Find the meaning, origin and explanation of more than 4,600 literary terms. From ab ovo to zwanenzang (swan song) and from alwetende verteller (omniscient narrator) to zelfspot (self-deprecation). An indispensable tool for anyone who works with Dutch language and literature.

Digital dictionary of contemporary Dutch in the Netherlands and Flanders, Suriname and the Caribbean. The descriptions are supplemented with images, videos and sounds. The language period runs from 1970 to the present day. For the interested layperson to the professional linguist.

Online portal about fashion and clothing from all over the world. Includes an encyclopedia, reference works, articles, e-books, case studies, biographies, lesson plans, textbooks and tens of thousands of images of fashion shows and designs. For researchers in the fields of fashion, museums, cultural studies, anthropology and more.

German-English glossary with approximately 90,000 professional terms and abbreviations from book studies, library and information science. You can search in English and German. Also includes a list of dictionaries used for the composition. A tool for librarians and other users.

Electronic version of French dictionaries from the 17th to the 20th century. Research the development of French lexicography. The database is part of an extensive website on French literature. For researchers of the French language.

Online encyclopedia with studies in the field of Ancient Greek language and linguistics. Contains information about grammar, dialects, metrics, pronunciation and more. Interesting for researchers and students of Ancient Greek, other Indo-European languages and of Biblical literature.

Database with etymological (standard) works, dialectical dictionaries and thematic dictionaries for research into the origin of Dutch words. Contains over 300,000 dictionary entries. Useful for researchers and those interested in language.

Database of biographical and critical essays on authors and their works from all time periods and all parts of the world. Find information about historical authors such as Homer, Shakespeare and Dickens, and modern writers like Zadie Smith and J.K. Rowling. Also includes thousands of images. For librarians, researchers and students.

Greek-German dictionary for the language of the Christian bishop and saint, Gregory of Nyssa (ca. 335 — after 394). Contains his full vocabulary with more than 13,000 Greek words from late antiquity with their German definitions. Indispensable for philological, philosophical and theological research into Gregory of Nyssa.

Descriptive dictionary of Middle Dutch. Contains the explanation, grammatical characteristics and origin of 75,000 keywords from Dutch that was spoken in the Netherlands and Flanders from approximately 1250 to 1550. Includes retranslation and one or more citations from more than 4,000 sources. For linguists, literary scholars and medievalists.