Frances (Duden) Campbell Hunt went to be with her heavenly Father early on the morning of Friday, August 22, 2025, after a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 82 years old. Born on ...

Duden was the authority on German spelling till the 1996 spelling reform. The dictionary’s monopoly is a thing of the past, but the media, the authorities and most producers of text continue to follow ...

The latest edition of the Duden, the preeminent dictionary of the German language, contains 3,000 new words. Language purists are rattled — and some politicians also feel threatened by the changes.

We Duden editors are constantly asking these questions. We want to find out what users all over the world want from us: printed dictionaries, a comprehensive online lexicographical information system, ...