English German Dictionary
Free offline English-German dictionary. Translate words and phrases instantly without internet. Great for German learners and professionals.
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Comprehensive
Thousands of words and phrases covering everyday vocabulary and more.
Bidirectional
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About English German Dictionary
A complete English-German and German-English offline dictionary. Designed for students, travelers, and professionals who need quick, reliable translations without depending on an internet connection.
About German
German is spoken by over 130 million people and is the most widely spoken native language in the European Union. It is an official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
Who is this app for? German learners, travelers to Germany/Austria/Switzerland, business professionals, students.
Three genders and one very long word
German nouns take der, die or das, and learners are usually told the assignment is arbitrary. It is less arbitrary than that. Any noun ending in -ung, -heit, -keit or -schaft is feminine without exception; anything ending in -chen or -lein is neuter, which is why das Mädchen is grammatically neuter despite meaning girl. Those suffixes cover a large share of the vocabulary you will meet.
What genuinely has to be memorised is the short, old, high-frequency core — der Tisch, das Buch, die Hand — which is unfortunately what you meet first. Compounds inherit the gender of their final element, so die Haustür follows die Tür.
Compounds are a lookup problem
German writes compounds as single words, so a term like Rechtsschutzversicherung never appears in a dictionary as a whole. The skill is splitting it: Rechts + schutz + versicherung, legal protection insurance. Once you can segment, an ordinary dictionary handles arbitrarily long words, because the parts are all ordinary words.
Separable verbs create the same issue in reverse. Aufstehen splits in a main clause — ich stehe früh auf — so the piece you need to look up is scattered across the sentence.
What is in it
Bidirectional entries with the article shown alongside each noun, so you learn der Tisch rather than Tisch. German has over 130 million speakers and is the most widely spoken native language in the European Union, official in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the dictionary show the gender of each noun?
Yes, nouns are listed with their article. This matters more than it looks: the article has to be learned together with the word from first exposure, because retrofitting gender onto vocabulary you already know is considerably harder.
How do I look up a long German compound word?
Split it into its parts and look those up. Compounds like Rechtsschutzversicherung are built from ordinary words — Rechts, schutz, versicherung — and are not listed as single entries in any dictionary. Segmenting is the skill; the parts are all findable.
What about separable verbs?
Look up the full infinitive, prefix included — aufstehen rather than stehen. In a main clause the prefix moves to the end of the sentence, so recognising that ich stehe früh auf belongs to aufstehen is part of reading German.
Does it cover Austrian and Swiss usage?
The entries cover standard German, which is the written standard in all German-speaking countries. Some everyday vocabulary differs regionally — Austrian and Swiss usage each have their own everyday terms — and the written standard is shared.
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