Resources

I want to create a list of free resources for anyone interested in languages. If any of you knows of a good website worth being included, please let me know. I will check it and, if I like it, will include a link here.

Online Dictionaries

The one I use most of the time is the German site LEO. It's a free dictionary for several languages. The link will get you directly to the German-English dictionary. You just have to type in the word you are looking for (either of the two languages) and hit enter.

I have found some more dictionaries and will list them for your convenience:

Wadoku Jiten: German <=> Japanese

Uitmuntend: German <=> Dutch

Woxikon: English <=> German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Dutch

Stockholm Pauker: German <=> Swedish

Irish Dictionary Online: English <=> Irish

Freedict: English to various languages

WordReference: various languages 

Today, I've found this Swedish-German dictionary with additional pages about learning Swedish and a forum.


Language Learning

I have found this free online Irish (Gaelic) course for everyday Irish. It is offered by the Irish Independent.

My guest blogger Dan Hensley provided us with this great post full of free resources for learning Mandarine Chinese.

I've found this online bookshelf about language learning while researching references for an article and thought it might be interesting for some of you.

Here's a short introduction into different learning styles. When you know your learning style, learning a new language can be much easier.

This about.com article lists many free online resources for various languages. I thought I had to share this with you.

A good friend of mine has recommended Livemocha.com to me. It is a site where you can learn many different languages with the help of native speakers. According to her, there are short beginner courses for many languages as well as a chat function. Enjoy!

I found this fellow on Twitter! He provides a Chinese word every day, with a link to the pronunciaton. If you're interested in learning some Mandarin, just follow @ChineseWord2Day

And here's another resource for Chinese!

When I researched for my Spanish language overview, I stumbled upon this cool website about the languages of Spain. 

Tonight, I've come across this website with several links to and explanations for phonetic fonts (the symbols used to transcribe pronunciation).

My greatest resource for looking up word or phrase etymology.

During my research for the Swedish language overview, I came across this awesome Swedish 101 with pages about language, history, grammar and stuff. Furthermore, I found a page from the Stockholm School of Economics which offers information on the Swedish language as well as a basic course for beginners. The third page I found offers some information, proficiency tests and more. And last but not least, an informative page about Swedish culture and etiquette.

Thanks to a comment left on my blog, I found a blog about learning Chinese online, with lots of tips and resources for those of us trying to learn some Chinese.

German

This site is a thesaurus finder for German. Just type in the word for which you need a synonym and it will give you a list of similar words as well as a short explanation of the word you looked up.

One of my own articles; this one explains capitalization rules for German.

Yesterday, I found some good German grammar resources and want to share them with you: comprehensive online grammar for German,  indirect speech, various topics (comma rules, tipps for different types of writing, ...).

And another German grammar resource, which looks good on first sight: mein-deutschbuch.de

English

This site provides German-speaking English learners with lots of helpful resouces for writing texts, ranging from grammar and punctuation help to business English texts.

I found this cool and helpful punctuation guide for the English language for you. Hope it will help you!

Now, this is a comprehensive overview of the English verb tenses I wrote for Bright Hub.

A German site with free English learning resources and exercises.

Another German site with quizzes about Business English.

While researching my next "my two cents" idiom, I found this great site: alphaDictionary. Its section "Good Word" is full of explanations and history of English words, and it offers much more!

Today, I stumbled upon the "Economist" style guide.

While researching the grammar rules for subject-verb-agreement, I've stumbled upon three good grammar resources: Resource #1, Resource #2, Resource #3

A site dedicated to fun with the English  language: wordplays, puzzles and so on.