Deutsches Wörterbuch

Deutsches Wörterbuch, the monumental dictionary begun by Jacob Grimm in collaboration with his brother Wilhelm, and continued by other scholars, notably K. Weigand, R. Hildebrand, M. Heyne, and M. Lexer. Its sixteen volumes (32 bound in pairs) appeared from 1854 to 1960 (the instalments for the first volume began in 1852). Only the first four were completed at the time of Jacob Grimm's death. It is the most comprehensive work of modern German lexicography and gives illustrations of usage together with etymological information. Its standing is equivalent to that of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB, "German Dictionary") is one of the most important dictionaries of the German language. Although yet uncompleted, it is for German what the Oxford English Dictionary is for English.

It was started by the Grimm Brothers in 1838. When the project finally was finished in 1961, the dictionary contains 32 volumes and includes about 350,000 main entries. In 1971 a supplement with references was published.

The Deutsches Wörterbuch contains detailed information about the origin and examples of the usage of German words, both historically and (at the time of writing) modern.

External links

• "Das Deutsche Wörterbuch" on the Internet

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