Excerpt from A German and English Dictionary: Compiled Originally From the Works of Hilpert, Fl gel, Grieb, Heyse, and Others But every living language is continually growing, and the time comes when even the most perfect word-book must be' revised. In the present revision the entire vocabulary of the original edition has been retained, with the exception of some words that have become obsolete. The wonderful progress of the arts and sciences has brought into use many new words and has given new meanings to old words, and the present editors have endeavored to incorporate in this new edition as many of them as are likely to be encountered by the student or the general reader. It happens also in every country that some portion of the slang and colloquialism of to-day becomes good language to-morrow, and must be recognized in a popular dictionary. The original spellings have been retained, but the few slight changes that have been adopted in German literature are indicated In both parts the accent has been marked unifom throughout, and the to with English verbs has been dropped, as has also the double s in words in The treatment of synonym is the same as in the original edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.