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| - | '''Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm''' ([[Hanau]], [[January 4]], [[1785]] – [[September 20]], [[1863]] in [[Berlin]]), [[German Confederation|German]] [[philologist]], [[jurist]] and [[mythology|mythologist]], was born at Hanau, in [[Hesse-Kassel]]. He is best known as the author of the monumental ''[[German Dictionary]]'', his ''[[Deutsche Mythologie]]'' and more popularly, as one of the [[Brothers Grimm]], as the editor of ''[[Grimm's Fairy Tales]]''. | + | The '''German dictionary''' has a history dating back to the [[Brothers Grimm]], who started work on the first major dictionary of the [[German language]], the ''[[Deutsches Wörterbuch]]'' (literally German Dictionary) in 1838. The [[Duden]] dictionary dates back to 1880, and is currently the [[prescriptive]] source for the spelling of German. |
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The German dictionary has a history dating back to the Brothers Grimm, who started work on the first major dictionary of the German language, the Deutsches Wörterbuch (literally German Dictionary) in 1838. The Duden dictionary dates back to 1880, and is currently the prescriptive source for the spelling of German.
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