German Dictionary Offline
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The free offline German dictionary application explains the meaning of German words! Definitions are based on German Wiktionary. This is a monolingual German dictionary: words must be entered in German language.
Features
♦ More than 167000 words and large number of inflected forms
♦ Fast as it works offline, internet is used only when a word is not found in the offline dictionary
♦ You can leaf through words using your finger (swipe right and left)
♦ Easy and functional user interface, optimized also for tablets
♦ Bookmarks and search history with option to backup your bookmarks
♦ Crossword help: the symbol ? can be used in place of single unknown letter. The symbol * can be used in place of any group of letters.
♦ Random search button (shuffle), useful to learn new words
♦ Share word definition using other apps, like gmail or whatsapp
♦ Compatible with Moon+ Reader and FBReader
Your settings
♦ Black and white themes with user defined text colors (press menu-->select Settings-->click on Theme)
♦ Optional Floating Action Button (FAB) supporting one of the following actions: Search, History, Favorites, Random search and Share option
♦ Persistent Search option to get automatic keyboard at startup
♦ Text to speech options
♦ Number of items in history
♦ Customisable font size and line spacing
Questions:
♦ Question & Answers: http://goo.gl/UnU7V
♦ No voice output? Please follow instructions here: http://goo.gl/axXwR.
♦ Information about permissions used by the application can be found here: http://goo.gl/AsqT4C
Word pronunciation works only if voice data have been installed in your phone (Text-to-speech engine).
In case Moon+ Reader does not list my dictionary: open pop-up "Customize dictionary" and select "Open dictionary directly when Long-Tap on a word"
⚠ An offline dictionary needs memory. In case your device has low memory, please consider to use the online dictionary: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.dictionary
Information for application developers:
✔ This application provides Dictionary API for 3rd party developers, please read further details: http://thesaurus.altervista.org/dictionary-android
Permissions
This application requires the following permissions:
♢ INTERNET - to retrieve the definition of unknown words
♢ WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (aka Photos/Media/Files) - to backup configuration and bookmarks
User reviews
- Exhaustive information about many words in a minimalistic interface
- Great explanations and origin of words provided
- Useful for learning German, especially for beginners
- Fast performance and nice user interface
- Has translations to multiple languages
- Audio feature gives weird electronic sounds instead of actual pronunciation
- Limited history of searched words
- Missing modern words and some translations
- No conjugation of verbs available
- Cannot search for words in English, only German
- Audio issues
- Limited word history
- Need for more modern translations
- No conjugation details
- Search functionality complaints
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