Vokabular

== German == === Alternative forms === Vokabularium (archaic), Vocabular, Vocabularium (obsolete) === Etymology === 18th century, learned borrowing from Latin vocabularium. By surface analysis, Vokabel +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vokabuˈlaːr/, [ˌvoː.ka.buˈlaː(ɐ̯)], [ˌvɔ-], [-bʊ-], [-ˈlaːʁ], (also) /voˌkaːbuˈlaːr/, [voˌkaː-] === Noun === Vokabular n (strong, genitive Vokabulars, plural Vokabulare) vocabulary (stock of words) Synonym: Wortschatz vocabulary (list of words, typically with concise glosses) Synonyms: Wortverzeichnis / Wörterverzeichnis, Wortliste / Wörterliste ==== Usage notes ==== (stock of words): Wortschatz and Vokabular are generally interchangeable. However, there is a loose tendency to prefer Wortschatz when referring to all the words in a language or a person’s knowledge, and to prefer Vokabular when referring to a more or less random selection of words (as those used in a text, those to be memorized for a course, etc.). ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Vokabular”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Vokabular” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Vokabular” in Duden online Vokabular on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de