DUDEN GERMAN DICTIONARIES ～向け Symbian S60 3rd Edition

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Duden – German spelling dictionary
The comprehensive basic work follows the new Official Spelling Rules
The 24^th 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 available for the first time in 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
• NEW: Duden provides several acceptable spellings if possible

22.95 Mb

$27.95

Duden – German dictionary of synonyms
Most suitable word always at hand
Illustrative, clear, and informative Duden – German dictionary of synonyms gives alternatives to phrase your ideas more precisely. The new 4th edition is based on the obligatory rules dated August, 1st, 2006.
What other words stand for interessant or darstellen, erklaren, frohlich and machen? Does the word anscheinend mean the same as scheinbar? Is there any difference between selbst and selber?
All the words you look up are easy to find by the keywords, intricate system of cross-references was rejected. To make the work with the dictionary still easier, all the synonyms in the entry are arranged into groups according to their similarity with the keyword based on style, origin, correlation in temporal and professional aspect.

• 300 000 synonyms for more than 20 000 up-to-date keywords
• Helpful word usage examples (e.g. for the word Erziehungsurlaub the official prescribed synonym is Elternzeit; previously used word taubstumm corresponds to modern gehorlos)
• Alternative apt expressions for 200 idioms (e.g. the expression das A und O has several synonymous words and phrases: Brennpunkt, das Wesentliche, das Wichtigste, der springende Punkt; Dreh- und Angelpunkt, Hauptpunkt, and Hauptsache)

This reference book is also incredibly useful for the foreigners learning German seriously.

2.45 Mb

$27.95

Duden – German dictionary of foreign words
Correct comprehension and usage of foreign words
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 the pack. (Audio samples were implemented in co-operation with ARD. / The ARD audio databank was used, to provide high-quality of audio samples.)

• 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

22.63 Mb

$27.95

Duden – German explanatory dictionary
Present-day, comprehensive, top-level
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. Version for S60 3^rd Edition 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
• Advice on word usage helps to avoid mistakes in linguistically sensitive cases, such as with the words „pervers” and „turken” and inform that recently often used „taubstumm” should be substituted by „gehorlos”
• Over 8 000 audio pronunciations for difficult words, provided by ARD databank

28.79 Mb

$38.95

• Enter the words on your native language easier using on-screen Virtual Keyboard for 29 languages.
• 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 using Duden dictionaries. 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 ("*", "?", etc.)

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