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What's the best approach to start adding entries to the German monodix?
What's the best approach to start adding entries to the German monodix?


A good way would be to stat writing a script to download Wiktionary entries for German nouns and converting them into [[speling format]], e.g.
:A good way would be to stat writing a script to download Wiktionary entries for German nouns and converting them into [[speling format]], e.g.


http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bett#Declension
:http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bett#Declension
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haus#Declension
:http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haus#Declension


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There are around 15,000 entries in the category [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:German_nouns German nouns], so that should be a good start. - [[User:Francis Tyers|Francis Tyers]] 07:13, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
:There are around 15,000 entries in the category [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:German_nouns German nouns], so that should be a good start. - [[User:Francis Tyers|Francis Tyers]] 07:13, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

::Another thing you can do is make lists of closed category words that don't inflect (E.g. prepositions, conjunctions) and also of abbreviations. - [[User:Francis Tyers|Francis Tyers]] 07:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

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What's the best approach to start adding entries to the German monodix?

A good way would be to stat writing a script to download Wiktionary entries for German nouns and converting them into speling format, e.g.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bett#Declension
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haus#Declension
Bett; Bett; sg.nom; n.nt
Bett; Bettes; sg.gen; n.nt
Bett; Betts; sg.gen; n.nt
Bett; Bett; sg.dat; n.nt
Bett; Bett; sg.acc; n.nt
Bett; Betten; pl.nom; n.nt
Bett; Betten; pl.gen; n.nt 
Bett; Betten; pl.dat; n.nt
Bett; Betten; pl.acc; n.nt
Haus; Haus; sg.nom; n.nt
Haus; Hauses; sg.gen; n.nt
Haus; Haus; sg.gen; n.nt
Haus; Haus; sg.dat; n.nt
Haus; Haus; sg.acc; n.nt
Haus; Häuser; pl.nom; n.nt
Haus; Häuser; pl.gen; n.nt
Haus; Häusern; pl.dat; n.nt
Haus; Häuser; pl.acc; n.nt
There are around 15,000 entries in the category German nouns, so that should be a good start. - Francis Tyers 07:13, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Another thing you can do is make lists of closed category words that don't inflect (E.g. prepositions, conjunctions) and also of abbreviations. - Francis Tyers 07:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)