An up-to-date list of free online dictionaries for learning Latvian.
This is an English-Latvian and Latvian-English online dictionary.
Even though it looks dated, it’s #1 on this list because it is very easy to use.
No one has any idea who they are or what their sources are but it works great.
- English-Latvian, Latvian-English
Letonika has various Latvian dictionaries, encyclopedia, literature books, folk stories as well as an online word conjugator.
It is maintained by Tilde, a Latvian software company that makes sure Latvian survives in the digital world. It also happens to be a company I used to work for.
The following dictionaries are available:
- English-Latvian, Latvian-English
- Russian-Latvian, Latvian-Russian
- German-Latvian, Latvian-German
- Lithuanian-Latvian, Latvian-Lithuanian
- Latin-Latvian, Latvian-Latin
- Estonian-Latvian, Latvian-Estonian
It’s free, but it will give you limited information.
If you want to see all details, it’s going to cost €0.50 for one day or €4.13 for 1 month. If you go to any library in Latvia, you will have full unlimited access when using the library’s internet connection.
Tēzaurs is not really a dictionary but a thesaurus.
You can see the explanations and definitions of words (in Latvian), see their grammatical information and there’s also a word conjugator built in.
When I need to look something up to teach you guys, this is my go-to site. It also doesn’t hurt that it is run by the University of Latvia.
- Latvian-Latvian (270 829)
The Latvian Language Agency offers a curated vocabulary of common words, phrases and terminology.
- Latvian-English
- Latvian-Russian
- Latvian-French
- Latvian-German
I am really underselling it here. If you click around you’ll find videos, interactive excercises, interviews, texts, etc.
Unlike other online dictionaries, this one lets you download dictionaries to your computer.
- English-Latvian (70 002), Latvian-English (74 047)
- Russian-Latvian (70 074), Latvian-Russian (84 651)
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that everyone can make changes to.
Wiktionary is an online dictionary that everyone can add words and make changes to.
- Various languages (9 234 entries)
Latgalian is a dialiect of Latvian or some say it is a completely different language.
Most Latvians can understand a little Latgalian but can’t really speak it. This is a dictionary that helps us with that.
- Latvian-Latgalian, Latgalian-Latvian (23 522)