Ny dansk ordbog i seks bind for sekretærer og forskere

A new Scandinavian dictionary is in course of publication. The first volume of Den Danske Ordbog has been issued, and the sixth and last volume will be published in 2005. According to the publicity the dictionary will be very useful to an extensive user group consisting of pupils, students, teachers, researchers, journalists, secretaries, translators, writers, librarians, and – as it is put – people who are generally interested in keeping up with the development of the Danish language concurrently with the social and cultural changes. This contribution demonstrates that the dictionary partly, but only partly lives up to its own objective.