Concise Dutch and English Dictionary, Dutch-English/English-Dutch (Teach Yourself Books) [Paperback]

Teach Yourself Publishing (Author), Peter King (Author), Margaretha King (Author)

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Text: Dutch, English

Product Details

• Paperback: 397 pages
• Publisher: Teach Yourself (August 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844237612
• ISBN-13: 978-0844237619
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,669,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Rare Dutch-English Dictionary for English Speakers, December 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Concise Dutch and English Dictionary, Dutch-English/English-Dutch (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)

Dutch-English dictionaries for English speakers are rare. Nevertheless, I'm afraid I have a dissenting opinion of this vintage 1950's dictionary not meaningfully updated since. MANY important words appropriated since the 1950's are missing, not to mention the new spelling. Most irritatingly, there is very little usage included (i.e. idioms, examples of usage, linked prepositions, etc.). Much better to rely on Hugo's or Hipolet's (sic). If Hugo's et al is too limited for you, then you're ready for a Dutch Dutch-English dictionary of which many good examples exist, e.g. Prisma which is complete with extensive usage and cheap. Whatever you do, supplement it with Donaldson's "Beyond the Dictionary in Dutch" to avoid as much public humiliation as possible when speaking with Nederlanders.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars woefully inadequate, May 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Concise Dutch and English Dictionary, Dutch-English/English-Dutch (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)

Of minimal usefulness. Very confusing to use because of the following: 1)no parts of speech listed, 2)single word definitions 3)few synonyms provided

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother, August 15, 2002

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Robert A. Porter (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Concise Dutch and English Dictionary, Dutch-English/English-Dutch (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)

This dictionary is certainly not exhaustive, but I could live with that fact. What I CANNOT live with is the fact that this dictionary does not provide you with the definite artice (DE or HET) for any of the nouns listed.

Don't waste your money here. In both spoken and written dutch, you really need to know if the word "The" is going to take the form of DE or HET, and since there is no rule in dutch to tell you which form of the article goes with which noun, you must learn the article as you learn the word. And this dictionary DOES NOT tell you that information...