As usual, I recommend this site as a starting point where you can get (not perfect) but free dictionaries. Replace The Default Dictionary With a German-English Dictionaryįor the next step, we’re going to need to download a dictionary from somewhere. For beginners and intermediate learners, this will not be very helpful. This is why we’re going to replace the standard German-German dictionary with a German-English dictionary in the next step.īefore download (left) and after download (right) II. Just tap “Download” and wait a few moments.Īfter installing the standard German-German dictionary, you will be able to tap any words in your books and get a German explanation of the vocabulary. If you haven’t downloaded the standard German-German dictionary yet, you will be prompted to do so. While opening any German book in your Kindle app, long-press on a word to get the dictionary popup.

Download the Standard German-German Dictionary In this tutorial I will focus on a German-English dictionary, but you can apply the same procedure to almost any language. you will have to work with the phone’s internal file structure, but the process is relatively simple, virtually danger-free and no rooting is required. On Android however, it’s a bit more complicated, but not impossible. On your iPhone or iPad Kindle app, you can just purchase a dictionary from the Kindle store and it will work right off the bat. After writing a tutorial on how to enable a German-English dictionary on the Kindle app for iPad and iPhone, today I’d like to share with you how to enable the same functionality on your Android Kindle app.

German english dictionary file