Swedish/English-English/Swedish Standard Dictionary (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary) [Paperback]

Vincent Petti (Author), Kerstin Petti (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 802 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books; Rev Sub edition (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781803799
• ISBN-13: 978-0781803793
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,853,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Swedish

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Last ditch choice for Swedish dictionaries, January 23, 2000

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This review is from: Swedish/English-English/Swedish Standard Dictionary (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary) (Paperback)

This should not be sold to English speaking learners. It is only for Swedes who are learning English. No noun declension, or verb declension is given in any detail at all - non existant.To use this dictionary in any effective manner at all, you would need to juggle a text-book/grammar primer, and the dictionary itself. Sure, the dictionary is cheap, but what you pay for is what you get. However, the question needs to be asked, what dictionary for English speakers learning Swedish is there, with proper noun and verb declension details?

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for English speakers, April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Swedish/English-English/Swedish Standard Dictionary (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary) (Paperback)

As the introduction says, this book is intended for Swedish speakers who are learning English. It does not give Swedish noun declensions or verb tenses. Also, it gives the pronunciation of English words but not of the Swedish words. This book shouldn't be sold in US bookstores.

If you are learning Swedish, the Prisma dictionary is much more useful.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No gender indication for Swedish nouns, April 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Swedish/English-English/Swedish Standard Dictionary (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary) (Paperback)

Indeed, this dictionary is quite useless for learning Swedish. Main flaw: no gender indication. Say, you want to translate "an oak". This dictionary won't give you a clue whether it is "en ek" or "ett ek". Also no plural forms are given. So for non-Swedish speakers, this is quite a waste of money.