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It's another name for a so called Realwörterbuch, or by modern laymen terms a Lexikon. In English this would be an encyclopedia.

The contrasting term is Sprachwörterbuch. Those explain the word rather than the things described by that word. The layman term for those is Wörterbuch. In English this would be a dictionary.

And yeah, Realencyclopädie sounds like a pleonasm in hindsight.

It's another name for a so called Realwörterbuch, or by modern laymen terms a Lexikon. In English this would be an encyclopedia.

The contrasting term is Sprachwörterbuch. Those explain the word rather than the things described by that word. The layman term for those is Wörterbuch. In English this would be a dictionary.

It's another name for a so called Realwörterbuch, or by modern laymen terms a Lexikon. In English this would be an encyclopedia.

The contrasting term is Sprachwörterbuch. Those explain the word rather than the things described by that word. The layman term for those is Wörterbuch. In English this would be a dictionary.

And yeah, Realencyclopädie sounds like a pleonasm in hindsight.

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It's another name for a so called Realwörterbuch, or by modern laymen terms a Lexikon. In English this would be an encyclopedia.

The contrasting term is Sprachwörterbuch. Those explain the word rather than the things described by that word. The layman term for those is Wörterbuch. In English this would be a dictionary.