Duden-Mentor vs MDBG Chinese Dictionary
Duden-Mentor
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| Figure | Duden-Mentor | MDBG Chinese Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €2.99/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 8 |
| Spec score · Online Dictionaries | 9.3 (#1) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Browser support | Browser extensions are available for Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. | Chinese Reader support documentation describes enabling browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox. |
| Company size | LinkedIn lists Duden in the 11–50 employee range and places its headquarters in Berlin. | LinkedIn lists MDBG as a privately held online-learning provider with one employee. |
| Licence | The Firefox extension is marked All Rights Reserved, so the product is proprietary rather than open source. | CC-CEDICT data is licensed Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0, allowing commercial use with attribution and share-alike changes. |
| Rating on Chrome Web Store | 3.3 out of 5 from 75 ratings | 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews |
| Support | The FAQ says Duden customer service can provide personal help if its answers do not resolve a question. | Chinese Reader support directs users to guides and documentation and says feedback is the fastest way to contact support. |
| What it does | Duden-Mentor is an online German writing assistant for spelling, grammar, punctuation and expression. | MDBG provides a free web Chinese-English and English-Chinese dictionary with study tools and separate Windows, macOS and mobile offerings. |
Plans
Duden-Mentor
- BasisFree
- BasisFree
- Duden Pur€2.99 a month
- Pur€2.99 a month
- Premium€7.95 a month
- Premium€7.95 a month
- Premium Plus€9.95 a month
- Premium Plus€9.95 a month
MDBG Chinese Dictionary
- Chinese Reader Free EditionFree
- Chinese Reader Free EditionFree
- Chinese Reader Preview EditionFree
- MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary for macOS trialFree
- MDBG free online dictionaryFree
- MDBG macOS trialFree
- Online dictionaryFree
- MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary for macOS$15.95, paid once
In their own words
Duden-Mentor
Duden-Mentor checks German text for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style, then suggests corrections. It can flag filler words, repeated wording, and overly long sentences, with suggestions for readability. The service supports German variants for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but checks German only. Browser extensions are available for Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge, and the plug-in works in text fields on services including Gmail, Web.de, GMX.de, Trello, Facebook, and WordPress. A Microsoft Word add-in supports macOS from Word 2016 and Windows from Word 2019. An internet connection is required. Duden says text is encrypted in transit, not used for AI training, and deleted after checking. Basis is free and lists a 10-word personal dictionary and 500 characters without an account. Pur costs €2.99 a month, billed 35,88 € pro Jahr, with 10 test corrections or rewrites monthly. Premium costs €7.95 a month, billed 95,40 € pro Jahr, with 250 monthly text optimizations; Premium Plus costs €9.95 a month, billed 119,40 € pro Jahr, with unlimited optimizations. Paid plans are annually payable and annually cancellable.
MDBG Chinese Dictionary
MDBG Chinese Dictionary combines Chinese-English and English-Chinese lookup with tools for reading and practicing Chinese. The online dictionary searches by Chinese, Mandarin pinyin, or English definitions, including wildcard queries. Character entries can show radical and stroke counts, several Chinese pronunciation and writing systems, and code details. Text lookup adds pinyin and English definitions to passages inline or in popups. Free online study tools include flashcards, quizzes, Chinese text input, written Chinese tools, vocabulary web feeds, and a character quiz. MDBG also offers Chinese Reader editions and a macOS dictionary. The macOS dictionary works offline; Chinese Reader for Windows can scan selected text, look up and pronounce Chinese, translate text, and work offline. Its automatic translation uses Google and Microsoft services. The macOS trial has no time limit but covers HSK levels 1–4, approximately 3,000 entries; the full version has over 120,000 entries. The word dictionary is based on CC-CEDICT, whose downloadable data is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Plans include a 14-day Chinese Reader Preview trial and several free editions.