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"He searches for words in dictionaries."
Translation:Er sucht Wörter in Wörterbüchern.
October 16, 2017
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But Duo doesnt accept "sucht nach" or it doesnt know "Worte" because Er sucht in Wörterbüchern nach Worten " was marked wrong, even if the sentence is definitly correct. And Wörter or Worte are both equal plural versuions of Wort.
But I guess the normal forum-user doesnt use Worte so often, so Duo doesnt know.
Depends on the context I guess: If you use nachschlagen, then you already know a word, and want to know how it is spelled, or what exactly it means. If you search, you might actually be looking for a word that describes the situation you want to describe (like in in thesaurus).
Admittedly, probably nachschlagen is the correct context. I'd say report it next time.