The dictionary is based on the second Croatian and sixth German editions of Heinichen's dictionary. Its first edition was printed in 1901. Over the years, the dictionary has been revised and improved in accordance with the requirements of teaching in seco
Bratoljub Klaić, a Croatian scholar, lexicographer and translator (1909 – 1983), gave Croatian lexicography the Dictionary of Foreign Words, which marked the second half of the 20th century in Croatia and the wider region.