The authoritative reference work for serious users. The Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary German is a comprehensive reference work containing vocabulary which reflects general present-day usage as... This description may be from another edition of this product.
My wife and I had an exchange student from Austria stay wilth us for the summer and this dictionary help us communicate better with her.
Hmm, how to review a dictionary?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Well, we needed a basic German to English dictionary for high school German class and ended up accidentally picking up two different ones, this being one of them. One ended up at school, one ended up at home. Generally, most dictionaries are created equal, I suspect. As is usually the case with these smaller "pocket" dictionaries, the text is frustratingly small and easily smudged and generally not that comprehensive. It's a dictionary and not a primer, so you really can't expect to actually speak German from the dictionary. You could probably figure out how to ask for the bathroom or how to order a schnitzel or something. Well, it ended up working for my son's German I, II, and III purposes at home for homework, which probably meant it was used for all of two hours total. I'm pretty sure that's generally the purpose of these things though, so I can't give it a bad review. 23 years ago when I took French and had the French to English dictionary, I'm pretty sure I did the same thing. Anyway, it's a good dictionary for a....dictionary.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
There is little to say about a "Dictionary" per say, but I recently ordered this one to go along with Joseph Rosenberg's, "German; How To Speak and Write It." I have already utilized Langenscheidt's German-English/English-German Distionary numerous times. The format and ease of looking up words is commendable. There are over 50,000 entries in this small book alone! If, your interested in the German language then I would highly recommned you do as I did. Order both Joseph Rosenberg's "German" book and add Langenscheidt's dictionary along with it. You won't be sorry!
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