PDF Collins Contemporary German Dictionary Download
- Author: James Midgley Clark
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- ISBN: 9780003276213
- Category : English language
- Languages : de
- Pages : 526
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The richest resource for German study. Ideal for advanced learners and professionals using German. This newly revised ninth edition of Collins Unabridged German Dictionary includes the latest words and phrases from contemporary German and English as well as highlighted key phrases, idioms, and set grammatical structures to help you understand more complex entries. This edition is recommended by university tutors for German degree reading lists and features a clear layout with color headwords to help find words quickly and easily. Culture boxes explain the origins of phrases from literature, film and popular culture to aid translation and improve your understanding of German popular culture, and special sections on German life and culture. This version is an ideal resource for advanced learners and professionals
"This German dictionary contains over 280,000 references and offers comprehensive coverage of current German and English. Examples and phrases are provided to illustrate constructions and usage. A feature of this book is a 72-page section at the back of the book entitled "Language in Use", which is a grammar of communication in German and English, arranged thematically, to facilitate self-expression in the foreign language. Emphasis is placed on current German and English, with treatment of the basic vocabulary of each language, different meanings and context signposted throughout, style levels marked to provide advice and warnings to the non-native user, pronunciation in IPA, and full treatment of English phrasal verbs and US English coverage."--Amazon.com viewed Nov. 7, 2022.
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