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Resources & Links for German

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Dictionaries:

[dictionary]

(follow their instructions regarding Umlauts)

[bullet point] LEO

[bullet point] Rüdiger Werner’s dictionary - includes buttons for inserting Umlauts.

[bullet point] dict.cc - includes buttons for inserting Umlauts.

[bullet point] canoo.net
Feed »Canoo« a German word and you can find synonyms of the word and see example sentences using the word.
Click on Inflection and you can see info such as the gender (der/die/das) and the plural form if it's a noun.
If it's an adjective you can click on Inflection and check its comparison forms (eg gut...besser...am besten).
Click on LEO (D-E) to feed it to the LEO dictionary to find out its meaning [opens in a new window].

Other stuff:

[arrow] Die beliebtesten Vornamen für das Jahr... (für Jungen und für Mädchen) / most popular names in Germany.
(c/o Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache)
[arrow] Echte Namen! German database of names (people's names and placenames) that are real though unusual. Can you see why some of the names are weird/interesting?
[arrow] All about German names from Robert Shea
[arrow] Wörter des Jahres / words of the year (c/o Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache)

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Witze:

  1. German children’s jokes
  2. Sayings, quotes etc.
  3. Zungenbrecher (tongue twisters)
  

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