Etymological Dictionary: German to English

Question

Is there a German to English dictionary where word origins of German words are also given? I am looking for a modern etymological dictionary. Thanks

Answer 1

I think you only can have it separately. On one side there are lots of good translation dictionaries for German to English (and also English to German) like

• Pons or
• Langenscheid

and many others, and there are etymological dictionaries like

• Konrad Duden's Herkunftswörterbuch or
• Friedrich Kluge's Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

on the other side. Both classes of dictionaries are very specialized, and I do not believe that you will find a high-quality combination of both of them.

But there are also lots of online resources for translation dictionaries like

• dict.leo.org and
• dict.cc

and also online resources where you can find etymological facts about lots of German words like

• German version of Wiktionary or
• Digitales Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache (DWDS)