German dictionary
Encyclopedia
German dictionaries have a history dating back to the Brothers Grimm
, who started work on the first major dictionary of the German language
, the Deutsches Wörterbuch
(literally German Dictionary) in 1838. The Duden
dictionary dates back to 1880, and is currently the prescriptive source for the spelling of German.
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular...
, who started work on the first major dictionary of the German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, the Deutsches Wörterbuch
Deutsches Wörterbuch
Das Deutsche Wörterbuch / Deutsches Wörterbuch is one of the most important dictionaries of the German language...
(literally German Dictionary) in 1838. The Duden
Duden
The Duden is a German dictionary, first published by Konrad Duden in 1880.Currently the Duden is in its 25th edition and published in 12 volumes, each covering different aspects like loan words, etymology, pronunciation, synonyms, etc...
dictionary dates back to 1880, and is currently the prescriptive source for the spelling of German.