Theatrum Europaeum (Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg)
Dictionaries and Other Language Resources
This page contains links to online dictionaries, paleography sites, and other language tools useful for students
and scholars of the Holy Roman Empire. Please let us know if there is another link
you would like to see listed here. For links to primary sources, please see the Teaching page.
Online Dictionaries-German
Online Dictionaries-Latin
Online Dictionaries-Other
Online Translation Resources
German Language and Paleography Resources
Latin Language and Paleography Resources
General Language and Paleography Resources
Online Dictionaries-German:
- Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch des 8. Jh.
- Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch
- Altsächsisches Wörterbuch
- Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch (Includes useful historical terms)
- Das Deutsche Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm (The most useful and thorough historical dictionary. Try this one first!)
- Digitaler Verbund von Dialektwörterbüchern
- Early New High German - English Dictionary
- Goethe Woerterbuch
- Gotisches Wörterbuch
- Leo Deutsch-Englisch Woerterbuch
- Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (Benecke's)
- Mittelhochdeutsche Wörterbücher im Verbund (Excellent resource)
- Pfälzisches Wörterbuch
- Rheinisches Wörterbuch
- Student-Online German dictionary
- Wörterbuch der deutsch-lothringischen Mundarten
- Wörterbuch der elsässischen Mundarten
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Online Dictionaries-Latin:
- The Hard Little Words (Dictionary of difficult Latin words)
- Latin Dictionary (Perseus Project)
- Medieval Latin
- Words by William Whitaker (Latin dictionary and simple translations. Gives all possible declensions and conjugations for each word entered.)
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Online Dictionaries-Other:
- Bab.la (Dictionaries for multiple languages, language quizzes, forum)
- Dictionnaires d'autrefois (French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries)
- Dictionaries of various types
- Lexique d'ancien français
- Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal (De historische woordenboeken van het INL online)
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Online Translation Resources:
- Babel Fish (Reasonable, though not great, translation tool)
- Google Language Tools (Reasonable, though not great, translation tool)
- Latin Grammar
- Lost in Translation (Just for fun)
German Language and Paleography Resources:
- Ad Fontes (Includes sections on how to read, date, and transcribe 14th-19th c. German handwriting)
- Excellent chart comparing Sutterlin and numerous 17th-19th C hands (Great for first time archive-visitors!)
- Exeter University Beginners' German (Online German language course)
- Findebuch zum mittelhochdeutschen Wortschatz
- Frühneuhochdeutsch: kurz und bündig (Linguistic discussion and explanation of Early New High German)
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- German for Beginners (About.com's free online course)
- German Grammar
- Goethe Institut (Learning and teaching German)
- Kommission für Schrift- und Buchwesen des Mittelalters der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Mediaevistic: Tools for Students of Medieval German Literature and Language
- Mittelhochdeutsche Begriffsdatenbank/Middle-High German Conceptual Database
- Multimediale Lehr- und Lernmaterialien zur Einführung in die historische Sprachwissenschaft
- Palaeography (Online tutorial to reading old handwriting 1500-1800)
- Paläographie und Kodikologie
- SLP 2000 (An online Sutterlin tutorial)
- Stiftung Deutsche Schrift (Click on "Schrift" for a useful chart)
- Suetterlin, Blackletter, and Historical scripts (Useful especially for learning Sutterlin)
- True type font to edit medieval german texts
Latin Language and Paleography Resources:
- Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
- Beginner's Latin (A practical online tutorial for beginners)
- Comité International de Paléographie Latine
- Latin Place Names
- Multimediale Lehr- und Lernmaterialien zur Einführung in die historische Sprachwissenschaft
- Orbis Latinus Online (Latin placenames. Very useful!)
- Palaeography (Online tutorial to reading old handwriting 1500-1800)
- Paläographie und Kodikologie
- Words by William Whitaker (Latin dictionary and simple translations. Very good resource. One can also get a downloadable version for offline use.)
General Language and Paleography Resources:
- Ad Fontes (Includes sections on how to read, date, and transcribe 14th-19th c. German handwriting)
- French Verb Conjugator
- Manuscripts Studies (An online course at U Alberta)
- Manuscripts, Paleology, Codicology
- Multimediale Lehr- und Lernmaterialien zur Einführung in die historische Sprachwissenschaft
- Palaeography (Online tutorial to reading old handwriting 1500-1800)
- Paläographie und Kodikologie
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