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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