Dictionary Linguee 9+

The app is amazingly useful when learning Spanish at any level. The real world examples really give more than just a one to one word translation. You can really see how the language is structured and the way real people speak and write in both languages you are translating from and to. I use this every day now and I’m quite a competent Spanish speaker anyway but this is helping me take it to another level and I can see the next stage of my learning rocketing because of this app. I love the way you copy words from an article or book and when you open the app it’s already pasted in and ready for you to read the various examples. Very well thought out app. Would recommend to anybody.

This app has the usual headword definitions that you expect of any dictionary. It has, in fact, a particularly wide range. The unusual and strong feature is that it also finds the word in lots of online translations and presents both versions side by side so that you can see the word in context and take a view about usage. Obviously these online ussages are not guaranteed to be idiomatic or correct but they are at least presented so that the experienced user can evaluate them. The beginner can stick to the conventional dictionary function. The advanced user will find it very helpful to be able to examine words and phrases in context.

I am learning German. I work mostly on an iPad. I added Linguee as a ‘second’ app running over on the right side of the screen, tucked away out of sight most of the time but always ready to pop out whenever I need to check something I’m reading or listening to. Its content and construction seems to cover all bases, with extensive example sentences as well as the usual definitions of the word or phrase in question. It is without a doubt one of the best bilingual dictionaries I know, and easily the best I know of available as an iPad app. Highly recommended.