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.
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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 „türken” and inform that recently often used „taubstumm” should be substituted by „gehörlos”;
- Over 8 000 audio pronunciations for difficult words (samples are provided by ARD databank).
SlovoEd-Duden features:
- Virtual Keyboard allows to enter words in any dictionary language even if your phone doesn't support it.
- Check correct word pronunciation with built-in German Sound Module, provided by ARD databank, containing audio samples pre-recorded by native speakers.
- Study the language in the easiest and most effective way with the Word of the Day feature and quiz 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 ("*", "?", etc.)
Besides, with Duden you get:
- Cross-lookup feature between articles and translation directions to optimize your work
- Search History to see the translation of the last 15 words entered
- Dictionary installation on memory cards to save main memory-space for another programs and applications
- Merging of several dictionary databases in case they have a similar linguistic direction
- Installation of several dictionaries with various language choice (rapid switch among dictionaries, dictionary activation/deactivation option)
- Customizable interface (you can set letter size, colour)
- English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian interface languages
