diff --git a/tools/collocatordb_query.c b/tools/collocatordb_query.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include "../src/collocatordb.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  if (argc < 3 || (argv > 0 && strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0)) {
+    fprintf(stderr,
+            "Usage: %s <dbpath> <word1> [word2] ... [wordN]\n\n"
+            "Gets the collocates of the given words from a collocatordb and "
+            "prints them as json.\n\n"
+            "EXAMPLE\n../tests/data/wpd19_10000 geht auch\n",
+            argv[0], argv[0]);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  char *dbpath = argv[1];
+    char *ext = strrchr(dbpath, '.');
+    if (ext && strcmp(ext, ".rocksdb") == 0) {
+        *ext = '\0';
+    }
+
+    COLLOCATORDB *cdb;
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "opening collocatordb for reading: %s ...\n", dbpath);
+    if (!(cdb = open_collocatordb(dbpath))) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error opening %s exiting.\n", dbpath);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    fprintf(stderr, "Successfully opened %s.\n", dbpath);
+
+    int i;
+
+    printf("[\n");
+    for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
+        uint32_t word_id = get_word_id(cdb, argv[i]);
+        if (word_id == 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Word \"%s\" not found in the database.\n", argv[i]);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        fprintf(stderr, "printing collocates of \"%s\" as json:\n", argv[i]);
+        printf("%s%s", get_collocators_as_json(cdb, word_id), i < argc - 1 ? "," : "");
+    }
+    printf("]\n");
+    return 0;
+}
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