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Language Resources

German Language Resources

Dictionaries

Oxford Dictionaries

Access to the German  is provided to Reed community members by the Library and requires a Reed login. This comprehensive dictionary includes audio and information about idiomatic phrases.

LEO

is an online English-German or German-English dictionary. The site also provides other vocabularly and grammar support.

Grammar

LanguageTool

The spelling and grammar checker for German is available online or as a browser extension. While the interface displays in English, grammatical explanations are in German, making this a better resource for intermediate and advanced German learners.

Typing

Mac users generally choose to use special characters on their US keyboard while typing in German. For users of Windows machines, it may be easier to switch to an international or German keyboard layout. 

Typing help for Macs

  • It is especially easy to  on a Mac.
  •  to type using a German keyboard layout.
  •  to view the German keyboard layout while you type. This may be especially useful as you are adjusting to the German keyboard layout.

Typing help for Windows 

  • Use  to type characters with accents.
  •  to type using an international or German keyboard layout. You will find the international keyboard under the English-language keyboard options.
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