Collins German Unabridged Dictionary, 4th Edition (Hardcover)

by Peter Terrell (Author), Veronika Schnorr (Author), Wendy V.A. Morris (Author)

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Over 800,000 entries and translations. The HarperCollins German Unabridged Dictionary goes with you into the 21st Century. With complete coverage of contemporary terms in business, technology, politics, culture, and medicine, this is the most authoritative single-volume German-English dictionary available.

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More up-to-date. This edition incorporates all of the changes from the German Spelling Reforms.

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Passenger airbag
Organic waste bin
Male bonding
Charge card
Nicotine patch
Multiculturalism
Proactive
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Book Info
Presents over 195,000 entries and translations and the most complete guide to grammar offered in a German dictionary and incorporates all the recent German spelling reforms. Includes thousands of contemporary technical, political, and business terms. Softcover. Unabridged edition. DLC: German language--Dictionaries--English.

• Hardcover: 2016 pages
• Publisher: HarperResource (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062702351
• ISBN-13: 978-0062702357
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
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