The latest edition of the Duden, the preeminent dictionary of the German language, contains 3,000 new words. Language purists are rattled — and some politicians also feel threatened by the changes.

The 29th edition of the Duden dictionary is published on Tuesday. (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP)AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP) The new Duden dictionary is thicker than ...

German dictionary giant Duden is publishing an updated edition, including a few English root words considered too blue for Webster's or the Oxford dictionary. It may not cause a shitstorm, but ...

Andrzej Tobis designed his own version of an illustrated Polish-German dictionary issued two decades ago in the German Democratic Republic. Whilst he’s enclosed the literal meaning and references of ...

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Which terms can no longer be found in Germany’s Duden dictionary, and when were they removed? Author Peter Graf’s book looks not at new words, but rather at ones that no longer exist. Words such as ...

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