The roman numerals in brackets indicate the particular volume an associate has contributed to. The list is aligned with the official data of the dictionary volumes. Fellows who later became scientific associates are listed only as such.

Head of department: Otto Prinz until 1970 († 2003), Theresia Payr until 1993 (†), Peter Dinter until 2000, Heinz Antony until 2008

Gerhard Baader (I), Helmut Bansa (II), Irmgard Dauser (II), Birgit Gansweidt (III), Eva Gottschaller (II), Hans-Heinrich Hellmuth (II, III), Wolfgang Hessler (I), Sophie Humperdinck (II), Klaus Kohlwes (II), Franz-Josef Konstanciak (II, III, IV), Theresia Payr (I, II), Suzanne Renner-Braakman (II), Willy Schetter (I), Renate Sroder (I, II), Gloria Widhalm (II)

Head of department: Johannes Schneider (I, II) until 1976 († 2006), Teja Erb (I, II, IV) until 1996

Roland Gründel (II, IV), Luise Hallof (IV), Ulrike Hohensee (IV), Ulrike Jansen (III, IV), Reinhard Krug (IV), Mathias Lawo (III), Angelika Lozar (III), Ingeborg Pape (I, II, III, IV), Arnold Roggisch (IV), Werner Rudolph (I, II), Christa Samberger (III, IV), Peter Schmidt (I, II), Brigitte Johanna Schulz (IV)

Fellows:

Lieven van Acker (I)

Austria:

Rainer Kurz (II), Judith Lenzinger (II), Fritz Lošek (II), Thomas Poiss (II), Klaus Sterz (II), Michaela Zelzer geb. Langer (I)

Switzerland:

Christian Götte (II), Hans F. Haefele (I), David Krebs (III), Pascal Ladner (I), Josef Leisibach (II), David Mache (IV), Joseph Anton Meile (1979), Clemens Müller (II), Heinz Peter (III), Martin Steinmann (I, II), Peter Stotz (II), David Vitali (II), Berthe Widmer (1955), Werner Ziltener (I), Walter Zimpfer (I)

Spain:

Enrique Montero Cartelle (II)

Excerpting work with volume I:

Anneliese Grau (Leipzig)

Co-proof reading volume I:

Dr. Gustav Meyer (Basel)

Specialist counselling for volume I:

Dr. Heinrich Marzell (Erlangen) in the field of botany, Dr. Wolfgang Pfeifer (Berlin) in zoology, Dr. Hans Schmid (Munich) in history of music

Co-reading draft articles in volume II:

Paul Gerhard Schmidt (Freiburg im Breisgau), Prof. Dr. Fidel Rädle (Göttingen), Prof. Dr. Peter Stotz (Zurich)