Re: CHAT: Dutch dictionary recommendations?

On Thursday 13 February 2003 3:02 am, Herman Miller wrote:
> Well, I've decided to start learning this list's official language :-), but
> I need to find a good dictionary. So I checked the local Borders today, but
> the couple of Dutch/English dictionaries they have don't give the plurals
> of nouns or the principal parts of verbs, or the pronunciation of words.
> Now pronunciation isn't much of a problem, since fortunately Dutch spelling
> is mostly regular (even if some sounds aren't that easy to pronounce). But
> it'd be nice to have the plurals. Does anyone have a favorite dictionary?
Well, the Cassells one looks good, if a bit pricy.  But I think dutch
pluralisation is quite easy.  If it ends in a vowel and some consonants(I've
forgotten which) it's '-s', and the rest are '-en', IIRC.

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