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Fish-Face · 06-04-2016, 08:41 AM

Hi all, I just downloaded my first foreign-language (German) eBook, and have been making good use of the dictionary I apparently already have on my Kindle (I thought I would have to download or buy one, but I seem to have the Oxford German-English dictionary on there without doing either, so yay!)

However, there is an annoyance: if I highlight an obscure compound word, it won't be in the dictionary. Likewise for some inflections. Or also, German has separable verbs where one part flies off from the main bit, and if you try to look up either part you don't get the right entry. Now, for the latter case, you can tap the three-dots and then 'Open Dictionary' to search for the real word you wanted, but if the word is simply not found, this menu is disabled.

Is there a way to get straight to the dictionary in this situation, other than by navigating by the main menu, or highlighting another word and using the menu there?

06-04-2016, 08:41 AM	#1
Fish-Face Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Kindle PW3	Quickly getting to the dictionary from a book Hi all, I just downloaded my first foreign-language (German) eBook, and have been making good use of the dictionary I apparently already have on my Kindle (I thought I would have to download or buy one, but I seem to have the Oxford German-English dictionary on there without doing either, so yay!) However, there is an annoyance: if I highlight an obscure compound word, it won't be in the dictionary. Likewise for some inflections. Or also, German has separable verbs where one part flies off from the main bit, and if you try to look up either part you don't get the right entry. Now, for the latter case, you can tap the three-dots and then 'Open Dictionary' to search for the real word you wanted, but if the word is simply not found, this menu is disabled. Is there a way to get straight to the dictionary in this situation, other than by navigating by the main menu, or highlighting another word and using the menu there?