diff --git a/dictsource/de_list b/dictsource/de_list
index 5579f957..fc51bfdc 100644
--- a/dictsource/de_list
+++ b/dictsource/de_list
@@ -475,8 +475,10 @@ kastanie         $alt
 kid             kId
 kommend         kOm'End
 komödie          $alt
+konkret          k%ONk@-*e:t
 kurie            $alt
 
+lakaienhaft     l%akaInhaft
 lappalie         $alt
 lilie            $alt
 linie            $alt
diff --git a/dictsource/de_rules b/dictsource/de_rules
index b8bb0cbc..98048a25 100644
--- a/dictsource/de_rules
+++ b/dictsource/de_rules
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
              ay           aI
              au           aU
 
-          _) ab (C@P2     'ap
-          _) ab (arP2     'ap
+          _) ab (C@P2     _!'ap
+          _) ab (arP2     _!'ap
           _) abb (a       %ab
           _) abb (rev     ab
           _) abend        A:b@nt
@@ -27,15 +27,16 @@
           _) abge (@      'abg@
           _) ab (i        ab
           _) abzu         'abtsu:
-          _) an (@P2      'an
+          _) an (@P2      _!'an
+          _) an (aly      %an
           _) an (der      an
           _) anti (@P4    ,antI
           _) an (tw       an
-          _) auf (@P3     'aUf
-          _) aus (@P3     'aUs
+          _) auf (@P3     _!'aUf
+          _) aus (@P3     _!'aUs
 
           _) air          _^_EN
-             aktie        aktI@
+             akqu         %akv
          @A) al (_        'al
           @) an (_        'an
           @) ant (_       'ant
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@
 
         bre) ch (en       x
          nä) chs (t       Cs
+             c (ie        s
+        pla) c (ie        ts
              coat (_      _^_EN
           _) code         ko:t
           _) cow          _^_EN
@@ -167,8 +170,14 @@
           &) eln (_S1     n
           &) em (_S2      @m
           @) en (_S2      @n
+          &) end (_N      @nt
+          &) end (_       @nd
+          @) ent (_       'Ent
+         @m) ent (_       'Ent
+         @m) ente (_      'Ent@
           @) er (C        3
           @) er (r        E*
+          @) er (ti       E*
           @) er (nC       E*
           @) er (_S2      3
           &) ere (_S3     @*@
@@ -182,19 +191,24 @@
           w) er (k_       E*
           @) es (_S2      @s
           &) et (_        @t
-          @) ent (_       'Ent
-         @m) ent (_       'Ent
-         @m) ente (_      'Ent@
-          &) est (_       @st
+         ig) et (_S2      @t
+         &t) et (_S2      @t
+          &) est (_S3     @st
+          &) este (_S4    @st@
+          &) estem (_S5   @st@m
+          &) esten (_S5   @st@n
+          &) ester (_S5   @st3
+          &) estes (_S5   @st@s
 
           &) en (@        E2n       // [E2] can reduce to [@]
   //      &) er (C@       E2*
           &) el (@        E2l
 
           @) ei (_        'aI
+         @@) erisch       @*IS
           &) erung (_     =@*UN
 
-          _) ein (@P3     'aIn
+          _) ein (@P3     _!'aIn
              ein (and     _|%aIn
           _) einig        aInIg
           _) emp (@P3     _|%Emp
@@ -209,6 +223,7 @@
           _) er (ste@@P2  _|%E*
 
           _) entert       _^_EN
+             er (dig      e:*
           _) erob (er     %E*o:b
           @) eur (_       'Y:*
 
@@ -226,16 +241,17 @@
 .group g
           _) g (_         ge:
              g            g
-          g) g
+             g (g
              g (_N        k
              g (h         k
              gd (_N       kt
              gt (_N       kt
+             gtet (_      kt@t
+             gtest        kt@st
 
           _) g (eHC       g       //  hC, lC, mC, nC, rC
           _) ge (@P2      g@
-          C) ge (C@       g@
-             g (ei+       g
+            g (ei+       g
 
           _) gn (A        g@-n
           B) gn (A        g@-n
@@ -257,6 +273,7 @@
           _) h (_         hA:
              h            h
           h) h
+         ch) h            h
 
           _) herauf (P6      hE*'aUf
           _) herab  (P5      hE*'ab
@@ -304,7 +321,11 @@
           &) iens (_      =I;@ns
           &) ient (_      =I;@nt
         sch) ie (n        i:
-             ieren        'i:*@n
+          @) ieren        'i:*@n
+          @) iere (_      'i:*@
+          @) ieret (_     'i:*@t
+          @) ierest (_    'i:*@st
+          @) ierst (_     'i:*st
           @) iert (_      'i:*t
              ierungs      'i:*UNs
              ierung       'i:*UN
@@ -314,9 +335,20 @@
              ig (n        Ig
              ig (l        Ig
              ig (r        Ig
-             ig (_N       IC
+             ig (end_     Ig
+             igtet        Ikt@t
+             igtest       Ikt@st
+         &)  ig (_N       IC
          &)  ig (_        Ig       // -ig + inflexions
+         @)  igst (_      ICst
+         @)  igste (_     ICst@
+         @)  igstem (_    ICst@m
+         @)  igsten (_    ICst@n
+         @)  igster (_    ICst3
+         @)  igstes (_    ICst@s
          @)  ik (_        'i:k
+        @t)  ik (_        =i:k
+     polit)  ik           'i:k
          @)  ik (el_      'i:k
          @)  ie (_        'i:
 
@@ -359,7 +391,12 @@
              l            l
           l) l
              lin (_       l'i:n
+          l) lin (_       'i:n
 
+          _) land (C@P4   l'ant
+          _) landes (@P6  l'and@s
+          _) lang (C@P4   l'aN
+             langsam      l'aNzA:m
           _) leit (@P4    l'aIt
           @) lich (_$4    lIC
              lady         _^_EN
@@ -371,11 +408,19 @@
           m) m
 
              marine       mA:*'i:n@
-          A) meter (_     me:t3
+          _) meß (@P3     m'Es
+          _) met (all     m%e:t
+          _) meth         m%e:t
+             meter        m'e:t3
+          _) metro (@P5   m,e:t@-*o:
           _) micro        _^_EN
+          _) miet (C@P4   m'i:t
+          _) mikro (@P5   m,i:k@-*o:
           _) mit (P3      m'It
              mitt (eC     mIt
              mitt (l      mIt
+          _) mo (rb       m%O
+          _) motor        mo:to:*
           _) ms           _^_EN
              musik        m%u:zi:k
 
@@ -401,6 +446,7 @@
              oh (+        o:
              oo           o:
              oe           Y:
+             ou           u:
 
              o (C%        O
              o (CC        O
@@ -413,6 +459,8 @@
 
          @A) on (_        'o:n
           @) oo (_        u:
+         &t) or (_        =o:*
+
 
 
 .group p
@@ -431,6 +479,10 @@
              partei       p%a*taI
              pool         _^_EN
              power        _^_EN
+          _) preß (@P4    p@-*'Es
+          _) prinzipien (@P9  p@-*Ints'i:pI@
+          _) psycho (@P6  ps,y:Co:
+          _) psycho (ti   psy:C'o:
           _) pu (e        p%u:
 
 .group q
@@ -456,11 +508,13 @@
              ss           s
              sst (@       sSt
 
-          p) s (a         s
              sch          S
              sch (en_     sC
           _) sh           S
              sh (K        S
+
+             sou (nd      saU
+          p) s (a         s
           p) s (i         s
           t) s (i         s
           k) s (i         s
@@ -469,6 +523,12 @@
         _ge) sp           Sp
        _ver) sp           Sp
          &C) st (_$2      st
+         &C) ste (_S3     st@
+         &C) stem (_S4    st@m
+         &C) sten (_S4    st@n
+         &C) ster (_S4    st3
+         &C) stes (_S4    st@s
+
           _) st           St
         _be) st           St
         _ge) st           St
@@ -496,7 +556,7 @@
           K) th           t
              tz           ts
 
-         &B) te (_$2      t@
+//         &B) te (_$2      t@
          &t) te (_        @
 //         &B) ten (_$3     t@n
 //         &t) ten (_       @n
diff --git a/dictsource/en_list b/dictsource/en_list
index 33584b06..25dc9676 100644
--- a/dictsource/en_list
+++ b/dictsource/en_list
@@ -1660,6 +1660,7 @@ stagnate                       $2
 stampede          $2
 strychnine       str'Ikni:n
 slavish          sleIvIS
+?3 status        stat@s
 sterile          stEraIl
 stomata          stoUm@t@
 stonily          stoUnIlI2
diff --git a/phsource/vdiph/8u b/phsource/vdiph/8u
index 10ec939d..2e922607 100644
Binary files a/phsource/vdiph/8u and b/phsource/vdiph/8u differ
diff --git a/phsource/vwl_en_us/a b/phsource/vwl_en_us/a
index 7ec066d3..a86427a5 100644
Binary files a/phsource/vwl_en_us/a and b/phsource/vwl_en_us/a differ
diff --git a/phsource/vwl_en_us/ir b/phsource/vwl_en_us/ir
index 6dc08a66..edd9963a 100644
Binary files a/phsource/vwl_en_us/ir and b/phsource/vwl_en_us/ir differ
diff --git a/src/dictionary.cpp b/src/dictionary.cpp
index 59f02aa2..3104e1d0 100755
--- a/src/dictionary.cpp
+++ b/src/dictionary.cpp
@@ -1938,6 +1938,8 @@ void Translator::MatchRule(char *word[], const char *group, char *rule, MatchRec
 				case RULE_NO_SUFFIX:
 					if(word_flags & FLAG_SUFFIX_REMOVED)
 						failed = 1;             // a suffix has been removed
+					else
+						match.points++;
 					break;
 
 				default:
diff --git a/src/extras.cpp b/src/extras.cpp
index 50e9045c..31516ffa 100644
--- a/src/extras.cpp
+++ b/src/extras.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 //******************************************************************************************************
 
 
-
 FILE *f_wavtest = NULL;
 FILE *f_events = NULL;
 
@@ -215,8 +214,8 @@ void DecodePhonemes2(const char *inptr, char *outptr)
 	int start;
 	static const char *stress_chars = "==,,'*  ";
 
-	unsigned int replace_ph[] = {',',PH('@','-'),'W','3','y',PH('A',':'),'*',PH('_','!'),PH('_','|'),PH('O','I'),PH('Y',':'),PH('p','F'),0};
-	const char *replace_ph2[] = {NULL,NULL,      "9","@r","Y",  "a:",        "r",   "?",        "?",        "OY",       "2:",   "pf" ,NULL};
+	unsigned int replace_ph[] = {',',PH('@','-'),'W','3','y',PH('A',':'),'*',PH('_','!'),PH('_','|'),PH('O','I'),PH('Y',':'),PH('p','F'),PH('E','2'),0};
+	const char *replace_ph2[] = {NULL,NULL,      "9","@r","Y",  "a:",        "r",   "?",        "?",        "OY",       "2:",   "pf" ,"E",NULL};
 
 
 	start = 1;
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ void DecodePhonemes2(const char *inptr, char *outptr)
 	
 		if((ph->type == phSTRESS) && (ph->std_length <= 4) && (ph->spect == 0))
 		{
-			if(ph->std_length > 3)
+			if(ph->std_length > 2)
 				*outptr++ = stress_chars[ph->std_length];
 		}
 		else
@@ -302,12 +301,12 @@ void Lexicon_De()
 	char pronounce[80];
 	char pronounce2[80];
 	char phonemes[80];
+	char phonemes2[80];
 	WORD_TAB winfo;
 
-	static char *vowels = "aeiouyAEIOU29@";
+	static char *vowels = "aeiouyAEIOUY29@";
 
-	wxString fname = wxFileSelector(_T("German Lexicon"),wxString(path_home,wxConvLocal),
-		_T(""),_T(""),_T("*"),wxOPEN);
+	wxString fname = wxFileSelector(_T("German Lexicon"),path_dir1,_T(""),_T(""),_T("*"),wxOPEN);
 
 	strcpy(buf,fname.mb_str(wxConvLocal));
 	if((f_in = fopen(buf,"r")) == NULL)
@@ -315,6 +314,7 @@ void Lexicon_De()
 		wxLogError(_T("Can't read file ")+fname);
 		return;
 	}
+	path_dir1 = wxFileName(fname).GetPath();
 	
 	if((f_out = fopen("compare_de","w")) == NULL)
 	{
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void Lexicon_De()
 		if(fgets(buf,sizeof(buf),f_in) == NULL)
 			break;
 
-		sscanf(buf,"%s\t%s\t%s",word,type,pronounce);
+		sscanf(buf,"%s %s %s",word,type,pronounce);
 
 		// convert word to lower-case
 		for(ix=0, p=&word2[1];;)
@@ -397,9 +397,27 @@ void Lexicon_De()
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			if(strlen(word) < 8)
-				strcat(word,"\t");
-			fprintf(f_out,"%s\t%s\t%s\n",word,phonemes,pronounce2);
+			// remove secondary stress
+			strcpy(phonemes2,phonemes);
+			p = phonemes;
+			for(ix=0; ;ix++)
+			{
+				if((c = phonemes2[ix]) != ',')
+					*p++ = c;
+				if(c == 0)
+					break;
+			}
+
+			if(strcmp(phonemes,pronounce2) == 0)
+			{
+				matched++;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if(strlen(word) < 8)
+					strcat(word,"\t");
+				fprintf(f_out,"%s\t%s\t%s\n",word,phonemes,pronounce2);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/options.cpp b/src/options.cpp
index 06bdf680..99d732ac 100755
--- a/src/options.cpp
+++ b/src/options.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ wxString path_voices;
 wxString path_phsource;
 wxString path_dictsource;
 wxString path_speaktext;
+wxString path_dir1;
 int option_speed=160;
 
 char path_dsource[120];
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ void ConfigInit()
 	pConfig->Read(_T("/phsource"),&path_phsource,basedir+_T("/phsource"));
 	pConfig->Read(_T("/dictsource"),&path_dictsource,basedir+_T("/dictsource"));
 	pConfig->Read(_T("/speaktext"),&path_speaktext,wxEmptyString);
+	pConfig->Read(_T("/dir1"),&path_dir1,basedir);
 	option_speed = pConfig->Read(_T("/speed"),160);
 	ConfigSetPaths();
 }  // end of ConfigInit
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ void ConfigSave(int exit)
 	pConfig->Write(_T("/dictsource"),path_dictsource);
 	pConfig->Write(_T("/speaktext"),path_speaktext);
 	pConfig->Write(_T("/speed"),option_speed);
+	pConfig->Write(_T("/dir1"),path_dir1);
 
 	if(exit)
 		delete wxFileConfig::Set((wxFileConfig *)NULL);
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 55dd3586..b6e2f598 100755
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extern wxString path_pitches;
 extern wxString path_voices;
 extern wxString path_phsource;
 extern wxString path_dictsource;
+extern wxString path_dir1;
 
 extern char path_source[80];
 extern char path_dsource[120];