<Table> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Dictionary </Th> <Th> Approximate number of words </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> References </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Korean </Td> <Td> 우리말 샘 ( Woori Mal Saem , 2017 ) </Td> <Td> 1,100,373 </Td> <Td> Online open dictionary including dialects of South and North Korea . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkish </Td> <Td> Büyük Türkçe Sözlük </Td> <Td> 616,767 </Td> <Td> Online dictionary of the Turkish Language Association </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swedish </Td> <Td> Svenska Akademiens ordbok , Swedish Academy </Td> <Td> ~ 600,000 </Td> <Td> After having completed letters A through T SAOB included 470,000 words , but 600,000 words when the alphabet is complete in 2017 . Svenska Akademiens ordlista , which includes only commonly used words , currently includes ~ 126,000 words after having added 13,500 and removed 9,000 in its latest edition , SAOL 14 , plus an additional 200,000 still encountered words in earlier editions . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Icelandic </Td> <Td> Orðabók Háskólans </Td> <Td> ~ 560,000 </Td> <Td> 43,000 basic words and 519,000 compound words of which more than half are attested only once or do n't get into print ( `` instant combinations '' ) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> Nihon Kokugo Daijiten </Td> <Td> 500,000 and more </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lithuanian </Td> <Td> Lietuvių kalbos žodynas ( Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian ) </Td> <Td> 500,000 and more </Td> <Td> 22,000 pages in 20 volumes with quotations from all kinds of writing and dialect records between 1547 and 2001 . Accessible online at www.lkz.lt . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norwegian </Td> <Td> Norsk Ordbok </Td> <Td> ca . 500,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dutch </Td> <Td> Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal </Td> <Td> ca . 400,000 </Td> <Td> The 43 volumes of the WNT ( including three supplements ) consist of 49,255 pages , describing Dutch words from 1500 to 1976 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> German </Td> <Td> Deutsches Wörterbuch </Td> <Td> 330,000 </Td> <Td> 330,000 words in use since the mid-fifteenth century . -- Duden 's Großes Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache contains over 200,000 contemporary words . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> Bhagavadgomandal </Td> <Td> 281,377 </Td> <Td> 2.81 lakh words and their meanings in 9 volumes . Also serves as an encyclopedia with almost 8.22 lakh words . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French </Td> <Td> Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé </Td> <Td> 270,000 </Td> <Td> ATILF ( Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française -- Computer Processing and Analysis of the French Language ) <P> 135,000 ( Larousse Dictionnaire de français , published by Editions Larousse ) </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italian </Td> <Td> Grande dizionario italiano dell'uso </Td> <Td> 260,000 and more </Td> <Td> The number of `` sayable and writable '' word forms is estimated at over 2 million </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition </Td> <Td> 171,476 </Td> <Td> Oxford Dictionary has 273,000 headwords ; 171,476 of them being in current use , 47,156 being obsolete words and around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries . The dictionary contains 157,000 combinations and derivatives in bold type , and 169,000 phrases and combinations in bold italic type , making a total of over 600,000 word - forms . <P> There is one count that puts the English vocabulary at about 1 million words -- but that count presumably includes words such as Latin species names , prefixed and suffixed words , scientific terminology , jargon , foreign words of extremely limited English use and technical acronyms . </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Danish </Td> <Td> Ordbog over det danske sprog , Dansk Sprognævn </Td> <Td> 200,000 - 300,000 </Td> <Td> Dansk Sprognævn grows with 5,000 to 7,000 words a year </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Russian </Td> <Td> Большой академический словарь русского языка ( The Great Academic Dictionary of the Russian Language ) </Td> <Td> 150,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ukrainian </Td> <Td> Словник української мови ( The Dictionary of the Ukrainian language ) </Td> <Td> 134 058 </Td> <Td> The dictionary was finished in late 1970s - early 1980s </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> University of Madras Tamil Lexicon </Td> <Td> 124,405 </Td> <Td> The dictionary includes 124,405 separate entries . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portuguese </Td> <Td> Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa </Td> <Td> 120,000 </Td> <Td> The dictionary includes 120,000 separate entries , with 300,000 definitions . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Slovene </Td> <Td> Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika , Second
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Dictionary </Th> <Th> Approximate number of words </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> References </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Korean </Td> <Td> 우리말 샘 ( Woori Mal Saem , 2017 ) </Td> <Td> 1,100,373 </Td> <Td> Online open dictionary including dialects of South and North Korea . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkish </Td> <Td> Büyük Türkçe Sözlük </Td> <Td> 616,767 </Td> <Td> Online dictionary of the Turkish Language Association </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swedish </Td> <Td> Svenska Akademiens ordbok , Swedish Academy </Td> <Td> ~ 600,000 </Td> <Td> After having completed letters A through T SAOB included 470,000 words , but 600,000 words when the alphabet is complete in 2017 . Svenska Akademiens ordlista , which includes only commonly used words , currently includes ~ 126,000 words after having added 13,500 and removed 9,000 in its latest edition , SAOL 14 , plus an additional 200,000 still encountered words in earlier editions . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Icelandic </Td> <Td> Orðabók Háskólans </Td> <Td> ~ 560,000 </Td> <Td> 43,000 basic words and 519,000 compound words of which more than half are attested only once or do n't get into print ( `` instant combinations '' ) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> Nihon Kokugo Daijiten </Td> <Td> 500,000 and more </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lithuanian </Td> <Td> Lietuvių kalbos žodynas ( Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian ) </Td> <Td> 500,000 and more </Td> <Td> 22,000 pages in 20 volumes with quotations from all kinds of writing and dialect records between 1547 and 2001 . Accessible online at www.lkz.lt . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norwegian </Td> <Td> Norsk Ordbok </Td> <Td> ca . 500,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dutch </Td> <Td> Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal </Td> <Td> ca . 400,000 </Td> <Td> The 43 volumes of the WNT ( including three supplements ) consist of 49,255 pages , describing Dutch words from 1500 to 1976 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> German </Td> <Td> Deutsches Wörterbuch </Td> <Td> 330,000 </Td> <Td> 330,000 words in use since the mid-fifteenth century . -- Duden 's Großes Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache contains over 200,000 contemporary words . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> Bhagavadgomandal </Td> <Td> 281,377 </Td> <Td> 2.81 lakh words and their meanings in 9 volumes . Also serves as an encyclopedia with almost 8.22 lakh words . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French </Td> <Td> Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé </Td> <Td> 270,000 </Td> <Td> ATILF ( Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française -- Computer Processing and Analysis of the French Language ) <P> 135,000 ( Larousse Dictionnaire de français , published by Editions Larousse ) </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italian </Td> <Td> Grande dizionario italiano dell'uso </Td> <Td> 260,000 and more </Td> <Td> The number of `` sayable and writable '' word forms is estimated at over 2 million </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition </Td> <Td> 171,476 </Td> <Td> Oxford Dictionary has 273,000 headwords ; 171,476 of them being in current use , 47,156 being obsolete words and around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries . The dictionary contains 157,000 combinations and derivatives in bold type , and 169,000 phrases and combinations in bold italic type , making a total of over 600,000 word - forms . <P> There is one count that puts the English vocabulary at about 1 million words -- but that count presumably includes words such as Latin species names , prefixed and suffixed words , scientific terminology , jargon , foreign words of extremely limited English use and technical acronyms . </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Danish </Td> <Td> Ordbog over det danske sprog , Dansk Sprognævn </Td> <Td> 200,000 - 300,000 </Td> <Td> Dansk Sprognævn grows with 5,000 to 7,000 words a year </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Russian </Td> <Td> Большой академический словарь русского языка ( The Great Academic Dictionary of the Russian Language ) </Td> <Td> 150,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ukrainian </Td> <Td> Словник української мови ( The Dictionary of the Ukrainian language ) </Td> <Td> 134 058 </Td> <Td> The dictionary was finished in late 1970s - early 1980s </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> University of Madras Tamil Lexicon </Td> <Td> 124,405 </Td> <Td> The dictionary includes 124,405 separate entries . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portuguese </Td> <Td> Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa </Td> <Td> 120,000 </Td> <Td> The dictionary includes 120,000 separate entries , with 300,000 definitions . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Slovene </Td> <Td> Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika , Second
how many words in the french language 2016
how many words in the french language 2016
270,000
270,000