Pocket dictionary
The pocket dictionary is a dictionary that originally got its name from the concept of being able to be carried in a pocket. It is therefore reduced in format, but thanks to its extremely compressed presentation (for example, many abbreviations, small font size , thin printing paper ) it offers a maximum of information. A number of pocket dictionaries have grown in the course of new editions to an extent that goes beyond the original concept of mobility. In these cases, the designation is retained for marketing reasons.
The contrast to the pocket dictionary is the concise dictionary , which is much larger in size. In the case of translation dictionaries, in particular, publishers often offer a detailed manual dictionary in addition to the compact pocket dictionary.
In contrast to the term “hand dictionary” , the term “ pocket dictionary” is mainly used for language dictionaries and only very rarely for non-fictional dictionaries.
Examples
- Lexer, Matthias: Middle High German Pocket Dictionary With the supplements by Ulrich Pretzel. Stuttgart: Hirzel. - 39th edition 2006 (500 pages)
- Langenscheidt pocket dictionary English: English-German, German-English . Berlin: Langenscheidt 2005 (1,440 pages)
- Springer Pocket Dictionary Medicine: 29,000 technical terms on over 600 pages, meaning, new spelling with alternatives . Berlin: Springer. - 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition 2005 (600 pages)
- Strauch, Bernd: Dialect in Central Hesse: Upper Hessian pocket dictionary . Giessen: Strauch 2005 (128 pages)
- Dressler, Stephan: HIV / AIDS Taschenlexikon . Berlin: Selbstverlag, 2008 (VI, 161 pages) Free full text on AIDSfinder
- Glass, Günter: Pocket dictionary of mechanical engineering & electrical engineering: German-English . Ismaning: Hueber, 2003 (195 pages)
- Lister, Ronald et al. a .: English - German: Pocket Dictionary Law . Ismaning: Hueber, 2002 (272 pages)
- Reuter, Peter et al. a .: Pocket dictionary of medicine: English - German, English - German; German - English, German - English . Stuttgart: Thieme. - 2nd edition 2002 (975 pages)
- Glass, Günter: English - German: Pocket dictionary information technology . Ismaning: Hueber, 2002 (226 pages)
- Eichborn, Reinhart from: The little Eichborn: Pocket dictionary of business language . Burscheid: Siebenpunkt Verlag 1975 (2 volumes; 597 and 649 pages). - 5th, completely revised and expanded edition 2002 (2 volumes; 1136 and 1217 pages)
- Freeman, Henry G .: Pocket dictionary of automotive engineering: German, English . Ismaning: Hueber. - 7th edition 1995 (377 pages)
- Cole, Theodor CH: Pocket dictionary of zoology: German - English, English - German . Stuttgart: Thieme, 1995 (261 pages)
