The Institut fHr d e u t s c h e Sprache recently has begun setting up a LExicographical DAta Base for German (LEDA). This data base is d e s i g n e d to improve efficiency in the collection, analysis, ordering and description of l a n g u a g e m a t e r i a l by f a c i l i t a t i n g access to textual samples w i t h i n c o r p o r a and to word articles, within.