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Dictionary German <-> English CONCISE by PONS

iOS Universal

A medium-sized dictionary with 330,000 keywords, phases and translations

Do you read and write in English or German in your everyday life, your spare time or your job?
Then the PONS CONCISE dictionary is the right reference tool for you.

Who can benefit in particular from this app?

Everyone who has to continually look up English or German terms in everyday life, in their spare time or even in their job.

About the contents:

* Current and comprehensive vocabulary containing around 130,000 keywords and phrases and more than 200,000 translations
* Bi-directional: German => English and English => German
* With context examples, information on language use and lots of other important information on grammar
* Includes regional differences in the language as spoken in Austria and Switzerland
* With vocabulary from a wide variety of areas such as Internet, new media and trends
* With IPA phonetics

What can the app do?

* Easy search function: Don’t worry if you’re not sure how to spell a word – the similar words or wild card search function will find what you are looking for
* You can use the Bookmarks feature as a learning tool or to create your own topics and word lists
* Jump from one language direction to the other with just one click: from ‘English => German’ to ‘German => English’ and vice versa. Access linked entries, equally with just one click
* Use the back arrow to return to recently looked-up words
* This application provides 100% offline functionality. You do not incur any roaming charges

Is the size of the dictionary right for me?
BASIC
50,000 keywords and phrases
Ideal for everyday and leisure use (the most important vocabulary)

STANDARD
75,000 keywords and phrases
Ideal for adults who want to learn the language or for use at language schools/adult education centres

COMPACT
130,000 keywords and phrases
Ideal for everyday, leisure and business use (medium-sized vocabulary)

SCHOOL
130,000 keywords and phrases
Ideal for students from Year 5 up to graduation

ADVANCED
315,000 keywords and phrases
Ideal for everyday, leisure and business use (large vocabulary)

BUSINESS
345,000 keywords and phrases
Ideal for everyday and business use (large vocabulary featuring a wide range of business terms)

PREMIUM
390,000 keywords and phrases
Ideal for professional users, such as teachers, students, translators, engineers, lawyers, computer scientists, medical experts, etc. (the most comprehensive vocabulary collection that PONS has to offer)

About PONS:
PONS has been developing green materials for learning languages and dictionaries for life for more than 30 years: for school, business, travel and hobby use.

The PONS Compact Dictionary is powered by the MSDict technology especially enhanced for iPhone, iPad and iPod with the following key benefits:

* Fast article scrolling
* Quick search of words while you type
* Bookmarks - you can use the Bookmarks feature as a learning tool and create your own topics and wordlists
* Filters added to help you locate the word you are searching for:
* Fuzzy filter- used when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
* Keyword- used to locate the instances of a key word within other compound words
* Wild card - "?" and "*" replace a letter and group of letters in words
* Hyperlinks between words and articles
* No connection to the Internet required - you can use the dictionary on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch without connecting to the Internet and with no additional charges
* Ability to change the font size in the word definitions