Der Kestner

Explore Der Kestner, your comprehensive German Sign Language (DGS) resource, which is designed to enhance communication skills in DGS. With a vast vocabulary of over 19,000 sign videos, it serves as the world's largest dictionary for German Sign Language, providing users with an extensive array of signs suitable for a wide range of situations.

Seamlessly navigate through Der Kestner with search functionality and multiple filters, permitting swift access to DGS signs across more than 100 categories. The platform facilitates enhanced understanding and vastly improves the ease of communication in German Sign Language. Should you search for a term that isn’t directly available, it smartly offers synonyms, ensuring conversations remain fluid and uninterrupted.

In addition to its robust lexicon, the platform features sign pictures complete with movement arrows for about 2,500 terms, sourced from the LVR Max Ernst School in Euskirchen. With an integrated image editor, users have the capability to generate still images from sign videos and customize them with arrows and various elements, elevating the learning experience.

Further enriching the resource's offerings, users can incorporate approximately 3,500 symbols from the Mulberry symbol collection into their sign images and print templates—ideal for crafting educational materials or personal study aids. All custom sign images and printed materials can be conveniently printed or downloaded.

Accessible both as an app and a web version, this comprehensive tool promises cross-platform functionality, guaranteeing that, whether on a PC, smartphone, or tablet, connection to sign language resources is consistent. Regular updates keep the content current.

You are invited to immerse yourself in one of the most beautiful languages by downloading Der Kestner. With an opportunity to try out a demo version featuring 300 sign videos, begin your journey to mastering German Sign Language today with Der Kestner.