Edda Weiss - German Vocabulary

Third EditionEdda WeissConrad J. SchmittFormer Editor-in-Chief
Foreign Language Department, McGraw-HillLois M. Feuerle, Ph.D. Former Coordinator of Court Interpreting Services
New York Unified Court SystemChristine EffertzFormer Adult Education Program Instructor
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Much has happened in the German-speaking world in the decade since the second edition of Schaums Outline of German Vocabulary was published in 1999.

Memories of the former German Democratic Republic are fading, and the Federal Republic of Germany remains a major economic force. Germany and Austria, together with 13 other European Union member countries, have abandoned their old currencies, the German Mark (DM) and the Austrian Schilling (S), in favor of the Euro, while non-EU members Switzerland and Liechtenstein continue to use the Swiss Franc (SFR) as their common currency. But for the student of language, it is the controversial German Orthographic Reformdie deutsche Rechtschreibreformthat may be the most important change since the second edition. On July 1, 1996, the representatives of the four German-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, signed an international agreement to introduce the new spelling by August 1, 1998. After a transition period marked by considerable resistance and debate that resulted in minor revisions, the German Orthographic Reform went into effect on August 1, 2006. The German Orthographic Reform addresses several important issues, the most significant of which is the endeavor to make German orthography reflect the sounds of spoken German more closely.

Other issues are capitalization, hyphenation, writing certain words separately or together, and punctuation. It should be reassuring to the student that some authorities estimate that about 90% of the changes mandated by the reform involve the letters ss and . Although the new spelling rules must be observed in German schools, a number of authors, publishers, and newspapers have chosen to continue to observe some version of the old rules. A simple tip-off as to whether a publication follows the old or the new rules is to find the German word for that introducing a subordinate clause (e.g., Ich wei, dass sie hier ist vs. Ich wei, da sie hier ist). da (old). Schaums Outline of German Vocabulary follows the new rules. Schaums Outline of German Vocabulary follows the new rules.

For a reference work that presents and illustrates the new rules, consult Duden, Die Deutsche Rechtschreibung (ed. 24, vol. 1, Dudenverlag, 2006). This work provides a comprehensive list of 130,000 entries, showing the preferred and acceptable spellings and, importantly, highlighting the differences between the old and the new. In all other respects, the goals of this new edition of Schaums Outline of German Vocabulary remain the same as those of the preceding edition. Lois M.

FEUERLE
CHRISTINE EFFERTZ

The purpose of this book is to provide the user with words in contextthe vocabulary that is needed to converse meaningfully and effectively in everyday situations about everyday topics. Although the book contains a review of many common basic words that the user has no doubt already encountered in his or her study of German up to now, the aim of Schaums Outline of German Vocabulary is to enrich the students knowledge of the language by presenting words that seldom appear in typical language-learning textbooks, but which are essential in order to communicate comfortably in a given situation. Unlike a typical bilingual dictionary, Schaums Outline of German Vocabulary introduces each word in context in easy-to-remember subject matter groupings and then manipulates the context in illustrative sentences and exercises so that the user can make each word his or her own. Because words often have a range of meanings and because perfect one-for-one equivalence is rare between two languages, as the user becomes more and more familiar with German, he or she will discover that the words we have glossed for the situations presented in this book might have other meanings when used in different contexts. This should not be a cause for uneasiness on the part of the student; it is a sign that the students knowledge of German is growing and becoming deeper. The content of each chapter is focused on a real-life situation, such as making a telephone call, traveling by plane, staying at a hotel, or using a computer.