McGraw-Hill's German Student Dictionary (McGraw-Hill Dictionary Series) [Paperback]

Erick Byrd (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071592407 | ISBN-13: 978-0071592406 | Publication Date: July 30, 2008 | Edition: 2

Your best first reference to the German language

As you start your study of the German language, you need a reliable bilingual dictionary with the basic words you need, not the advanced terms you don't. With McGraw-Hill's German Student Dictionary you'll find what you need quickly and easily-without being overwhelmed with text.

This book features:

• 3,500 essential words, each with grammatical information, easy-to-use pronunciation guide, verb conjugation (when appropriate), and an example sentence
• Numerous subentries to explain shades of meaning and idiomatic expressions related to the principal entries
• A collection of grammar tips and hints, including common mistakes to avoid
• Helpful appendices of useful information such as common names in German, weights and measures, maps, numbers, and more

Begin your language learning with the authoritative McGraw-Hill's German Student Dictionary at your side. It provides the perfect complement to your German studies.

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About the Author

Erick P. Byrd is a long-standing translator and author of German language materials.

General Series Editor Frank R. Abate is a celebrated lexicographer, editor of the Oxford American English Dictionary and numerous other dictionaries and references.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (July 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071592407
• ISBN-13: 978-0071592406
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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66 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, February 21, 2009

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Bickus (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: McGraw-Hill's German Student Dictionary (McGraw-Hill Dictionary Series) (Kindle Edition)

Buyer beware! This dictionary will not function as a "default dictionary" on the Kindle. Despite the vague promise in the Kindle 2 User Manual "you can also purchase other dictionaries and make them your default dictionary using the Settings page," none of the foreign language dictionaries currently available in the Kindle store provide this essential functionality. It is a true pleasure to read foreign language materials using a linked dictionary, and the Mobipocket Reader has flawlessly provided this capability for over 10 years. Nonetheless, this is not yet available on the Kindle for unknown reasons. I encourage other interested people to contact the Kindle development team, as I have, and plead with them to provide high quality foreign language default dictionaries as soon as possible.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless on the Kindle, March 30, 2009

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Norm De Plume (Lake Forest, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: McGraw-Hill's German Student Dictionary (McGraw-Hill Dictionary Series) (Kindle Edition)

I bought this despite the "Buyer Beware" post by another reviewer thinking that, although this couldn't be used as a default dictionary in the Kindle (2), I could at least use the Search function of the Kindle to lookup German words in the dictionary. Turns out that this doesn't work like one would expect.

Example: type in "Buch" (the german word for book)and click find...

What you get are 26 Search Results. In essence every hit on the word Buch in the order it is found in the dictionary. The word is used in illustrative sentences in the definitions for other words. In this case, the first hit for Buch is actually found in the definition for Absatz (the german word for paragraph).

If you think you're going to be able to use this dictionary as a lookup tool, think again.

I agree with the previous reviewer that Amazon is guilty of bait and switch here. The Kindle user manual gives instructions for setting default dictionaries, but when you attempt to follow those instructions, you are thwarted by the function not being available on the Kindle. Perhaps some day Mr. Bezos will see to hit that his vision for the Kindle is fully implemented, but that day is not today.

Do not buy ANY dictionary for the Kindle. You will be disappointed unless you like reading dictionaries from front to back in page order. You cannot "look up" words.

As for this particular dictionary: It's a basic new student version of an English-German dictionary. The hard copy is probably as useful as any beginner's dictionary. But if you're buying if for the Kindle, Kaveat Emptor...

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T BUY - Useless on a Kindle, November 15, 2009

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This review is from: McGraw-Hill's German Student Dictionary (McGraw-Hill Dictionary Series) (Kindle Edition)

This is not useable on the Kindle. No easy way to navigate to a word. So far, the easiest way that I have found is to guess at a location to go to, determine a beter location to go to, <repeat until you get close to the actual word> Search may find 200 locations for a word so it is virtually useless for any but the more unusual words. Don't buy this unless you really like to read through a dictionary.