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@
 	"login_label_username": "Username",
 	"login_label_password": "Password",
 	"login_btn_submit": "Sign in",
-	"docs_search_placeholder": "Search in title, content, location...",
+	"docs_search_placeholder": "Search title, people, tags…",
+	"docs_sort_label": "Sort",
+	"docs_sort_date": "Date",
+	"docs_sort_title": "Title",
+	"docs_sort_sender": "Sender",
+	"docs_sort_receiver": "Receiver",
+	"docs_sort_upload": "Uploaded",
+	"docs_result_count": "{count} documents",
+	"docs_empty_for_term": "No documents found for \"{term}\"",
 	"docs_btn_filter": "Filter",
 	"docs_btn_reset_title": "Reset filter",
 	"docs_filter_label_tags": "Tags",
diff --git a/frontend/messages/es.json b/frontend/messages/es.json
index 8ac74c35..71fad278 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/es.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/es.json
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@
 	"login_label_username": "Usuario",
 	"login_label_password": "Contraseña",
 	"login_btn_submit": "Iniciar sesión",
-	"docs_search_placeholder": "Buscar en título, contenido, lugar...",
+	"docs_search_placeholder": "Buscar título, personas, etiquetas…",
+	"docs_sort_label": "Ordenar",
+	"docs_sort_date": "Fecha",
+	"docs_sort_title": "Título",
+	"docs_sort_sender": "Remitente",
+	"docs_sort_receiver": "Destinatario",
+	"docs_sort_upload": "Subido",
+	"docs_result_count": "{count} documentos",
+	"docs_empty_for_term": "No se encontraron documentos para \"{term}\"",
 	"docs_btn_filter": "Filtrar",
 	"docs_btn_reset_title": "Restablecer filtro",
 	"docs_filter_label_tags": "Etiquetas",
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/page.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/page.svelte.spec.ts
index 8a280c1a..a8c31e67 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/page.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/page.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('Home page – search bar', () => {
 	it('renders the full-text search input', async () => {
 		render(Page, { data: emptyData });
 		await expect
-			.element(page.getByPlaceholder('Suche in Titel, Inhalt, Ort...'))
+			.element(page.getByPlaceholder('Titel, Personen, Tags durchsuchen\u2026'))
 			.toBeInTheDocument();
 		await page.screenshot({ path: 'test-results/screenshots/home-default.png' });
 	});
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe('Home page – search bar', () => {
 	it('pre-fills the search input from filters.q', async () => {
 		render(Page, { data: { ...emptyData, filters: { ...emptyData.filters, q: 'Urlaub' } } });
 		await expect
-			.element(page.getByPlaceholder('Suche in Titel, Inhalt, Ort...'))
+			.element(page.getByPlaceholder('Titel, Personen, Tags durchsuchen\u2026'))
 			.toHaveValue('Urlaub');
 	});
 });
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ describe('Home page – search input keystroke preservation', () => {
 	it('does not overwrite the search input while the user is focused and stale data arrives', async () => {
 		const { rerender } = render(Page, { data: emptyData });
 
-		const input = page.getByPlaceholder('Suche in Titel, Inhalt, Ort...');
+		const input = page.getByPlaceholder('Titel, Personen, Tags durchsuchen\u2026');
 
 		// User types "abc" — input is focused
 		await input.click();