Meyers Fremmedordbog is a digital archive of a classic 19th-century Danish dictionary containing 80,000 historical entries. It serves as a specialized linguistic resource for archaic and obscure foreign terms that are absent from modern Danish dictionaries. The app is published by the Danish Language and Literature (DSL) as part of the ordnet.dk platform.
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The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
For Linguists, historians, and researchers seeking definitions for archaic or rare foreign words used in Danish literature prior to 1920.
What does it look like?
Key features
Provides access to 80,000 entries of foreign words, including Latin and Greek sentences.
Includes rare and obscure vocabulary, such as 'Idiosomnambulisme' and 'phelloplastisk', not found in contemporary dictionaries.
Designed to function as a specialized supplement to The Danish Dictionary and the Dictionary of the Danish language.
How much does it cost?
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Who built it?
Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab
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Bottom line
This app provides a digitized, authoritative resource for historical Danish foreign-word terminology that is otherwise unavailable in modern reference works.
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