Bantam New College German/English Dictionary (Bantam New College Dictionary Series) [Mass Market Paperback]

John Traupman (Author)

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (July 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553280880
• ISBN-13: 978-0553280883
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.3 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #626,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best at any price, July 8, 1999

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This review is from: Bantam New College German/English Dictionary (Bantam New College Dictionary Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am an American who lived and worked in Germany for six years and took a solid year of courses at Goethe Institut. Of all the manuals, workbooks, and language helps we used, the Bantam dictionary is the most helpful, most dog eared of all our reference books. I highly recommend it and came to Amazon today to find a replacement for our worn out copy!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to learn German you must include this book!, January 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bantam New College German/English Dictionary (Bantam New College Dictionary Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

I first encountered this dictionary in a former printing back in my junior year of high school while in my second year of learning the German language. Being a teenager it tittilated me that all the adult words were included in it. It also, however, includes the tenses of irregular verbs, a COMPLETE declension of adjectives and indicative pronouns, and it's just a super dictionary. I've had mine since 1986, right after I graduated high school. I used it to study for a test to determine aptitude in the German language in the Air Force and got a decent score from it. It is useful both during and after learning German as a second language.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap dictionary but very poor quality, May 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bantam New College German/English Dictionary (Bantam New College Dictionary Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a ten-year teacher of German and we have ordered this dictionary as an inexpensive option for students to use in the past. You really do get what you pay for: most students outgrow this dictionary within one semester. It's main weakness is a lack of idiomatic expressions which most modern dictionaries, even pocket dictionaries, contain. I recommend the Collins Gem dictionary instead for a pocket-sized one and the Collins or the Langenscheidt for normal desk-sized dictionaries. Stay clear of this one.