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Download our free dictionary (for Windows or Android) and browse both the German-English and the English-German lists. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Features of this dictionary

Download our free dictionary for Android! Browse the wordlists, look up words and practice your vocabulary at your own rhythm. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Word list information

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German > English: 178,405 words
English > German: 130,397 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: 1997

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More resources for German learners

BabelNation offers online German courses, free and with many interactive German lessons, each of them with lots of exercises, vocabulary games and audio examples. Canoo.net is another great resource, with over 1500 German grammar pages accessible in English and German, as well as dictionaries and glossaries. Deutsch-Netz is a website in German dedicated to German language and literature. And if you are looking for actual courses, you must visit the famous Goethe Institut.