How to enter German words and collocations
Rules of entering a word:
-
A verb should be entered in the form of Infinitive
(for example, beginnen).
- A noun
should be entered in the singular,
with an article and from
the capital letter (for example, das Buch), except the case when the
noun is used only in plural (for example, die Kosten).
- An adjective
should be entered in the positive degree of comparison
(for example, klein). If the comparative and superlative forms are formed in non-standard way (for example,
gut-besser-am besten),
they should be entered separately.
- There are no special restrictions on the form of an adverb to be
entered into the dictionary.
Rules for entering a collocation:
- The main word in a collocation should be entered according to the rules
for entering words.
- There may be no more than two changeable words in a collocation.
- The main word should be the first, or the last in the collocation (for example,
oben genannt, die
fremde Sprache,
der Minister für Außenhandelsbeziehungen).