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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 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 in the pack. Audio samples were implemented in cooperation with ARD.

• 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.).
• Over 8 000 audio pronunciation samples for difficult words.

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• 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 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 won’t 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".
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