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Table of German-English Dictionaries
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Collins German Unabridged Dictionary, 4th
Edition
by Peter Terrell (Author), et. all
Hardcover: 2016 pages ; Dimensions
(in inches): 2.80 x 10.67 x 8.20
Publisher: HarperResource; 4th
edition (December 1999)
ISBN: 0062702351
With CD-Rom
Price: 50,14 Euro*
Großwörterbuch Deutsch - Englisch. Muret
- Sanders.
by Thomas Kluge, et. all.
Hardcover: 1344 Pages
Publisher: Langenscheidt ( November
2003)
ISBN: 3468021267
Price: 109,00 Euro*
Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary:
German/English English/German
by M. Clark et all.
Paperback: 954 pages ; Dimensions
(in inches): 1.82 x 7.82 x 5.06
Publisher: Oxford Press; 2nd
Revision edition (September 2003)
ISBN: 0198607059
Price: 10,98 Euro*
Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionary
German: German-English/English-German
(Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionary)
Paperback: 672 pages ; Dimensions
(in inches): 1.05 x 6.13 x 4.09
Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishing
Group; Bilingual edition (May 2001)
ISBN: 1585730505
Price: 11,95 Euros*
By Michael C. Wallo, Teaching Assistant
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Over 195,000 entries and translations.
incorporates all the recent German spelling
reforms.
Includes contemporary technical, political,
medicine, and business terms.
Language in Use section, labels identifying
whether a word is formal, informal, literary,
vulgar, dated, or euphemistic, grammar
explanations.
Includes an audio CD with pronunciation.
240,000 headwords and 420,000
translations.
Includes contemporary computer/IT,
medicine, technology, sports, business,
trade, and academic vocabulary.
Appendices include important works of
world literature, music, opera. Also
historical, biblical, and mythological names,
books of the bible, numbers,
measurements and weights, chemical
elements, telephone country codes,
currencies, business letters, keyboards in
US and Great Britain, and much more.
90,000 words and phrases.
32-page grammar supplement, verb tables,
an A-Z guide to German life and culture, as
well as example letters, emails, postcards,
and resumes add further communication
help.
• 55,000 references.
• Blue color coding helps individual words
being defined stand out.
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“Very thorough edition.”
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“Binding tends to collapse with frequent
use, even though it is a hardback.”
“More information at
http://www.harpercollins.com.”
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“A dictionary for advanced learners of
English.”
“Very thorough dictionary.”
“Expensive.”
“More information at
http://www.langenscheidt.de/.”
“A good dictionary for the money.”
“Ideal for beginners or intermediate
students of German or English. Also ideal
for carrying around.”
“Ideal for carrying around in your pocket.”
“Best for beginners or intermediate
students of German. Also ideal for
carry.”
“A bit large for the pocket.”
“Vinyl cover and sewn binding make
for good durability.”
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Table of German-English Dictionaries
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Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced
Learners. Amerikanisches Englisch. Mit
CD-ROM.
Paperback: 1722 pages
Publisher: Hueber (Januar 2003)
ISBN: 3190028796
Price: 25,90 Euro*
By Michael C. Wallo, Teaching Assistant
Description
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Over 100,000 references, of which
30,000 are idioms and phrases.
80,000 real-life sentences.
24-page language awareness, which
includes numbers, phrases, and
business, computer, academic, and
spoken English
Over 1000 illustrated words.
350,000 headwords and phrases.
560,000 translations.
Englisch Aktiv includes sample letters,
color maps in two languages,
information on countries, time
differences, telephone country codes,
trade, finance, and business technical
terms, and much more.
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PONS Großwörterbuch Englisch für
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Experten und Universität. Englisch Deutsch / Deutsch - Englisch. Mit
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Daumenregister.
by Peter Terrell, et. All
Hardcover: 2250 pages
Publisher: Klett (August 2002)
ISBN: 3125171695
With an additional booklet Englisch
Aktiv
Price: 54,90 Euro*
PONS Wörterbuch für Schule und Studium
• Over 315,000 headwords and
Englisch-Deutsch / Deutsch-Englisch.
phrases.
Studienausgabe.
• Detailed verb tables.
Hardcover: 1110 pages
• Approximately 200 cultural and
Publisher: Klett (September 2003)
grammar boxes.
ISBN: 3-12-517508-9
Price: 29,90 Euro*
*All prices are current from November 2003 and are subject to change past this date.
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“Clear and easy definitions (Macmillan
states they only use 2,500 words for
all definitions.”
“American and British English.”
“More information at
http://macmillandictionary. com.”
“American, British, and Australian
English.”
“It has more idiomatic phrases than
Langenscheidt. Deals more with
everyday language even though it is
supposed to be for experts.”
“For true specialists, this dictionary
leaves to be desired. It has too much
colloquial English.“
“More information at
http://www.pons.de.”
“Ideal for the beginning or intermediate
language learner.”
“British, American, and Austrailian
English.”
“More information at
http://www.pons.de.”
NOTE: It is impossible to list all information about every dictionary. The best way to find out if a dictionary suits you is to have a look at it yourself. You
can find quite a few of the dictionaries mentioned here in the ‘Lehrbuchsammlung’ in the University Library and/ or in the Library of the English
Department. If that is not the case, try the on-line information or a bookstore.