Abbreviations used in the dictionary
Usage
- coll.
- colloquial
- erw.
- erweitert
- fam.
- familiar
- fig.
- figurative
- form.
- formal
- hum.
- humorous
- pej.
- pejorative
- poet.
- poetic
- sl.
- slang
- vulg.
- vulgar
Spelling variants
- AE
- American spelling
- BE
- British spelling
- espAE
- preferred American spelling
- espBE
- preferred British spelling
Grammar
- sing.
- singular
- pl.
- plural
- adj.
- adjective
- adv.
- adverb
- art.
- article
- aux.
- auxiliary
- conj.
- conjunction
- prep.
- preposition
- pron.
- pronoun
- det.
- determiner
- part.
- particle
- num.
- numeral
- dem. pron.
- demonstrative pronoun
- indef. pron.
- indefinite pronoun
- interr. pron.
- interrogative pronoun
- pers. pron.
- personal pronoun
- poss. pron.
- possessive pronoun
- refl. pron.
- reflexive pronoun
- rel. pron.
- relative pronoun
- recip. pron.
- reciprocal pronoun
- nom.
- nominative
- gen.
- genitive
- dat.
- dative
- acc.
- accusative
- dim.
- diminutive
- augm.
- augmentative
- inf.
- infinitive
- inv.
- invariable
- 1. P. Sg.
- First person singular
- 2. P. Sg.
- Second person singular
- 3. P. Sg.
- Third person singular
- 1. P. Pl.
- First person plural
- 2. P. Pl.
- Second person plural
- 3. P. Pl.
- Third person plural
General abbreviations
- abbr.:
- abbreviation | Abkürzung
- etc.
- et cetera
- etw.
- etwas | something
- jmd.
- jemand | someone
- jmds.
- jemandes | someone’s
- jmdm.
- jemandem | someone
- jmdn.
- jemanden | someone
- ca.
- circa | around
- o. Ä.
- oder Ähnliches, Ähnliche | or similar
- z. B.
- zum Beispiel | for example
- sth.
- something | etwas
- so.
- someone
Domains
- admin.
- administration
- agr.
- agriculture
- anat.
- anatomy
- arch.
- architecture
- art.
- arts
- astr.
- astronomy
- autom.
- automotive industry
- aviat.
- aviation
- bank.
- banking and finance
- biol.
- biology
- bot.
- botany
- chem.
- chemistry
- cine.
- cinematography
- comm.
- commerce
- comp.
- computer science
- constr.
- construction
- cook.
- cookery
- econ.
- economy
- educ.
- education
- elec.
- electricity
- engin.
- engineering
- env.
- environment
- finan.
- finance
- geog.
- geography
- geol.
- geology
- hist.
- history
- insur.
- insurance
- ling.
- linguistics
- lit.
- literature
- math.
- mathematics
- med.
- medicine
- meteo.
- meteorology
- metr.
- metrology
- mil.
- military
- min.
- mineralogy
- mus.
- music
- myth.
- mythology
- naut.
- nautical science
- ornith.
- ornithology
- pack.
- packing (industry)
- pharm.
- pharmacy
- philos.
- philosophy
- phot.
- photography
- phys.
- physics
- physiol.
- physiology
- pol.
- politics
- print.
- printing
- psych.
- psychology
- pub.
- publishing
- rel.
- religion
- sociol.
- sociology
- sport.
- sports
- tech.
- technology
- telecom.
- telecommunication
- textil.
- textiles
- thea.
- theatre
- zool.
- zoology
Regional usage
- Amer.
- America
- Aust.
- Australia
- Brit.
- Great Britain
- Canad.
- Canada
- Ind.
- India
- Ire.
- Ireland
- N.Z.
- New Zealand
- S.A.
- South Africa
- Scot.
- Scotland
