Bantam New College German/English Dictionary (Bantam New College Dictionary Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

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

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (July 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553280880
• ISBN-13: 978-0553280883
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #441,235 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best at any price, July 8, 1999

By	Allan Thompson (Marshall, TX) - See all my reviews

I am an American who lived and worked in Germany for six years and took a solid year of courses at Goethe Institut. Of all the manuals, workbooks, and language helps we used, the Bantam dictionary is the most helpful, most dog eared of all our reference books. I highly recommend it and came to Amazon today to find a replacement for our worn out copy!!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap dictionary but very poor quality, May 11, 2000

By A Customer

I am a ten-year teacher of German and we have ordered this dictionary as an inexpensive option for students to use in the past. You really do get what you pay for: most students outgrow this dictionary within one semester. It's main weakness is a lack of idiomatic expressions which most modern dictionaries, even pocket dictionaries, contain. I recommend the Collins Gem dictionary instead for a pocket-sized one and the Collins or the Langenscheidt for normal desk-sized dictionaries. Stay clear of this one.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The price is right, but the content is......., February 7, 2000

By A Customer

I bought a copy of this dictionary and to my great disappointment, there are a number of errors which obviously are not typos. Check the word "exorbitant" on the English-German side and you will see the translation, "schwindelhaft", which actually means bogus, or fraudulent. This is only the tip of the iceberg.There may be a lot of similar mistakes we haven't found yet.