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Hammer's German Grammar and UsageHammer's German Grammar and Usage by Martin Durrell
Buy new: £18.39 / Used from: £18.00
The first and foremost contemporary German grammar for English students! Very readable, clear and precise.
Practising German Grammar: A Workbook for Use with Hammer's German Grammar and Usage (Hodder Arnold Publication)Practising German Grammar: A Workbook for Use with Hammer's German Grammar and Usage (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Gudrun Loftus
Buy new: £12.24 / Used from: £6.60
The official and ideal companion to the Hammer Grammar. Full of useful and interesting exercises!
German Language, Life and Culture (Teach Yourself)German Language, Life and Culture (Teach Yourself) by Ian Roberts
Buy used from: £1.25
Excellent introduction to all things German... with language content as well!
The Collins German Dictionary: Major New EditionThe Collins German Dictionary: Major New Edition
Buy used from: £9.51
The biggest and best German dictionary around. Ignore the others... this is the one you want!
The Oxford-Duden Pictorial German-English DictionaryThe Oxford-Duden Pictorial German-English Dictionary by Oxford University Press
Buy used from: £44.50
Full of fascinating detailed diagrams from all walks of like, it's a fantastic technical reference.
Using German: A Guide to Contemporary UsageUsing German: A Guide to Contemporary Usage by Martin Durrell
Buy new: £22.79 / Used from: £8.91
Indispensable guide to current usage, with lots of colloquial examples across different registers. Great for learning some 'authentic' slang to put a native slant on your language!
Using German SynonymsUsing German Synonyms by Martin Durrell
Buy new: £22.09 / Used from: £20.00
Nicely laid out book of German synonyms - very easy to use and not as overwhelming as a full thesaurus.
Wort für Wort: New Advanced German VocabularyWort für Wort: New Advanced German Vocabulary by Paul Stocker
Buy new: £5.16 / Used from: £3.37
This is packed full of useful phrases for essays or discourse - formulaic, but great as a linguistic safety net for any kind of discussion! Great for university or college level.
Collins Easy Learning German WordsCollins Easy Learning German Words
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £2.20
The successor to the really useful 10000 German Words from Collins, this book is ALMOST as good - and still a really handy companion for systematic vocabulary learning.
A Frequency Dictionary of German (Routledge Frequency Dictionaries)A Frequency Dictionary of German (Routledge Frequency Dictionaries) by Randall Jones
Buy new: £15.08 / Used from: £21.39
Frequency dictionary of German words - another great way to test yourself on vocabulary / systematically learn words according to their frequency of use in everyday language.