Duden - German explanatory

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.

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Dictionary Details:

• 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";
• Over 8,000 audio pronunciations for difficult words.

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Search and translate Features

• Look up unfamiliar words in dictionary directly from the home screen! The dictionary provides translations in a Quick Search Box alongside other search results.
• NEW! Search by voice. Speak your queries instead of typing words in a dictionary. (Use Google voice recognition service. Available for OS 2.2 and higher.)
• List of similar words is displayed in case of misspelling.
• Find the word even if you don’t know its exact spelling using Wildcard Search.

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Learning Features

• German audio pronunciations recorded by native speakers.
• Integrate dictionary with the Flash Cards application and quiz yourself with words you have added from the dictionary.
• Test yourself with a Word of the day widget on your Home screen. A random entry from the dictionary is changed daily.
• NEW! Now you can install a Word of the day widget on your Home screen directly from the application.
• NEW! Manage Word of the day widget settings: select dictionary direction, font size and update period (manual or automatic).

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Interface Features

• NEW! Enhanced customization options allow you to choose background color. Black, white and sepia themes are available.
• NEW! Enlarge or reduce font size for your comfort by pinch or pressing +/- bottoms.
• NEW! Dictionary installation on SD card to save space of your device (Available for OS 2.2 and higher).
• Automatically switching translation directions using the language of the word entered.
• Hyperlinks between related articles and directions.
• Search History feature shows the last 20 words looked up.
• No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary to your device and use it with no further expense incurred.


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About Duden

Duden language technology together with its partners in industry and science carries out research and development projects in the fields of knowledge management and computer linguistics. Duden’s spelling and grammar are regarded as trend-setting and leading on the market. The products developed by Duden cover the most comprehensive and profoundly edited word-list. The company’s portfolio includes dictionaries and reference books, guides, exercise books, as well as the the award winning Duden Rechtschreibung.

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