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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