Gerhard Wahrig

Gerhard Wahrig (May 10, 1923, Burgstädt, Saxony – September 2, 1978, Wiesbaden) was a German linguist, esp. lexicographer. He also worked on semantics and grammar.

His main work is the Deutsches Wörterbuch (German Dictionary, also referred to as Der Wahrig, 1st edition in 1966), which is still published today.