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Duden German explanatory dictionary is the most comprehensive German explanatory dictionary in one volume. It includes not only up-to-the-minute German vocabulary, but also covers its dialects and its variety 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 the 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, etc.
Around 140 typical for the modern German language affixes, such as neo-, pseudo-, -bewusst, -wirksam and others are paid special attention.
Advice on word usage helps to avoid mistakes in linguistically sensitive cases, such as with the words pervers and inform that recently frequently used taubstumm should be substituted by gehorlos.
Over 8 000 audio pronunciations for difficult words.
Opportunities you gain with Duden dictionary:
Browse the dictionary with the touch of a finger! Improved and intuitive touch oriented dictionary interface lets you use Duden dictionary with only your finger-tips.
Reading books, documents, and web-pages on your PDA you can get word translation, explanation or necessary reference quickly by using the Resident Module without leaving your active application. So you do not need to waste time on launching Duden dictionary every time you need it.
Listen to correct pronunciation of the difficult words with built-in German Sound Module provided by ARD databank, containing audio samples pre-recorded by native speakers; with sound module you wont hesitate how to pronounce such words like Ayurveda, Baht, Micropayment, Nonprofitunternehmen, Telenovela, volatil, Weblog etc., and will learn about pronunciation variants in such disputable cases as Audit and Magenta;
Study the language in the most effective way and check yourself with the words you have added to Flash Cards from the dictionary.
Find the word even if you don't know its exact spelling using wildcards ("*", "?" replace a letter and group of letters).
NEW!List of similar words in case of misspelling.
Keep your Duden dictionary always up-to-date. New Online Update feature lets you know of updated dictionary versions available for download and you can set up frequency of update check.
Discover new dictionaries and download it directly to your device with the built-in Online dictionary catalog.
Additional tools:
Irregular German verbs
Search History to see the translation of last 30 words
Supports multiple dictionaries installed at a time with rapid switch amongst them
Dictionary interface is available in Dutch,English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese Traditional and Simplified languages
Dictionary installation on memory cards
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