German Studies
Dictionaries and Grammar
- bab.la - online dictionaries for 28 languages bab.la is a user generated language portal. "With bab.la you can look for translations, learn languages with the help of language tests and help to build up the dictionary. You can make your own translation suggestions or verify the suggestions of other users."
- BPB (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) BPB (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) – contains ten dictionaries on politics, economics, current affairs, society, geography and religion
- Das Digitale Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS) Das Digitale Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS) another online dictionary in which definitions of words give the historical context to the development of each word within that time period. This etymology may accordingly be helpful to linguists and historians
- Das Wörterbuch-net Das Wörterbuch-net - Listing of specialty dictionaries.
- DeHanCi - Chinese-German / German-Chinese Online Dictionary The DeHanCi.com is a German-Chinese and Chinese-German word and phrase dictionary (online dictionary) with fuzzy logic for finding sentence examples and dialogues.
- Deutsches Wörterbuch Deutsches Wörterbuch – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's classic, started in 1838.
- LEO LEO – online German-English dictionary from the Technische Universität München
- Lexilogos Lexilogos http://www.lexilogos.com/english/german_dictionary.htm (a wide variety of dictionaries as well as useful information about Germany)
- PONS PONS – English-German dictionaries from PONS (via Xipolis)
- Sprachnudel Sprachnudel is an online German-language dictionary with over 230,000 entries. It also provides information about German grammar, semantics, syntax, and morphology, resources to support learning German vocabulary, and exercises to improve speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
- Wörterbuch der hochdeutschen Mundart Wörterbuch der hochdeutschen Mundart – Digitized images of Johann Christoph Adelung's 1808 reference work for German (browsable, but not full-text searchable).
- YourDictionary YourDictionary – Online German-English dictionary, plus links to German translation dictionaries in many languages.
- Grammis Grammis – multimedia Internet Information System for German grammar
- Projekt Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik Projekt Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik – Middle High German grammar from the Germanistic Department of the University of Bonn
Germanic Library Catalogues
Germany
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Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und LiteraturwissenschaftDirectory of German-Language Catalogs
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Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum (GDZ) - Center for Digitization in Göttingen.
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Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog – Gateway to numerous online catalogs in Germany and other European countries.
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Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum (MDZ) - Digital Library of the Bavarian State Library.
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Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – The German depository library for official government publications.
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Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund – Libraries in Baden-Württemberg.
Austria
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Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - National Library of Austria.
Switzerland
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Schweizer Virtueller Katalog - Swiss Virtual Catalogue.
Lichtenstein
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Lichtensteinische Landesbibliothek - National Library of Lichtenstein.
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Katalog der Lichtensteinischen Bibliotheken - National Library Catalogue of Lichtenstein.
Atlases and Maps
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Austrian Maps – Country, city, historical and thematic maps.
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Germany Maps – Country, city, historical and thematic maps.
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Switzerland Maps – Country, city, historical and thematic maps.
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Liechtenstein Map – A very basic country map.
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Institut für europäische Geschichte - Historical Maps from the Institute for European History in Mainz
Older German Typeface and Script
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BYU German Script Tutorial – Resource for leaning older German script (Fraktur) and handwriting.
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Genwiki – Resource for learning older German script (Fraktur) and handwriting.
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Sütterlinschrift Inhaltsverzeichnis – Resource for learning older German handwriting.
Miscellaneous
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Zelder Universal-Lexikon – Digitalized version of the first major German encyclopedia, from the early 18th century.
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Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache – Resource for example of lexical variation within the German-speaking world.
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Chronologie der deutschen Literatur – A collection of Old, Middle and New High German-written texts from the University of Augsburg.
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Liste der verbannten Bücher - List of books banned in Nazi Germany.