Screenshots: New mobile version of CanooNet

The most comprehensive mobile reference for German on your iPhone or iPod touch.

Synopsis

• German dictionary, grammar reference, and spelling aid combined in a single app
• Offline mode: CanooNet works without network access
• Low-priced compared to other high-quality dictionary and grammar apps
• Fast and powerful search engine
• Convenient search and browse history
• Direct access to LEO translations and Wikipedia articles [1]
• Elegant design and easy to use

Comprehensive dictionary

• More than 250,000 German words
• More than 3 million inflected word forms (e.g., past tense, plural, genitive forms) – all inflected forms for each word
• More than 25,000 example phrases with explanations on specific German spelling issues

Rich word information: Overview tab

• Word class and other grammatical characteristics
• Relevant spelling information
• Links to relevant grammar and spelling rules

Rich word information: Forms tab

• Provides all inflected forms of the word
• When a word has a large number of forms:
  an intuitive navigation helps you quickly find the form you wish to look up

Rich word information: Thesaurus tab

• Provides synonyms, hypernym and hyperonyms for approx. 100,000 words
  Example: For "Tisch", "Möbel" is one of its hypernyms, while "Schreibtisch" and "Altar" are two of its hyponyms.
• Organized by the word's meaning
• In many cases, synonyms are illustrated by example sentences.

Comprehensive grammar reference

• More than 550 pages
• May be searched and browsed
• Easily understood explanations
• Sentence grammar:
  Sentence types and structures, sentence constituents, phrases, word order rules, etc.
• Word grammar:
  Word classes and their specific properties
• Rules on word formation
  

Comprehensive spelling reference

• Approx. 150 pages
• May be searched and browsed
• Official spelling rules
• Practical guide: Spelling rules with many examples
• Spelling reform: overview on changes and extensive lists of affected words
• Explanations provided in German only

Fast and powerful search engine

• Simultaneously search all components:
  Dictionary, grammar reference, spelling reference
• Exhaustive dictionary search:
  Any inflected word form will lead you to the word.
• Search as you type:
  Matching words and grammar/spelling rules are suggested as you are typing your search word.
• State-of-the-art spelling correction:
  If you do not know the correct spelling of a word beforehand, CanooNet will find it anyway – this feature makes CanooNet a true spelling aid!
  Even for a heavily misspelled search word such as "sümmbahti", CanooNet will still point you to the correct form "Sympathie".
• Word preview:
  Matching words are presented with brief grammatical information to help you pick the right match.

Integrated search in LEO and Wikipedia [1]

• A single search takes you to hits in CanooNet, LEO, and the German Wikipedia.
• Benefit from CanooNet's search-as-you-type and spelling correction to find the words you look for in LEO and Wikipedia.
• LEO provides translations into English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Chinese.
• Wikipedia provides background information on a word.
• Search results in LEO and Wikipedia are formatted to fit your screen.

Search and browse history

• No need to perform the same search twice:
  Revisit previous word entries, grammar rules and LEO/Wikipedia searches
• Quick and intuitive:
  Consistent color icons distinguish the type of entry
• Convenient:
  Sort the history chronologically or alphabetically
• Go back to a word you looked up yesterday:
  History persists across CanooNet sessions

Very easy to use

• Intuitive navigation
• Very few finger gestures needed to take you to the information you are looking for
• Color-coded hyperlinks to word entries (blue) and grammar/spelling rules (red)