Dictionaries, Grammars, Style Guides

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Wikipedia (English)

English edition of the well-known free wikipedia encyclopedia.

Wikipedia (Deutsch)

Deutsche Ausgabe der bekannten freien Enzyklopädie Wikipedia.

LEXICOOL

Directory of more than 4000 bilingual and multilingual online dictionaries and glossaries freely available on the Internet. You can choose the language to translate from, the language to translate into, and the subject.

OneLook

Queries several online dictionaries simultaneously to find a word definition or the translation of a word into English. This web site is especially helpful if you are looking for the meaning of a word but do not even know the language.
If you want a translation, make sure to activate the option "find translations" below the text box.

LEO

Hervorragende und sehr umfassende Wörterbücher Deutsch-Englisch und Deutsch-Französisch. Ein Service der Technischen Universität München. Zu den englischen und deutschen Begriffen lässt sich auch die Aussprache anhören.

Anglizismen-Index

Anglizismen-Index des Vereins Deutscher Sprache. Umfassend und nützlich, wenn Sie "denglischen" Texten den Kampf ansagen wollen.
Den Index finden Sie unter der Rubrik "Denglish" ganz oben in der Hauptnavigation.

canoo.net

Wörterbuch und Grammatik für Deutsch (einsprachig). Überaus umfassend.

edv-abkuerzungen.de

Hier können Sie nach Informationen zu kryptischen Akronymen aus der EDV-Branche suchen. Zu vielen Einträgen wird ergänzend zur wörtlichen Bedeutung noch ein kurzer Erklärungstext angezeigt.

Acronym Finder

If you wonder what an acronym stands for: here is the answer. Also allows to search using wildcards, as well as to run a reverse search to find an acronym corresponding to a specific keyword. Claims to be the worlds largest dictionary of its kind.

FOLDOC

Free Online Dictionary of computing. Provides very comprehensive explanations.

Foreignword.com

Useful interface to query several translation dictionaries one after the other without having to reenter words.

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Excellent guide to English grammar and writing. Clearly structured and easy to navigate.

Merriam-Webster Online

Comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary (monolingual). Lets you listen to the pronunciation (from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary at www.Merriam-Webster.com).

ONLINE! Citation Styles

Comprehensive guide on how to cite online sources correctly.

Web Style Guide

Comprehensive style guide and textbook on online information design.

Writing Styleguide and Dictionary of Plain English

Provides a quite comprehensive list of frequently abused and overblown words and their plain English equivalents. (PDF, 19 pages).
Go to the "Publications" section.

yourDictionary

Comprehensive monolingual thesaurus and bilingual translation dictionaries (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian). Even allows you to you listen to the pronunciation.

 

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