New developments in the Goethe dictionary

Since February this year, the complete volume seven and the corresponding preface can now also be found in the Goethe Dictionary Online. The list of sources for volume seven has also been published.

The Goethe Dictionary, which has been published since 1966, is one of the most renowned German lexicographical endeavors. Based on the complete works of Goethe, with around 90,000 headwords, it offers a systematic insight into the personal vocabulary of the author as well as into his subject, conceptual and imaginary world and, thus, provides a completely new basis for Goethe philology. Since Goethe's vocabulary must be considered representative of the language of the period between 1760 and 1830 due to its scope and the diverse interests reflected in it, the dictionary is an indispensable research tool for German linguistic history and linguistics in general.