Pocket Oxford Duden German Dictionary [Paperback]

M. Clark (Editor), O. Thyen (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198607059 | ISBN-13: 978-0198607052 | Publication Date: July 31, 2003 | Edition: 2 Revised

Affordable, compact, thoroughly up-to-date and packed with extra features, this intermediate-level German dictionary offers a complete guide to contemporary German and English as well as extensive help with grammar. This edition includes a brand new 32-page grammar supplement that focuses on the key points of German grammar. This supplement, along with a guide to grammatical terms, will provide invaluable support to anyone learning to speak, read, and write German. All of this grammar help is combined with a dictionary offering wide-ranging vocabulary--over 90,000 words and phrases, and over 115,000 translations. Verb tables, an A-Z guide to German life and culture, as well as example letters, emails, postcards, and resumes add further communication help.

Editorial Reviews

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"This is the dictionary I recommend to my students--thanks for the updated version!"--Robert Stingle, University of Portland

"Remarkably practical for the student who wants to avoid the usual pitfalls of a small dictionary!"--Philip E. Webber, Central College

"A reliable and extensive dictionary in a small handy and pleasing format."--Dr. Karl H. Marz, University of Wisconsin

"An exceptionally handy and easy-to-use pocket dictionary. Concise, accurate, and readable - even graceful. A level of pocket dictionary all-too-rare in the American market."--William Arctander O'Brien, University of California, San Diego

"A truly fine dictionary - up-to-date, accurate and offers my students a larger more comprehensive dictionary in a nice compact size."--Thomas G. Evans, Towson State University

"One of the best pocket dictionaries. Each entry contains an amazing amount of information."--John C. Pisoni, Eastern Michigan University

"This is the dictionary I recommend to my students."--Robert Stingle, University of Portland

"This dictionary is easy to use and includes modern vocabulary and expressions."--Merle Schlabaugh, Bethel College

"An excellent reference work--idiomatic, up-to-date and thorough."--Sharon Robertson, Eastern Michigan University

"One of the best pocket dictionaries. Each entry contains an amazing amount of information. Most other pocket dictionaries do not include pronunciation guides, idioms, semantic help, and even synonyms. Those who can't spend $25-$30 for a large hardcover should consider this one."--John C. Pisoni, Eastern Michigan University

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Language Notes

Text: English, German --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 976 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 Revised edition (July 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198607059
• ISBN-13: 978-0198607052
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,282,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Langenscheidt's compact is better, April 25, 2007

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This review is from: Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (Paperback)

As a graduate student in Humanities, I have been using the big Oxford-Duden as a main reference in my research. The big O-D is fantastic for this purpose, but it is way too big to carry around. So I had been looking for a smaller dictionary which fits into my backpack. I own Langenscheidt's universal dictionary to carry arround in my pocket when I'm in Germany, but that one's too brief to use in a more serious setting e.g., studying German at a language school. L's pocket dictionary (which is actually too big to fit in your pocket) is also a little too small. I have thus seriously considered the pocket O-D and L's compact dictionary, and L's is clearly the winner. Here are my reasons:
1. L's has pronunciation keys for german entries, while the O-D doesn't. (The O-D instead has pronunciation keys for English entries.)
2. L's has much more (30,000) words and phrases.
3. L's is much smaller. (They are both very thick. But while L's is a size of a small airport paperback, the O-D is much larger - it's about the size of a penguin classics, only much thicker. The O-D simply wastes much space - its pages have more space than L's, and its font is bigger. L's uses very thin dictionary papers, while the O-D doesn't.)
4. L's has much more idiomatic expressions (There are 15 of them for 'helfen' in L's and 2 in the O-D.).
My only problem with L's is that it does not have entry words in blue, as the big O-D and the pocket L's do. (The pocket O-D doesn't either.)
Langenscheidt's Compact German Dictionary: German-English English-German (Langenscheidt Compact Dictionaries)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compact but thorough, March 29, 2007

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Blake Stevens (Elkhart, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (Paperback)

This has turned out to be the perfect German-English Dictionary for this college student studying german. I haven't stumped it yet with any word I've had to look up. The sections on cultural definitions and terms and how to write different kinds of correspondences is invaluable for my coursework. I'm very pleased and highly recommend to all other students studying German.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly useful reference to have at hand, March 17, 2007

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Zaine Ridling (Missouri, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (Paperback)

Although it claims to have 90,000 words and phrases, most of them are word combinations and phrases, not individual words. Still, the Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary is highly useful. I subscribe to the German channels on Dishnetwork and keep this volume on the end table for looking up words. I've yet to come across a word or phrase it did not define. It also includes extensive portions devoted to German culture, which is interesting to read when time allows. Well worth the price.