Hochdeutsch - plattdeutsches Wörterbuch.


Printed:	1989	Author:	Günter Harte, Johanna Harte
Publisher:	Schuster	ISBN:	3796302432
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stanley-lindstrom@kurir.net aus Ålem, Småland, Schweden , 30. März 1999
User-friendly for philologists and amateurs alike
Buying this volume is a good stroke of business, which I, although being Mr. Average Ou in dictionary matters, willingly can state with a clear conscience, true�s Bob ! The kif disposition is accomodating to us outlanders, who are lus for a span of new words to integrate into our German. I especially smaak the fact that definite articles are listed for headword nouns as well as the Plattdeutsch counterparts, alongside conjugations for strong verbs, e.g. "schreiben, wissen". Nog a thing which is dearly appreciated is the sentence examples of Plattdeutsch that occasionally accompany the vocables. The makulu endeavors by the people engaged in the word gathering made it maningi easy to fork out chelt for this dictionary. For those of us who want to broaden our perception of Low German, the aforementioned volume is the real Van der Merwe. However, I have one skraal complaint. The status labeling of the words could�ve been better. I only skeem that the labels "dated" and "slang" would�ve been benefiting, especially since there are a raft of us language buffs out there who don�t praat German as our mother tongue. For instance, does any youngster in North Germany ever use "Nevelmaand" for "November" ? Doubtful. I ain�t no fundi on slang, but both "Flimmerkassen" and "Glotzkist" are slang words utilized throughout all the Bundesländer, if�n I ain�t way of base. Also questionable are the vocables listed for "Polizist". I can�t help but wonder how a member of the ore would react if a person, after having been pulled over for riding the car too fast on the Autobahn, suddenly called him "Herr Putzmann"... Furthermore, if I�m not totally in a dwaal, "Schupo" is used all over Germany and not just restricted to the north. These pet peeves of mine are simple to vasbyt, albeit I�m far from falling bollemakiesie in love with them. That aside, I�m glad I coughed maphepha for the woordbook, and it has a well-deserved place in my home library. With this final sentence I wat my goed and trek. Any comments on my notice here is welcomed.