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Langenscheidt's German-English English-German Dictionary

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I found this dictionary moderatly complete in its number and accuracy of german words. However, the quality of my book was unacceptable. The print was unclear and at times came off the pages onto my hands. After a translating excercise, my hands would be black from the poor quality ink. Also, the binding was not acceptable. After only one semester of normal use(even below normal use since i've found online translating servers), the pages began to fall out. Very poor manufacturing quality, yet average to above average for number and definitions of german words(that is if you can actually read the letters). I recommend Langenscheidt's as a company, just not this particular dictionary

This is a very, very good dictionary for information and ease of use. I can find any word I need and it contains many example phrases. However, it has a very poor binding. My 5 star review is solely for the content. I'd give it a 1 for durability since the pages will begin to separate from the binding. If you use it everyday, plan to buy another copy within a year or two. Langenscheidt's needs to find a new manufacturer for this fine dictionary.

This is a very, very good dictionary for information and ease of use. I can find any word I need and it contains many example phrases. However, it has a very poor binding. My 5 star review is solely for the content. I'd give it a 1 for durability since the pages will begin to separate from the binding. If you use it everyday, plan to buy another copy within a year or two. Langenscheidt's needs to find a new manufacturer for this fine dictionary.

The print in this book is very hard to read. Deciphering when a plural form requires an umlaut is well nigh impossible. It's cheap, and for good reason. On the positive side, there is a lot of information on alternate forms and idiomatic uses - if your eyesight is extra sharp.

Too much information jammed into too little space: virtually impossible to read without a microscope; deciphering "How to Use This Dictionary" is like trying put together a Chinese jig-saw puzzle.

Recieved dictionary faster than expected, about 30 pages in my book were folded in half and smashed, but it will be fixed after weighting it down for a few days :)
other than that, there are dog eared pages, which is fine, it would be used looking in a week if it was new anyways. As for the content, 5 stars :) I used a Langenscheidt while I studied in Europe, its a very handy, portable, clean and fine dictionary, extremely good buy for the price, dont pass it up! :)

Well, we needed a basic German to English dictionary for high school German class and ended up accidentally picking up two different ones, this being one of them. One ended up at school, one ended up at home.

Generally, most dictionaries are created equal, I suspect. As is usually the case with these smaller "pocket" dictionaries, the text is frustratingly small and easily smudged and generally not that comprehensive. It's a dictionary and not a primer, so you really can't expect to actually speak German from the dictionary. You could probably figure out how to ask for the bathroom or how to order a schnitzel or something.

Well, it ended up working for my son's German I, II, and III purposes at home for homework, which probably meant it was used for all of two hours total. I'm pretty sure that's generally the purpose of these things though, so I can't give it a bad review. 23 years ago when I took French and had the French to English dictionary, I'm pretty sure I did the same thing.

Anyway, it's a good dictionary for a....dictionary.

There is little to say about a "Dictionary" per say, but I recently ordered this one to go along with Joseph Rosenberg's, "German; How To Speak and Write It." I have already utilized Langenscheidt's German-English/English-German Distionary numerous times.

The format and ease of looking up words is commendable. There are over 50,000 entries in this small book alone!

If, your interested in the German language then I would highly recommned you do as I did. Order both Joseph Rosenberg's "German" book and add Langenscheidt's dictionary along with it. You won't be sorry!