Follow the 3 steps to search for a word.
A dictionary must exist and must have been loaded.
1st step: Enter a search keyword
Enter the desired search keyword into the search field. There are several regular expressions available. Here are the most used ones:
| c | a constant character c |
| . | any one character
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| .* | any character any times
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| * | the character before the star any times
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| ? | the character before the question mark no or one time |
| + | the character before the plus sign at least one time
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| {n,m} | the character before the peg n to m times |
| {n} | the character before the peg exactly n times |
| [...] | any character in the peg |
| [...-...] | any characters from ... to ... |
| [^...] [^...-...] | no character from the peg
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| a1|a2 | either expression a1 or expression a2 |
| (...) | grouping expressions with pegs |
| \ | escape sign
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2nd step: Choose a search direction
Choose the desired search direction (English-German or German-English).
3rd step: Start searching
Click on the button "Search" to start the search process.
The search results are shown in the bottom part of the programme, if there are any.