The latest edition of the Duden, the preeminent dictionary of the German language, contains 3,000 new words. Language purists are rattled — and some politicians also feel threatened by the changes.

The 29th edition of the Duden dictionary is published on Tuesday. (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP)AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP) The new Duden dictionary is thicker than ...

Despite aiming to complete their project in 10 years, the Brothers Grimm died a century before the final volume of their work was published in 1961. As heavy as it is long, the German Dictionary by ...

German is one of the most popular European languages. Several countries use the language outside of Germany as well. It’s difficult to travel to that part of the world without running into the German ...

The German language has lost its longest word. BBC News Magazine's Jon Kelly asks how lovers of plus-sized lexicography will cope. Sesquipedalians - lovers of long ...

BERLIN — The leading dictionary of standard German has changed its definition of “Jew,” or “Jude” in German, after a recent update caused an uproar in the country’s Jewish community — a move ...

(JTA) — A German dictionary entry for the word “Jew” has been changed after members of the country’s Jewish community complained that the definition was problematic. The definition offered by the ...

Which terms can no longer be found in Germany’s Duden dictionary, and when were they removed? Author Peter Graf’s book looks not at new words, but rather at ones that no longer exist. Words such as ...

Dictionary apps are always convenient – whether you are accommodating to life in a new country, learning a new language for kicks, or simply wanting to check the meaning of a few words you didn’t ...

What was once the longest word in the German language, a tongue consisting of many ridiculously lengthy words, is no more. The term ...