- Hardcover: 2136 pages
- Publisher: Collins; Fifth edition edition (4 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007126301
- ISBN-13: 978-0007126309
- Product Dimensions: 26.6 x 19.6 x 7.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #98 in Books > Languages > By Language > German > A & AS Levels
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Covers all the vocabulary of current issues, with evidence drawn from Collins’ unique multi-million word databanks of contemporary German and English.
This new edition of the Collins German Dictionary is the result of a new, exciting partnership between Collins and the market-leading German publisher, Langenscheidt. It has been extensively revised, updated and expanded to cover all the vocabulary of current issues. Thousands of new phrases and meanings have been added from evidence from Collins’ unique multi-million word databases of contemporary English and German, giving the user the most complete and accurate picture of real language available today.
The fifth edition includes the uniquely helpful “Language in Use” supplement, a guide to written and oral communication in German. The page layout has been further improved to make the text even more accessible and easy to use.
Boasting all the features that make Collins dictionaries world bestsellers, the fifth edition of the Collins German Dictionary reaffirms this as THE German/English dictionary for the 21st century.
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I love this book. At this point I would just like to mention that i am seventeen and aspire to be a German teacher, so the Collins German Dictionary is, quite literally essential. Although this was actually bought as a Christmas present for mine, I have one as well and it has a wide range of words and phrases in it. It also provides essay phrases and other sayings as well,- for those times whe you just might need it. For those rather pathetic people who love to look up the swear words in the dictionary (and pretty much all of us have at some point or other)you will love it. It is also so much cheaper to buy than at any leading bookstore. I would highly recommend it.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Two mistakes already on the rather unprofessional looking cover together with the highly exaggerated "More than 900 000 Entries and Translations" (when will the 'one million entries ...' be exceeded?) - is this really a true COLLINS edition?
Peter, a German dictionary user
Peter, a German dictionary user
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Get the Best German Dictionary on the Market!
13 Sep 2006
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the best German dictionary by far that I have used in the past 30 years, it's truly outstanding.
New terms in this 5th edition: blog, civil union, first responder, identity theft, mujaheddin, picture messaging, reality TV, and rollover. This book is thumb-indexed to help you quickly find the word you're looking for.
There are two ISBNs, one for the version published in New York (ISBN 0060733810) and one for the version published in the U.K. (ISBN 0-00-712630-1).
My book has a different cover than the one pictured (it's red, white, blue and gold), and has 2108 pages, probably because it's the New York edition.
It covers the following material in this order:
Adjectives and Adverbs
General rules for forming the genitive
Pronunciation of German, of English, and of phonetic symbols
English to German dictionary
German to English dictionary
German strong verbs and conjugation
Numerals
Weights and measures
Time and date
The German spelling reform that became effective in mid-2005
Other HarperCollins German dictionaries you may like:
German College Dictionary ISBN 0-06-051532-5
German Concise Dictionary ISBN 0-06-057577-8
Beginner's German Dictionary ISBN 0-06-273753-8
HarperCollins bilingual dictionaries are also available for Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, Irish, Russian and Japanese. See the HarperCollins web site for details.
New terms in this 5th edition: blog, civil union, first responder, identity theft, mujaheddin, picture messaging, reality TV, and rollover. This book is thumb-indexed to help you quickly find the word you're looking for.
There are two ISBNs, one for the version published in New York (ISBN 0060733810) and one for the version published in the U.K. (ISBN 0-00-712630-1).
My book has a different cover than the one pictured (it's red, white, blue and gold), and has 2108 pages, probably because it's the New York edition.
It covers the following material in this order:
Adjectives and Adverbs
General rules for forming the genitive
Pronunciation of German, of English, and of phonetic symbols
English to German dictionary
German to English dictionary
German strong verbs and conjugation
Numerals
Weights and measures
Time and date
The German spelling reform that became effective in mid-2005
Other HarperCollins German dictionaries you may like:
German College Dictionary ISBN 0-06-051532-5
German Concise Dictionary ISBN 0-06-057577-8
Beginner's German Dictionary ISBN 0-06-273753-8
HarperCollins bilingual dictionaries are also available for Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, Irish, Russian and Japanese. See the HarperCollins web site for details.
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
there are better options, but this is very useful as a backup
14 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
This is a very big translation dictionary, with a huge number of words, translations, and example sentences --- although I can't quite figure out how they came up with the number 900,000. There is also lots of nice supplementary information about how to use German in various situations. The visual format is attractive.
Unfortunately it is not sufficient by itself for learning German vocabulary, because it does not include important information such as the plural forms of nouns. It's really most useful for TRANSLATING.
Also, the paper is a bit delicate, which makes flipping through it to look up words a slow process. This is perhaps inevitable because the dictionary is so big --- unless, here's an idea: how cool would it be if they would print the dictionary in two volumes, one of which is German-English and the other of which is English-German! After all most of the time you only want to use one or the other.
My favorite German dictionary is Langenscheidts Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. This is entirely in German, so you need some basic knowledge of German before you can use it, but it is meant for learners, and gives really detailed definitions along with practical information about how to use words. By comparison, Collins appears to define maybe twenty or thirty percent more German words, but gives less useful information about them. Of course Collins also has English to German, and for translating some words, such as names of plants or animals, a German-German dictionary is not much help. I recommend using Langenschedits GDaF as soon as you are advanced enough to use it, and use something like Collins Unabridged as a backup if you can't find the desired information there. If you are a beginner, you might want a smaller translation dictionary (Collins comes in several sizes).
Note: I'm reviewing the 5th edition. My understanding is that the 7th edition is very similar. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Unfortunately it is not sufficient by itself for learning German vocabulary, because it does not include important information such as the plural forms of nouns. It's really most useful for TRANSLATING.
Also, the paper is a bit delicate, which makes flipping through it to look up words a slow process. This is perhaps inevitable because the dictionary is so big --- unless, here's an idea: how cool would it be if they would print the dictionary in two volumes, one of which is German-English and the other of which is English-German! After all most of the time you only want to use one or the other.
My favorite German dictionary is Langenscheidts Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. This is entirely in German, so you need some basic knowledge of German before you can use it, but it is meant for learners, and gives really detailed definitions along with practical information about how to use words. By comparison, Collins appears to define maybe twenty or thirty percent more German words, but gives less useful information about them. Of course Collins also has English to German, and for translating some words, such as names of plants or animals, a German-German dictionary is not much help. I recommend using Langenschedits GDaF as soon as you are advanced enough to use it, and use something like Collins Unabridged as a backup if you can't find the desired information there. If you are a beginner, you might want a smaller translation dictionary (Collins comes in several sizes).
Note: I'm reviewing the 5th edition. My understanding is that the 7th edition is very similar. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
superb dictionary
15 Feb 2007
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am a foreign language teacher and did a huge search for a German dictionary to support my self-education in German. This is the only up to date German dictionary which is easy to read and beautifully designed. The blue ink used for the words in contrast with the black ink for the text makes this dictionary very easy to use. There is a center section with very useful information, for example how to set up a business letter, an informal note, salutations and greetings, etc. It is a large book, but I am confident after my research that there is nothing better on the market which has modern updates.
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