Polyglot Dictionary

Lexikon

/ˈlɛksikɔn/

das noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Lexika

Meaning

  1. encyclopaedia, lexicon

    • Ich schlage das im Lexikon nach.

      I'll look that up in the encyclopaedia.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Wörterbuch

A Lexikon more often refers to an encyclopedia — organised by topic or name, with longer explanatory entries. A Wörterbuch is specifically organised by word, for looking up meaning, spelling, or translation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

enciclopedia

enciclopedia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "encyclopaedia."

Practice

1 What does Lexikon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich schlage das im ___ nach.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Lexikon?

noun

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