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  2. German orthography reform of 1996 - Wikipedia

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    The German orthography reform of 1996 (Reform der deutschen Rechtschreibung von 1996) was a change to German spelling and punctuation that was intended to simplify German orthography and thus to make it easier to learn, [1] without substantially changing the rules familiar to users of the language.

  3. German orthography - Wikipedia

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    While the Council for German Orthography considers ä, ö, ü, ß distinct letters, [4] disagreement on how to categorize and count them has led to a dispute over the exact number of letters the German alphabet has, the number ranging between 26 (considering special letters as variants of a, o, u, s ) and 30 (counting all special letters ...

  4. Spelling reform - Wikipedia

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    Street name adapted to last German spelling reform. German spelling was officially unified in 1901 and certain older spelling patterns were updated: for instance some occurrences of "th" were changed to "t". In 1944 a spelling reform was due to be introduced, but it ultimately came to nothing because of World War II.

  5. Council for German Orthography - Wikipedia

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    German (or a variety of German) is spoken by a sizeable minority, but has no legal recognition. The Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁaːt fyːɐ̯ ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈʁɛçtˌʃʁaɪbʊŋ] , " Council for German Orthography " or " Council for German Spelling " [ 1 ] ), or RdR , is the main international body regulating ...

  6. German alphabet - Wikipedia

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    In German Kurrent writing, the superscripted e was simplified to two vertical dashes, which have degenerated to dots in both handwriting and German typesetting. Although the two dots look like those in the diaeresis (trema) diacritical marking, a distinction should be made between umlaut and diaresis because the two have different functions.

  7. Standard German - Wikipedia

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    Standard High German (SHG), [3] less precisely Standard German or High German [a] (German: Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland, Schriftdeutsch), is the umbrella term for the standardized varieties of the German language, which are used in formal contexts and for communication between different dialect areas.