Here I offer you a plugin that enhances Mac OS X Leopard’s (10.5) or Mac OS X Snow Leopard's (10.6) Dictionary.App to provide the complete German-English vocabulary from the fabulous dict.cc dictionary for offline use. It works great in Dictionary.App and other core Mac OS X services like Spotlight or Dictionary-Widget.
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Download the appropriate installation package from the dict.cc servers (see below).
Note that the most recent version requires Mac OS X 10.6 while an older version of the dictionary runs fine in Mac OS X 10.5. You may try to download the newer version at check whether it works for you.
After the installation you need to activate your new dictionary in the preferences of Dictionary.App (Command+",").
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any feature requests or bug reports. I will update my script and the installation procedure from time to time.
| Languages | Entries | last update | Compatibility | Download-Link | Size (installed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deutsch-Englisch | 1.029.390 | 2011-05-25 | Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) |
Download (from dict.cc) |
600 MB |
| Deutsch-Englisch | 528.637 | 2008-05-27 | Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) |
Download (from dict.cc) |
350 MB |
| Deutsch-Italienisch (Unsupported) |
68.378 | 2011-05-25 | Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) |
Download (from dict.cc) |
35 MB |
Note: The Deutsch Italiensch (German Italian) dictionary is unsupported. I just checked if my script is able to build packages from the dict.cc databases besides Englisch German and it does. I do not support this package and I will not offer packages for other languages. The sources are attached. Feel free to build you own packages… :)
I do not yet provide a tool for uninstalling this plugin. However, you can remove it on your own:
The dictionary is located in /Library/Dictionaries/. Deleting the dictionary from this folder will uninstall it. If you installed the dictionary only for one users that it should be located in /Users/USER/Library/Dictionaries/.
I want to thanks Paul Hemetsberger and all users of dict.cc for this fabulous online dictionary. I hope that this offline version will not lessen the participation in his project.
Additionally I would like to thank Wolfgang Reszel who wrote a similar tool to import the BeoLingus vocabulary into Dictionary.App. I heavily borrowed from him for the renewed version of my tool, namely the installation package and the XHTML/CSS rendering.
My import tool is licensed under the GPL and you may download, modify and share it. You can download it below (Python-Script, Mac OS X Developer Tools required, no dictionary data included).
This does not apply for the actual dictionary data itself, which is licensed separately.
I'am not able to test and appropriately support systems that I don't use myself.
Alternatives?
No. I can't support packages that I do not use frequently by myself. Feel free to grab the source and build the packages on your own.
The links to the online version of the entry, to dict.cc, and to an update-check currently only work in Dictionary.App. They're still displayed in the Widget and this may lead to confusion...
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Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 18 - 12:23
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Many thanks
CPR (not verified)
2008, September 11 - 22:21
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I have some electronic texts
lipflip
2008, September 11 - 22:41
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Just try it. The shortcut
CPR (not verified)
2008, September 13 - 04:16
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Thanks so much. Skim works
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 18 - 17:26
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Fantastic
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 18 - 17:50
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Oh yeah!
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 18 - 17:54
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Awesome!
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 18 - 18:43
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:D
lipflip
2008, March 18 - 18:47
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dict.cc on iphone
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 18 - 19:38
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dict.cc on Tiger
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 18 - 22:17
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vielen dank
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 18 - 23:02
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As someone now living in
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 19 - 17:37
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COOL! THANKS!!!
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 21 - 11:48
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Tiger Version?
lipflip
2008, March 21 - 14:53
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I would love to provide a
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, March 21 - 15:02
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Thanks
lipflip
2008, March 22 - 15:52
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strange indeed. is this a
Arne (not verified)
2008, March 25 - 18:02
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really nice, some time ago i
Markus (not verified)
2008, March 27 - 02:04
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Finally! Great work!
Ryan (not verified)
2008, March 28 - 19:40
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Nice work! Is it possible /
ps (not verified)
2008, March 29 - 16:52
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Just wanted to say how
lipflip
2008, March 29 - 18:21
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Yeah. Wolfgang did a fairly
ps (not verified)
2008, March 29 - 20:12
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Nice to hear that!
sven (not verified)
2008, April 11 - 10:52
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Maybe this is of
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, April 18 - 20:20
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Can you make a script to
lipflip
2008, April 19 - 22:58
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I can but I won’t. Just
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, May 12 - 19:23
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Hey, Great findings!! Thanks
lipflip
2008, May 12 - 23:43
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hmm… works fine for me. what
Michael (not verified)
2008, July 11 - 12:24
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Hi…great addition to the
lipflip
2008, July 11 - 14:15
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I guess you can’t get it to
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2008, July 23 - 05:38
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Barrera (not verified)
2008, July 29 - 06:12
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Hey, I have a problem, I
Leo (not verified)
2008, September 3 - 00:39
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Thanks a bunch. A awesome app
The Macintosh W... (not verified)
2008, September 5 - 01:35
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Anonymous (not verified)
2008, September 28 - 20:53
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it does not work under
lipflip
2008, September 29 - 00:22
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was klappt nicht?
Anonymous (not verified)
2008, October 8 - 12:16
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I can’t seem to download the
Tom Westwood (not verified)
2008, December 2 - 08:12
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Hey, I’m also having the
sam (not verified)
2008, December 12 - 20:23
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is there a way you can make
lipflip
2008, December 15 - 10:55
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no. tiger’s dictionary simply
chris (not verified)
2009, January 5 - 05:03
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hi thanks a lot. i was
Soleone (not verified)
2009, January 10 - 18:40
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Thanks you!!!! This is
2097 (not verified)
2009, February 11 - 11:42
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I’m looking for a german
lipflip
2009, February 11 - 11:59
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try duden.de Bier|do|se
try duden.de
Bier|do|se
2097 (not verified)
2009, February 11 - 22:12
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Awesome! Exactly what I was
Martin (not verified)
2009, May 22 - 07:13
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First, thank for this plugin.
Anonymous (not verified)
2009, June 15 - 15:38
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Hi, Thanks a lot for such a
Anonymous (not verified)
2009, August 8 - 22:07
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Thanks, this is just great.
Anonymous (not verified)
2009, August 8 - 22:07
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Thanks, this is just great.
michelle (not verified)
2009, August 21 - 19:24
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Good tool and thanks for
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