Language Resources

Oxford Dictionaries

Access to the German Oxford dictionary is provided to Reed community members by the Library and requires a Reed login. This comprehensive dictionary includes audio and information about idiomatic phrases.

LEO

LEO is an online English-German or German-English dictionary. The site also provides other vocabularly and grammar support.

LanguageTool

The LanguageTool spelling and grammar checker for German is available online or as a browser extension. While the interface displays in English, grammatical explanations are in German, making this a better resource for intermediate and advanced German learners.

Mac users generally choose to use special characters on their US keyboard while typing in German. For users of Windows machines, it may be easier to switch to an international or German keyboard layout. 

Typing help for Macs

• It is especially easy to type characters with accent marks on a Mac.
• Set up your computer to type using a German keyboard layout.
• Use the keyboard viewer to view the German keyboard layout while you type. This may be especially useful as you are adjusting to the German keyboard layout.

Typing help for Windows 

• Use keyboard shortcuts to type characters with accents.
• Set up your computer to type using an international or German keyboard layout. You will find the international keyboard under the English-language keyboard options.