sub readlexicon {
    my $fn=shift;
    open(IN,$fn);
    my %lexicon=();
    my $contents=join('',<IN>);
    close(IN);
    $contents=~s/package Apache\:[^\;]+//;
    $contents=~s/use base[^\;]+//;
    eval($contents.'; %lexicon=%Lexicon;');
    delete $lexicon{'_AUTO'};
    delete $lexicon{'char_encoding'};
    delete $lexicon{'language_code'};
    return %lexicon;
}

&readlexicon('de.pm');