Pashto is the language of the Pashtuns and is spoken by approximately 33 million people in Afghanistan (where it is an official language alongside Dari) and Pakistan. As an Iranian language, it belongs to the Indo-Iranian subgroup of the Indo-European languages. With around 25,000 German keywords and approximately 45,000 usage examples and phrases, this currently most comprehensive and modern dictionary of its kind offers the vocabulary of everyday and colloquial language, as well as basic terminology in specialized fields. Grammatical information and notes on word stress for the German keywords, for which synonyms are often provided, particularly address the needs of Pashto-speaking users. The Pashto equivalents indicate whether they are literary or colloquial language, slang, or idiomatic expressions, as applicable.