It would have been nice to have a ranking instead of a one choice radio button. A couple of those questions I had two things I thought were important but one was more important than the other. They were close though.

I wish I could step through the dictionary alphabetically, like a hardcopy dictionary. Just go on a word journey without a specific word in mind!

I had no idea it was a thing! I will start to use it now :)

I personally always look up your dictionary and it is totally awesome. I learn so much from it and the examples also the familie words that came along with it when i search for the root word. Honestly it will be even much better if you put all the examples with it and more words. But hey you did a great job in making a dictionary. It is my daily routine to sweep in and search for some new words. A huge thank you for that and the membership

Picky, picky (but I know you love this stuff): I would say I emptied my shoes “of” (not from) the treats. : )

The dictionary is thoughtfully constructed and very useful.

Opposites/antonyms definitely welcome, but etymology is what I like most in dictionary entries. (The dictionary version of character development?) Rare in one language to another dictionaries, but you could be a trend setter. I know you’ve been working towards a book, which I hope I haven’t missed while not paying attention for much of this year.

I’ll admit that I didn’t know that YDG had a dictionary, but I’ve never actually thought of using YDG’s built-in search to look up a word meaning. The main reason is just that it’s usually simpler to type the word into Google. If I do that for the above example “anziehen”, Google directly gives me back a set of English translations (attract, tighten, put on), and then follows that up with a set of synonyms and related words. Below that come a set of links to dictionaries and so forth with more in-depth information, including (some way down, I’m afraid) the YDG page for the word. The YDG definition page is a bit friendlier than some of the other dictionaries, but it’s not dramatically different. Note: your experience will likely be different if your primary language isn’t English!

If I want the opposite of a word, I would just type “anziehen opposite”, and Google gives me back “abstoßen”and “ausziehen”, and, amusingly, just below that, a link to this page… :)

I come to YDG for fascinating articles about grammar, word families, and usage, and for that, I think it’s a unique resource. But the straight dictionary definitions are not so different from other things out there, IMHO. Just my two pfennig.

BTW, hot tip: you can effectively search YDG directly from Google just by adding the letters “ydg” to your search. For instance “anziehen ydg” returns the YDG page as the top hit.

Hello,

Let’s do the opposite of “not-typos”:
“Santa Clause” (Santa Claus)
“pick on of several options” (pick one of several options)
“lot of obvious ones” (a lot of obvious ones)
“I also anonymously rack the search attempts” (I also anonymously track the search attempts)

I love the dictionary, but it sometimes fails to give a link to the article. The opposite feature is a great addition, as it will indeed give you an even better feel for the word you looked for in the first place, which is pretty darn useful when a word has more than one meaning – which seems to be almost every word in German :)

How common an idea or word is would also be awesome. I often find that a spend time and effort learning words that Germans rarely use in daily talk, so that other idea of yours is also great. I know coding all this stuff and adding all these words, likns, etc. is a lot of work and very time consuming, so thank you for being our Nikolaus!
Bis morgen!

Danke für den Hinweis auf das Wörterbuch! Habe überhaupt nicht gewusst, dass es sowas auf dieser Seite gibt, aber das liegt an mir. Ich probiere es aus.

The opposites idea is a really good one. I didn’t know you had a dictionary, so I’m going to be able to make use of it now. I admit I mainly use DeepL, sometimes with a supplement of Google Translate, to find meanings.

The other commenters seem to have said it better, but I really like the opposites feature. I’ve always especially liked the usage notes in the entries/posts themselves, this seems like a helpful addition. Definitely for this user.

Great feature! Gives a much better feeling for the definition and very often, exactly what I wished other dictionaries had as I need to know what the opposite is – not necessarily an antonym, but the opposite, like in your example above.

That’s a feature I don’t think I’ve seen before in a dictionary. I think it’ll be really useful to build connections between words.

The third question was the hardest to answer. I went with the translations and usage notes, but the examples are a close second. Links to articles and word families aren’t far behind. I would add two other things: the audio right there in the entry and the formatting. A lot of times I go cross-eyed when I’m reading an online dictionary and the word has a lot of meanings. The way they’re numbered and separated here is easy on the eyes.

If I could have one wish, it would be a way to navigate the dictionary in addition to the search function. I know I’ve said that before, but I noticed that I don’t use the dictionary as much now that it goes through the search function. Sometimes I search through Google when no results come up, but other times I move on. I feel bad about that because I know I’m missing out on a lot. I used to spend a few minutes here and there just scrolling through and would have one or a couple “aha” moments from the usage notes and examples. Stuff I never thought I wanted to learn that day, but was glad I did.

As a kid, I was the weird one who read the dictionary, so I understand if I’m the odd one out on this, but I just thought I’d throw it out there.