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Deutsche Nachschlagewerke [=Reference Works in German] 
  • Wikipedia Comprehensive and informative online encyclopaedia; free, no ads, and covers a wide range of topics.
  • wissen.de Hier finden Sie "alles": "Wissen A-Z", eine Chronik, Links zu Wörterbüchern, ein Experten-Chat, und interessante aktuelle [=current] Artikel.
  • xipolis.net Allows you to search an expanding database of currently (12/2003) 50 reference works, including Der Brockhaus in einem Band and miscellaneous other single-volume reference works.
  • freeglossary.com Very informative online encyclopaedia with a growing database of entries. Also available in English and various other languages.
  • aeiou Austrian online encyclopaedia
  • Marilyn Huge searchable database of information on people, books, films, song lyrics, countries, quotations...
  • infomia.com A multilingual work in progress compiled collaboratively by German university students, currently (9/2004) including over 140,000 entries. Academically oriented in its choice of topics. Clicking on the categories down the page did not get me very far, but the "Suche" box produced good results.
  • Find DINO's list of reference sources on anything from trains to soccer results to the weather by clicking on "Auskunft und Wissen" on the main page.
  • Börsenlexikon (Dictionary of Stockbroking terminology)
  • Akronyme/Acronyms Searchable database of acronyms and abbreviations in English and German.
  • "Deutschsprachige Wörterbücher" List of German-language dictionaries on various specialized topics--primarily dialects.
  • Meyers Lexikon - Das Wissen A-Z  This page now refers users to xipolis.net (see above) but perhaps access to the comprehensive Meyers encyclopaedia will be restored in the future.

 

  • Wortschatz Deutsch Amazing site that will give you lists of synonyms and related words for any word you enter, as well as usage examples and information on usage frequency. The usage examples and frequency information are also available in several other languages: English, French, Dutch, Sorbian (not Serbian), Estonian and Icelandic, as of 8/2004.



   
 

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