PONS English<->German dict

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Get things translated fast with PONS. The PONS Dictionary German <-> English ADVANCED contains 775,000 headwords, phrases and translations.

Do you talk to German or English friends in your spare time? Do you read or write in German or English in a wide range of subjects – privately or even professionally? Do you deal with German or English-speaking partners in your everyday working life?
Then the PONS dictionary German <-> English ADVANCED is the perfect tool for you!

Who can benefit in particular from this app?

Everyone who speaks German or English in their everyday life, their spare time or as part of their job or who works on German or English texts.


About the contents:

• Bi-directional: German => English and English => German
• Current and comprehensive vocabulary containing around 315,000 headwords and phrases and more than 460,000 translations
• With vocabulary ranging from everyday language to modern specialist terminology
• With context examples, information on language use and lots of other important information on grammar
• With American, Australian as well as Austrian and Swiss German vocabulary
• With info boxes for culture, country and people
• With IPA phonetics

What can the app do?

• Instant look-up directly on the device
• Look up unfamiliar words directly from the home screen. The dictionary provides translations in a Quick Search Box alongside other search results.*
• Pronunciation: Listen to numerous headwords spoken by native speakers.
• Search for English headwords in any form you like (declined or conjugated).
• 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.
• Search by voice. Speak your queries instead of typing words in a dictionary (available for phones with Google voice recognition service).
• Vocabulary lists: Add words that you want to learn to your ‘Vocabulary lists’. Use the vocabulary list quiz as a quick and effective way to learn the words!
• 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.
• Word of the day widget displays a random entry from the dictionary daily.
• Paragon keyboard provides accurate text input. **
• Installation on memory cards.
• This application provides 100% offline functionality. You do not incur any roaming charges.

* To turn on this option, install a dictionary. Then go to Menu->Settings->Search->Searchable items and mark the dictionary.
** For keyboard activation: press and hold ‘123’ button at Standard keyboard -> Select Input Method -> Paragon keyboard.

Is the size of the dictionary right for me?

BASIC
50,000 headwords and phrases  
Ideal for everyday and leisure use (the most important vocabulary)

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

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

SCHOOL
130,000 headwords and phrases.
Ideal for students from 5th grade up to graduation

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

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

PREMIUM
390,000 headwords 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)