ddo 1.0.1

Search Den Danske Ordbog (ordnet.dk) from the terminal!

Den Danske Ordbog CLI

A command-line interface (CLI) tool for looking up words in Den Danske Ordbog (ddo). It fetches definitions, etymologies, inflections, synonyms, and more. This tool is not affiliated with Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab.

Also, the code is mainly written by LLMs.

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Features

• Word lookup with full dictionary entries
• Definitions, styles, and usage examples
• Inflections and etymology information
• Phonetic transcriptions when available
• Synonyms and related words
• Shell autocomplete support for word suggestions
• Nicely formatted output with Rich

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Installation and usage

The package is available on PyPI. The recommended way to install it is with uv:

uv tool install ddo
ddo eksorbitant

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Autocomplete

The CLI supports autocomplete using DDO’s livesearch API. To enable it, you need to configure your shell for Click’s completion:

1. Enable completion for your shell (bash, zsh, or fish) using:

   _DDO_COMPLETE=bash_source ddo > ~/.ddo-complete.sh
   echo 'source ~/.ddo-complete.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
   

   (replace bash_source with zsh_source or fish_source depending on your shell)

2. Restart your shell or re-source your configuration file.

Once enabled, pressing Tab while typing a word will fetch suggestions from the dictionary’s autocomplete service.