The Deutsches Wörterbuch (called DWB or "der Grimm") is one of the most important etymological dictionaries of the German language. Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time A dictionary is a book of alphabetically listed Words in a specific language with definitions etymologies pronunciations and other information or a book of alphabetically The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The title, translated into English, means "German Dictionary". English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States
It was started by the Grimm Brothers in 1838. The Brothers Grimm ( German: Die Gebrüder Grimm) Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, When the project finally was finished in 1961, the dictionary contains 32 volumes and includes about 350,000 main entries. In 1971 a supplement with references was published.
The Deutsches Wörterbuch contains detailed information about the origin and examples of the usage of German words, both historically and (at the time of writing) modern. The dictionary contains words of all registers and has been the first to include swearwords and other words generally considered crude.
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