metadata
license: cc-by-sa-4.0
task_categories:
- text-retrieval
language:
- de
tags:
- wiktionary
- dictionary
- german
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
German Wiktionary SQLite Database
This is a normalized SQLite database version of the German Wiktionary data.
Source
Original data from: cstr/de-wiktionary-extracted
Database Schema
The database is normalized into the following tables:
- entries: Main word entries (word, pos, lang, etc.)
- senses: Word definitions and meanings
- translations: Translations to other languages
- sounds: Pronunciation information
- synonyms: Synonymous words
- tags: Tags/labels (many-to-many via entry_tags)
- categories: Categories (many-to-many via entry_categories)
- forms: Word forms (inflections, conjugations)
- hyphenations: Hyphenation patterns
Indexes
Optimized indexes on:
- word (for fast lookups)
- language
- part of speech
- all foreign keys
Usage
import sqlite3
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
# Download the database
db_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id="cstr/de-wiktionary-sqlite", filename="de_wiktionary.db", repo_type="dataset")
# Query it
conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
cursor = conn.cursor()
# Example: Find all entries for "schnell"
cursor.execute('''
SELECT e.word, e.pos, e.lang, s.sense_data
FROM entries e
LEFT JOIN senses s ON e.id = s.entry_id
WHERE e.word = ?
''', ('schnell',))
for row in cursor.fetchall():
print(row)
conn.close()
Database Statistics
- Entries: ~970,000+ German Wiktionary entries
- Fully normalized schema with foreign keys
- Indexed for fast lookups by word, language, and POS
License
Same as source: CC-BY-SA 4.0