Plugghäst Swedish Dictionary
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About Plugghäst Swedish Dictionary
[I am studying Swedish and I developed Plugghäst just for fun and also a drive for my study. It will be totally FREE forever :)]
TO FORGET OR NOT TO FORGET: that is the question, especially when you are learning a new language, such as Swedish :(
In a sense, learning is just to struggle against forgetting. According to Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve theory, repetition is probably the most important tool for vocabulary acquisition in the course of second language learning.
Plugghäst is designed based on "Forgetting Curve" theory and attempts to facilitate learning Swedish words in your time fragments (such as on the bus/metro and in the toilet:)). The functions of Plugghäst are organized in following four main parts:
★ Online/offline Swedish <> English dictionary based on Folkets Lexikon: here you can get detailed information (pronunciation, inflections, synonyms, …) of a Swedish word and add the word to your new words database if you want.
★ Online Swedish <> English Translation based on Google Translate: here you can translate Swedish sentences to English or get the translation of the words which can not be found in the dictionary. You can also add the sentences or the words to your new words database.
★ New Words Database: all of your new words and sentences will be listed here and can be further grouped by date (when they were added), by alphabet, by type (noun, verb, adjective, …) or by review status (Remember, Know, Forget or Unreview) . Thus you can make full use of your time fragments to review the words and sentences.
★ Review Notification: Plugghäst will push daily notification (it will be shown in the notification area of your device) to remind you to review the words and sentences in your database at optimal time intervals to make your Forgetting Curve “flatter”.
Every day we may have many time fragments and the fragments can be utilized to review words. Plugghäst offers the facilities for reviewing in short time slot. For example, when you are waiting for a bus, you can group the word by their types and then review some verbs or you can group them by alphabet and review the ones starting with letter B.
If you are learning Swedish or plan to learn Swedish, Plugghäst would be your personal learning assistant! When you see a new word anywhere, please do not forget to look up the word in Plugghäst and add it to your database immediately. Then Plugghäst will keep on pushing you until you really remember the word!
About the app name, Plugghäst (pronounced |ploog • hest|)
Literally, the first part of the name, plugg-, is a slang word for study, and the second part of the word, -häst, means horse. According to sv.wiktionary.org, the name has two meanings in Swedish:
• The first meaning is a student who is studying well-intensive and does not indulge themselves any appreciable time (elev som studerar väl intensivt och inte unnar sig någon nämnvärd fritid). It would essentially be translated to English as nerd or swot
• The second meaning is a kind of library chair over which they usually sit astride when reading facing a fold-up table top where the book is located (slags biblioteksstol över vilken man brukar sitta grensle när man läser vänd mot ett uppfällbart bordsskiva där boken ligger)
Hope that with the help from my app, you will be a plugghäst in Swedish learning. And also hope when you are learning Swedish, the app will be your comfortable plugghäst :)
TO FORGET OR NOT TO FORGET: that is the question, especially when you are learning a new language, such as Swedish :(
In a sense, learning is just to struggle against forgetting. According to Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve theory, repetition is probably the most important tool for vocabulary acquisition in the course of second language learning.
Plugghäst is designed based on "Forgetting Curve" theory and attempts to facilitate learning Swedish words in your time fragments (such as on the bus/metro and in the toilet:)). The functions of Plugghäst are organized in following four main parts:
★ Online/offline Swedish <> English dictionary based on Folkets Lexikon: here you can get detailed information (pronunciation, inflections, synonyms, …) of a Swedish word and add the word to your new words database if you want.
★ Online Swedish <> English Translation based on Google Translate: here you can translate Swedish sentences to English or get the translation of the words which can not be found in the dictionary. You can also add the sentences or the words to your new words database.
★ New Words Database: all of your new words and sentences will be listed here and can be further grouped by date (when they were added), by alphabet, by type (noun, verb, adjective, …) or by review status (Remember, Know, Forget or Unreview) . Thus you can make full use of your time fragments to review the words and sentences.
★ Review Notification: Plugghäst will push daily notification (it will be shown in the notification area of your device) to remind you to review the words and sentences in your database at optimal time intervals to make your Forgetting Curve “flatter”.
Every day we may have many time fragments and the fragments can be utilized to review words. Plugghäst offers the facilities for reviewing in short time slot. For example, when you are waiting for a bus, you can group the word by their types and then review some verbs or you can group them by alphabet and review the ones starting with letter B.
If you are learning Swedish or plan to learn Swedish, Plugghäst would be your personal learning assistant! When you see a new word anywhere, please do not forget to look up the word in Plugghäst and add it to your database immediately. Then Plugghäst will keep on pushing you until you really remember the word!
About the app name, Plugghäst (pronounced |ploog • hest|)
Literally, the first part of the name, plugg-, is a slang word for study, and the second part of the word, -häst, means horse. According to sv.wiktionary.org, the name has two meanings in Swedish:
• The first meaning is a student who is studying well-intensive and does not indulge themselves any appreciable time (elev som studerar väl intensivt och inte unnar sig någon nämnvärd fritid). It would essentially be translated to English as nerd or swot
• The second meaning is a kind of library chair over which they usually sit astride when reading facing a fold-up table top where the book is located (slags biblioteksstol över vilken man brukar sitta grensle när man läser vänd mot ett uppfällbart bordsskiva där boken ligger)
Hope that with the help from my app, you will be a plugghäst in Swedish learning. And also hope when you are learning Swedish, the app will be your comfortable plugghäst :)
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Version 1.8
Fix a bug in Translation section
Version 1.6.1
1. Fix a bug of look up drop down list (transparent background) on Android 5
Version 1.6
1. Fix bugs in native translation button
2. Add translate button in Transaction section
3. Add pronunciation button in New Word section
4. Set Android 5 as target device
Version 1.8
Fix a bug in Translation section
Version 1.6.1
1. Fix a bug of look up drop down list (transparent background) on Android 5
Version 1.6
1. Fix bugs in native translation button
2. Add translate button in Transaction section
3. Add pronunciation button in New Word section
4. Set Android 5 as target device
More downloads Plugghäst Swedish Dictionary reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Plugghäst Swedish Dictionary was updated to version 1.8
Version update Plugghäst Swedish Dictionary was updated to version 1.6.1
More downloads Plugghäst Swedish Dictionary reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
What are users saying about Plugghäst Swedish Dictionary
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I am giving 5* grade for this app for the simple fact it contains the special Swedish characters, which non of the other 'renowned' dicts does offer. It is very useful if one does not have or does not want to instal for any reason a Swedish alphabet on one's phone.
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One of the best. But the app must have been forgotten and not updated in a long time which is sad.
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This app is easy to use ,and help me a lot ,thanks a lot!
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Its ok
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Fast lookup, extensive examples
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Perfect
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Brilliant.
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The graphical interface needs a makeover and some of the instructions are ambiguous, ameteur looking and written in poor English. The idea and functionality of the app, however merits it 5* and it could easily be a premium money maker if the tools were sharpened and presented a bit better.
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The app does exactly what i wanted: flashcards from words i looked up. Not only that but it also automaticaly remimds you to review words at certain time intervals. Nice!
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I'm so proud that the developer is a Chinese, I have been looking for good Swedish study app for so long and this is absolutely the best! The mother language klick is my favorite, and daily review is a top great function too!
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The ability to save words and phrases one searches for and then review those words each day makes this app stand out from other dictionaries and language apps. You save time by only learning words in your own personal word list that you build naturally as you search for words in the built in dictionary. For 5 stars this app needs a better dictionary and translator and one needs to be able to review words in English rather than just in Swedish. Thanks for a great app which I use everyday! :)
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Vert well-conceived to combine dictionary with flashcard system. I love the many examples of usage of words in context.
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Do yiu plan to have data stored in cloud. If the mobile reloaded or I chane the mobile, the history data are lost.
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Best Swedish-English dictionary I've ever used, it's really helpful to my Swedish self-learning. Thank you so much for bringing us such a good app!
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It's just a little better in all regards than competition
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I actually love it a lot, but I think it is a good idea if you put more grammar explains, thank you.
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All what you need from one dictionary.Great thing is that if you type verb in any tense it shows you all tenses of that verb
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It is great, but just one thing, it's not audible.
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But it miss for the mother languages to translate it.
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Jag älskar denna app.
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Small size! Jätte bra!
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Nice
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Great.
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excellent!
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Uninstalled because app sends notifications about every ten minutes and cannot be turned off!
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Best application ever!;-) totally recommended!
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Great with the daily push of tasks to review words.
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Wonderfullllllll
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Very useful, complete and easy to use. I have no complaints about it. Love it!
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Fast, clean, has everything i need
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Brilliant.
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Fantastic
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Great.
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Nice to see the transparent background problem in Android 5 is fixed.
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Best swedish dictionary
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Perfect
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used everyday.
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Great app but i would give it 6 stars if that was possible if you could add arabic language. Thanx alot.
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Good app
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I don't care as much about design as Mr. Fletcher. So that part is ok for me. It is true though that some terminology of the app is a bit hazy. e.g. the "know/remember/forget" definition is unclear. Should the app remember the word or does it mean that the user remebers the word thus the app will handle it differently? Who knows? You only get to know that by experience. The services of the app are great though and the functionality is also ok. What i miss is the possibility to build your own dictionary with your own choice of language besides the languages offered. All together the app deserves a 5*. Thanks!