Germanic Collections

Dictionaries

Dictionary English-German and German-English (Chemnitz) ca.. 120,000 entries.
The New (Revised) English-German Dictionary Over 182,000 entries.
About.com Guide to German Language - Links to over 50 general and specialized dictionaries.
yourdictionnary.com German section, includes links to a number of German general and specialized dictionnaries including German dialects.

Encyclopedias

xipolis.NET - Die Bibliothek des Wissens Recherchieren Sie in Ÿber 1,5 Millionen Artikeln aus den Enzyklopþdien, Archiven und Lexika von Duden, Brockhaus, Kindlers Literaturlexikon. NOTE: Full text of entries is fee based.
wissen.de General encyclopedia in German offering free search of Wahrig dictionaries.
Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz still in progress, all the headwords are searchable, but not all of them have articles.
…sterreich Lexikon Online version of the …sterreich-Lexikon encyclopaedia containing all entries and illustrations of the two-volume encyclopaedia with more than 13,000 entries.
Zedler, Universallexikon from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Major 18th century German encyclopedia.
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon

Biographies Online

Other Language related sites

Die neue Rechtschreibung
DUDEN online - Informationen rund um die deutsche Rechtschreibung.
About.com German Language-Grammar German grammar links and their own grammar guides, lessons and exercises.
About.com German Language-Pronunciation Resources and links for help with German pronunciation. Find German audio files and other online or offline listening.

Humour

The Awful German Language by Mark Twain Appendix D from Twain's 1880 book A Tramp Abroad.

Last modified: August 7, 2008