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Duden – German spelling dictionary
The comprehensive basic work follows the new Official Spelling Rules The 24th edition of the Duden - German spelling dictionary contains spelling, word division and rules dated August, 2006, obligatory for all schools and authorities. The new Duden presents contemporary vocabulary of the German language so fully as never before. Duden recommendations (”Duden-Empfehlungen“) are new for this edition and prescribe the right spelling in such disputable cases as „Saxofon” or „Saxophon”? In all the cases, where the new Official Rules permit several variants of spelling, Duden gives a recommendation, which is marked yellow. These recommendations should be looked upon as suggestion and help in word choice for the workers of mass media, enterprises, publishing houses, editorial staffs and all the private persons, who attach importance to common orthography. All the new spelling and word division variants are highlit red for the better viewing.
- Over 130 000 keywords;
- 3 000 new words, e.g. „Internettelefonie” „kleinreden”, „Publikumsjoker”, „Sudoku”, „Telenovela”, „USB-Stick” etc.;
- Over 500 000 illustrative examples, meaning explanations and information about word division, pronunciation, grammar, etymology, and style;
NEW: Duden provides several acceptable spellings where possible.
Duden – German dictionary of synonyms
Most suitable word always at hand
Captivating, clear, and informative Duden – German dictionary of synonyms gives alternatives to phrase your ideas more precisely. The new 4th edition is based on the obligatory rules dated August, 2006.
What other words stand for interessant or darstellen, erklaren, frohlich and machen? Does the word anscheinend mean the same as scheinbar? Is there any difference between selbst and selber?
All the words you look up are easily found by the keywords, intricate system of cross-references was rejected. To make the work with the dictionary still easier, all the synonyms in the entry are arranged into groups according to their similarity with the keyword based on style, origin, correlation in temporal and professional aspect.
- 300 000 synonyms for more than 20 000 up-to-date keywords;
- Helpful word usage examples (e.g. for the word Erziehungsurlaub the officially prescribed synonym is Elternzeit; previously used word taubstumm corresponds to modern gehorlos);
- Alternative apt expressions for 200 idioms (e.g. the expression das A und O has several synonymous words and phrases: Brennpunkt, das Wesentliche, das Wichtigste, der springende Punkt; Dreh- und Angelpunkt, Hauptpunkt, and Hauptsache).
This reference book is also incredibly useful for the foreigners learning German seriously.
Duden – German dictionary of foreign words
Correct comprehension and usage of foreign words
Duden – German dictionary of foreign words, updated in August 2006 according to the new Official Spelling Rules, offers a thorough survey of the up-to-date and traditional foreign vocabulary presented in the modern German. Thus among the dictionary entries one can find special notes on history, functionality and usage of foreign words in the German language. Duden dictionary of foreign words is an irreplaceable reference book for everyone, who wants to use and understand foreign words correctly. The PDA-version of this dictionary facilitates pronunciation mastering and turns it into game due to the audio samples of the most difficult foreign words included the pack (Audio samples are provided by ARD databank).
- More than 55 000 foreign words and technical terms of the German present-day language;
- Over 400 000 notes on meaning, grammar, spelling, word division, and etymology;
- New foreign words from the latest language research (e.g. Blog, Internetauktion, MP3-Player, Open-Source-Software, Public Viewing, Sudoku, USB-Stick etc.);
Duden – German explanatory dictionary
Present-day, comprehensive, trend-setting
Duden – German explanatory dictionary is the most comprehensive dictionary of its kind which includes not only up-to-the-minute German vocabulary, but also covers its dialects and its varieties in Austria and Switzerland. Detailed entries are devoted to the technical terms, professionalisms, jargon, and slang. As any other explanatory dictionary, Duden contains elaborated entries on the meaning and usage of the words and speech tokens in a sentence. The new edition of this basic work offers converted, updated, and considerably extended content of keywords from A to Z. Naturally, Duden – German explanatory dictionary corresponds to the obligatory Official Spelling Rules dated August, 2006. The PDA-version offers numerous functions that actualize word search in the dictionary.
- About 150 000 keywords and phrases;
- More than 500 000 meaning explanations and usage examples, notes on spelling, grammar, word origin, and style;
- 10 000 words and phrases standing for new notions relevant for nowadays German reality, e.g. „Erlebnisgesellschaft”, „Genfood”, „MP3-Player”, „Plasmabildschirm”, „seniorengerecht”, „Zweiklassenmedizin” etc.;
- Around 140 typical for the modern German language affixes, such as „neo-”, „pseudo-”, „-bewusst”, „-wirksam” and others are paid special attention;
- Recommendations on word usage help to avoid mistakes in linguistically sensitive cases, such as with the words „pervers” and „turken” and inform that recently often used „taubstumm” should be substituted by „gehorlos”;
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Duden – German spelling dictionary for HTC TyTN
The comprehensive basic work follows the new Official Rules
The dictionary contains about 130 000 keywords, including 3 000 new words, more than 500 000 illustrative examples, meaning explanations and information about word division, pronunciation, grammar, etymology, and style.
9 000 audio pronunciations for difficult words.
Memory required: 17.75 MB.
Price:
$30.95
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Duden – German dictionary of synonyms for HTC TyTN
Most suitable word always at hand
The dictionary contains 300 000 synonyms for more than 20 000 keywords, helps to find an appropriate phrase, provides a lot of helpful word usage examples and apt expressions, gives explanations on numerous idiomatic expressions.
Memory required: 3.59 MB.
Price:
$30.95
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Duden – German dictionary of foreign words for HTC TyTN
Correct comprehension and usage of foreign words
The dictionary contains more than 55 000 foreign words and technical terms of the German present-day language with pronunciation samples, over 400 000 notes on meaning, grammar, spelling, word division, and etymology.
Over 8 000 audio pronunciation samples for difficult words.
Memory required: 17.39 MB.
Price:
$30.95
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Duden – German explanatory dictionary for HTC TyTN
Present-day, comprehensive, top-level
The dictionary contains about 150 000 keywords and phrases with pronunciation samples, more than 500 000 meaning explanations and usage examples, notes on spelling, grammar, word origin, and style.
Over 8 000 audio pronunciations for difficult words.
Memory required: 23.57 MB.
Price:
$42.95
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