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Where can I find a German dictionary which I can use to run simple linguistic experiments?
Basically, I'm looking for some data structure which holds words, function (verb, noun, etc), and some extra information (zB, gender of nouns, whether a verb is separable or not (or both), some basic conjugation such as past participle, etc)
I want to do experiments, such as:
- is there a notable difference between verbs which keep the -en ending in the past participle (sehen -> gesehen) and those who do not (schauen --> geschaut)? Maybe some are more active, more abstract, etc. Or, there is no pattern.
- do the majority of nouns which can be formed by cutting off the -en ending of a verb masculine? (der Tanz, der Rat, but das Spiel). I have found no exception except Spiel for now.
and so on.
Basically, what I want is LEO, but in my computer, locally, and fully accessible.
Help?
Basically, I'm looking for some data structure which holds words, function (verb, noun, etc), and some extra information (zB, gender of nouns, whether a verb is separable or not (or both), some basic conjugation such as past participle, etc)
I want to do experiments, such as:
- is there a notable difference between verbs which keep the -en ending in the past participle (sehen -> gesehen) and those who do not (schauen --> geschaut)? Maybe some are more active, more abstract, etc. Or, there is no pattern.
- do the majority of nouns which can be formed by cutting off the -en ending of a verb masculine? (der Tanz, der Rat, but das Spiel). I have found no exception except Spiel for now.
and so on.
Basically, what I want is LEO, but in my computer, locally, and fully accessible.
Help?
Best answer: Jon_Evil, it appears that the OP is a linguistics enthusiast who speaks both English and German. It's just that this sort of question requires a bit of research, and checking of noun genders, thus a dictionary is required.
OP, I don't know of any good offline German dictionaries, but if it's any help, I find dict.cc to be a better all-round online dictionary than LEO. It seems to have more examples and variety of expressions. I use LEO as a backup, if dict.cc doesn't have what I'm looking for.
For your second question, I think there aren't as many feminine nouns formed by cutting the '-en' off a verb because feminine nouns often add '-ung' after the '-en' is taken off.
z.B:
die Bedeutung (bedeuten)
die Beginnung (beginnen)
die Wohnung (wohnen)
However, compare:
die Arbeit (arbeiten)
die Antwort (antworten)
And then there's also this construction:
die Frage (fragen)
die Liebe (lieben)
die Reise (reisen)
The abrupt endings formed by simply removing the '-en' just kind of seem more masculine to me, but German is my second language so maybe a native Deutsche/r can explain it better.
Viel Glück!
posted by lovedbymarylane at 7:21 AM on January 31, 2012
OP, I don't know of any good offline German dictionaries, but if it's any help, I find dict.cc to be a better all-round online dictionary than LEO. It seems to have more examples and variety of expressions. I use LEO as a backup, if dict.cc doesn't have what I'm looking for.
For your second question, I think there aren't as many feminine nouns formed by cutting the '-en' off a verb because feminine nouns often add '-ung' after the '-en' is taken off.
z.B:
die Bedeutung (bedeuten)
die Beginnung (beginnen)
die Wohnung (wohnen)
However, compare:
die Arbeit (arbeiten)
die Antwort (antworten)
And then there's also this construction:
die Frage (fragen)
die Liebe (lieben)
die Reise (reisen)
The abrupt endings formed by simply removing the '-en' just kind of seem more masculine to me, but German is my second language so maybe a native Deutsche/r can explain it better.
Viel Glück!
posted by lovedbymarylane at 7:21 AM on January 31, 2012
Response by poster: Sweet! Turns out dict.cc has links to various offline solutions. Juhu!
posted by StoneSpace at 8:27 AM on January 31, 2012
posted by StoneSpace at 8:27 AM on January 31, 2012
Best answer: If you want to script this access, maybe one of these files will help:
German-English dictionary file
A bunch of dictionaries
For an offline LEO, I use QuickDic on my mobile, and the database has most of what you're looking for.
posted by cmonkey at 8:28 AM on January 31, 2012
German-English dictionary file
A bunch of dictionaries
For an offline LEO, I use QuickDic on my mobile, and the database has most of what you're looking for.
posted by cmonkey at 8:28 AM on January 31, 2012
Best answer: Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach!
posted by yoyo_nyc at 12:46 PM on January 31, 2012
posted by yoyo_nyc at 12:46 PM on January 31, 2012
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posted by Jon_Evil at 6:51 AM on January 31, 2012