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Terms of use

Last updated on: 1st August 2024


"Terms of use" apply to all users of the website myGermanDictionary.com (hereinafter Website). User of the system is any anonymous or authenticated visitor that accesses this Website. This document forms an electronic contract between Website and User, and by accepting it both sides accept all rights, obligations and responsibilities specified in it. By using this Website, it is considered that the User has completely read, understood and accepted these "Terms of Use".


1 Description of the service

This Website allows users to improve their level of knowledge of the German language through various available functionalities. Users can create lessons from their text content. Users can create their own vocabulary of German words. This data entered in the user's vocabulary can be presented to other users as suggestions. Users can practice their vocabulary through various tests and by using flashcards.


2 User account registration

In order to begin building a personal dictionary on the Website, a User must register on the Website. When registering on the Website, User is obliged to enter some personal information. The User is obliged to enter accurate and valid information. In the event of suspicion that some of the User's data are inaccurate, the Website reserves the right to suspend or terminate the User's account and further use of the Website.


3 Changes in "Terms of use"

The Website reserves the right to change or cancel these "Terms of use" at any given moment without prior notification. Keeping that in mind, we strongly advise Users to occasionally revisit this page and inform themselves about possible changes. If these "Terms of use" change in the meantime and User keeps using the website, it is considered that the User has completely read, understood and accepted the new "Terms of use".


4 Using the Website

Users are allowed to use the Website in an appropriate manner. In cases where inappropriate behavior is detected, User's account might be suspended, and in most cases, User's account will be deleted along with all User's data.

If the User tries to hack or tries in any other way to negatively impact the stability and functionality of the Website, the User's account will be deleted along with all User's data.

As Users enter their data in their vocabulary, this data can be offered to other Users as suggestions. For that reason Users should enter appropriate data in their personal vocabulary.

Inappropriate data includes the following:
- information that promotes illegal activities
- vulgar data that has the goal of intentionally undermining the user experience of other Users
- links to other websites with an attempt to promote them

The Website cannot inspect all the data entered by all the Users. If a User discovers inappropriate content, they should notify this Website by sending an email to info@MyGermanDictionary.com describing the content, so this Website can take appropriate action.

Lessons are private personal storage for users. Users cannot see other users' lessons, and users cannot publish or share their lessons. Please obey copyright laws relevant to your country. In the USA and UK, there is a fair use policy, in EU this policy does not exist. In other countries, some other copyright laws might exist with their own rules. The Website cannot detect and doesn't detect if the text you use is copyrighted, and users who use this website agree that they alone are responsible for following copyright laws when they work with their own content.

If illegal activities are detected, appropriate institutions will be notified.


5 Data ownership

As Users enter their data in their vocabulary, this data can be offered to other Users as suggestions. To have this functionality in place and avoid any legal issues, the dictionaries built by Users are owned by the Website and the Website has the right to use these dictionaries in any way, commercial or non-commercial.

On the other hand, when a User downloads his/her personal dictionary, the Website gives the User the right (not the ownership) to use this downloaded data from his/her personal dictionary in any way they want, commercial or non-commercial.


6 Warranty

This Website gives no explicit or implicit warranty. All Users accept that they use this Website at their own risk.

Data on the Website might be corrupted or lost, for example, through possible hacking attacks, hosting provider problems or programming bugs. By accepting these "Terms of use" Users accept the possible loss of data or functionality.

Users have the option to save (download) their vocabulary data, and are advised to do so regularly.


7 Indemnification

User agrees to indemnify, and will not hold responsible this Website, its owner, its affiliates and their respective responsible persons, employees and agents, for all claims for damages and costs, including legal costs, that may arise from the use of the Website by the User.


8 Termination of access

This Website reserves the right to permanently terminate any User account in cases where the Website, at its sole discretion, considers User's behavior to be unacceptable or in cases where it violates these "Terms of use".