The Deutsches Wörterbuch, abbreviated DWB, is the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language in existence. Encompassing modern High German vocabulary in use since 1450, it also includes loanwords adopted from other languages into German. Entries cover the etymology, meanings, attested forms, synonyms, usage peculiarities, and regional differences of words found throughout the German speaking world. The dictionary's historical linguistics approach, illuminated by examples from primary source documents, makes it to German what the Oxford English Dictionary is to English. The first completed DWB lists over 330,000 headwords in 67,000 print columns spanning 32 volumes.
The original title page of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, 1854
Original manuscript of the Deutsches Wörterbuch by Jacob Grimm
The Berlin Academy of Sciences staff working to complete the Grimm dictionary, 1952
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically, which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies, pronunciations, translation, etc. It is a lexicographical reference that shows inter-relationships among the data.
Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages
A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini
Catalan-Latin dictionary from the year 1696 with more than 1000 pages. Gazophylacium Dictionary.
The French-language Petit Larousse is an example of an illustrated dictionary.
