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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;
- 9 000 audio pronunciations for difficult words (samples are provided by ARD databank).
NEW: Duden provides several acceptable spellings where possible.
Duden dictionary offers you different functions and options:
- NEW! Browse the dictionary with a touch of a finger! Improved and intuitive touch oriented dictionary interface lets you use SlovoEd dictionary with only your finger-tips.
- Read books, documents and web-pages just from your PDA and quickly translate unknown words without leaving your active application by using the Resident Module.
- Study the language in the easiest and most effective way using the dictionary. 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).
- Keep your dictionary always up-to-date. New Online Update feature lets you know of updated dictionary versions available for download and you can also set up frequency of update check.
- Discover new dictionaries and download them directly to your device with the built-in Online dictionary catalog.
- Learn how to use Duden dictionary with the help of colorful and animated Tutorial.
Additional tools:
- Irregular verbs for German dictionaries
- Hyperlinks between different related articles and directions to check your comprehension
- Quick dynamic search of words while you type
- Search History to see the translation of the last translated 30 words
- Improved usability with faster interface on Windows Mobile devices
- Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time with rapid switch amongst them
- Optional font size to set customer interface in accordance with your taste
- Dictionary interface is available in English and German.
- Dictionary installation on memory cards to save main memory-space for other programs and applications
