Überwörterbuch

Das urbanste deutsche Wörterbuch!

Word

word is the main entity of the project. All words are located in the directory /words and have .mdx extension. Every word has metainformation (frontmatter). Full list of attributes is here.

Adding words

We are really appreciate your participant of making Überwörterbuch event better ❤️

Automatic (recommended)

1. Run npm-script npm run file-from-word "[YOUR_WORD]" "OPTIONAL_DESCRIPTION" "OPTIONAL_AUTHOR"
   • it will create a file in the words directory and fill four metainformation (frontmatter) attributes out;
   • title is provided word by you;
   • description is provided description by you or placeholder [DESCRIPTION] that should be changed;
   • pubDate is current date and time;
   • author is provided name by you or your user's name from git config
2. Consider adding other attributes (full list of attributes is here).
3. Consider adding content part of the .mdx file (the part after two ---) with examples (please, use italics) and a long description (please, use blockquote).
4. Send a pull-request to the main branch of the project's repository and the word will appear on the website after merging!

Manual

1. Create .mdx file in the words directory.
   • the file name matters; it will be part of the url (slug);
   • use the word title as the basis for the file name;
   • please, don't use umlauts in the file name;
   • consider using npm run filename-from-word "[YOUR_WORD]" script (e.g. npm run filename-from-word "Überwörterbuch" => uberworterbuch), it will result in lowercase, replace umlauts and change spaces to dashes;
2. There is a metainformation (frontmatter) vertically between the two --- (full list of attributes is here).
3. Consider using content part of the .mdx file (the part after two ---) for examples (please, use italics) and a long description (please, use blockquote).
4. Send a pull-request to the main branch of the project's repository and the word will appear on the website after merging!

Adding video to word

There is a video attribute of the word which accepts a src attribute of the YouTube iframe video code.

Please, use this instruction to get the src. Please, turn on controls, start time and confidence link in the settings of the YouTube sharing. Than copy the src attribute from the iframe code and add it to the video attribute of the word.

You can try to find a relevant video for the word in YouGlish.