For more than 130 years DUDEN has been the authority on every question of German language and spelling. The name DUDEN stands for standard reference works on German and vouches for the highest lexicographic and language-technology expertise. The dictionaries from the Duden editorial team not only show the wide range of present-day German but, above all, give you certainty in every matter of language.
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