The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary

Download or read book The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary written by Michael Clark and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition incorporates the recent German spelling reforms. Changes in spelling are signalled at entry level. With over over 150,00 words and phrases, over 250,000 translations, this dictionary provides unrivalled coverage of general, scientific, and technical and literary vocabulary,based on the British National Corpus, Oxford's unparalleled collection of written and spoken language. This major new edition includes thousands of new expressions such as alcopop, dataglove, emoticon, road rage, chatten, Datenautobahn, Suchmaschine, zappen. There is Extended treatment of specificvocabulary areas: detailed in-text boxes cover topics such as nationalities, jobs, addresses, greetings, asking for directions, and apologizing, giving extensive extra help with usage, constructions, and choosing vocabulary. Also new to this edition is a new guide to email and the Internet whichoffers a unique gateway to language and culture in the German-speaking world. There is also an entirely new Thematic wordfinder which brings together the essential vocabulary from a broad range of subject areas including the environment, society, business and industry, communication, media, and thearts. Specially designed as a reference section for writing, it covers the key topics required by regional exam boards.