Lexikografische

Lexikografische is an adjective used in Dutch and related languages to describe matters pertaining to lexicography, the discipline concerned with compiling and editing dictionaries and the study of lexical data. In practice, it appears in phrases such as lexikografische volgorde (lexicographic order) or lexikografische gegevens (lexicographic data). The term encompasses the organization, presentation, and interpretation of words and their meanings in reference works and linguistic databases.

Lexicographic order is a central concept associated with the term. It arranges strings by the first position where two items differ, following a fixed alphabet. This is the convention used to organize words in dictionaries and many computer sorting routines. For example, in lexicographic order, "apple" comes before "application" because the first difference occurs after the initial shared letters. In computing, lexicographic ordering can be influenced by case sensitivity and collation rules, particularly in multilingual or Unicode contexts.

Lexicography, the broader field, includes the selection of headwords, the delineation of senses, pronunciation, etymology, usage notes, and the design of dictionary entries. It blends descriptive linguistics, corpus data, and user-focused design. Traditional print dictionaries gave way to digital lexicographic resources, online dictionaries, and multilingual databases. Contemporary lexikografische research often examines how dictionaries encode semantic relationships, polysemy, and cross-linguistic correspondences, as well as how users interact with lexical information in search and retrieval tasks.