English summary: "Der funfsprachige Worterspiegel" (The Compendium of Five Languages) is the most comprehensive multilingual dictionary of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and was probably compiled between 1790 and 1794. Arranged according to subject categories, it covers 18.671 lexemes in the languages Manchurian, Tibetan, Mongolian, Turki and Chinese. The dictionary provides deep insights into the physical, intellectual, administrative and linguistic...