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Inthisdictionary,EnglishtranslationsorequivalentsofaGermanwordcanbefound
by entering its spelling, with a Phrase search feature also available.
Looking up a word by Filter search
A translation of a German word can be looked up by inputting its spelling.
<Example>
Findthetranslationof‘geben’.
1. Press
u
to open Langenscheidt
Deutsch-Englisch.
The spelling input screen appears.
2.Type‘geben’.
As you type, candidates for matching narrow. If
the desired word is found, then there is no need to type any more letters.
3.While‘
’appearsontheleftof‘geben’,press
e
.
The detail view of the word appears.
•Tobrowsecontentsonthenext/previouspage,press
} {
or
> <
. You
mayalsondtheQuickviewfunctionuseful.
•Tosearchforawordinthedetailview,usetheSuperjumpfunction.
•Press
f
to return to the previous screen.
•Press
^
l
to list the headwords in Langenscheidt Deutsch-Englisch.
•Tosearchforadifferentword,simplybegininputtinganewword,orpress
^
b
or
u
togotothedictionary’sinputscreen.
Note about entering characters
Whileenteringcharacters,excludecharacterssuchasspaces,hyphens,apostrophes,
slashes, commas, periods and brackets. See pages 14 and 15 for details.
Phrase search (Feststehende Wortverbindungen
suchen)
UsingthePhrasesearch,youcantranslatephrasesandidiomaticexpressionsasa
native speaker.
Inputuptothreewordsofthephrase,whichshouldbetranslated,intothethreeinputelds
onebelowtheother.ThephrasescontainingALLtheenteredwordscanbesearchedfor.
<Example>
Searchforaphrasecontaining‘Herz’and‘haben’.
1. Press
^
u
.
The input screen of the Phrase search appears.
•Itcanalsoappearbypressing
u
}
e
.
2.Type‘Herz’,press
}
,followedby‘haben’.
To input more than one word, input each
wordintheseparateinputeld.Usethe
}
{
keystomovethecursor.Eachinputeld
can accommodate up to 24 characters.
3. Press
e
.
A list of phrases containing the words appears.
4.Selectthedesiredindexofthephraseusingthenumberkeys.Thetranslationof
the selected phrase is displayed.
•Press
f
to return to the previous view.
•Press
^
l
tolisttheindexofphrasescontainingthewords.
•Tosearchforanewphrase,simplybegininputtingnewwords,orpress
^
b
to go back to the input screen to start a new search.
Further information
•Forfurtherinformationaboutthisdictionary,refertothesection‘Viewingthe
Zusatz-Infos’(page32)andpage46.
Using Langenscheidt Deutsch-
Englisch