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Noun

das Lexikon

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛksikɔn/

encyclopedia; reference book

B1 rank #5,458 plural Lexika

Meanings

Noun
  1. encyclopedia; reference book
  2. lexicon (the vocabulary of a language)

Example sentence

Das kannst du in jedem Lexikon nachschlagen.

You can look that up in any encyclopedia.

Word forms

singular das Lexikon
plural die Lexika

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedas Lexikon
Accusativedas Lexikon
Dativedem Lexikon
Genitivedes Lexikons

Plural

Nominativedie Lexika
Accusativedie Lexika
Dativeden Lexika
Genitiveder Lexika

Usage

  • etwas im Lexikon nachschlagen — look something up in an encyclopedia or reference book
  • das Lexikon / die Lexika — common plural with -a; singular ends in -on
Extra sentence

Im Lexikon fanden wir einen kurzen Artikel über den Vulkan.

In the encyclopedia, we found a short article about the volcano.