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Which German word contains the most ä, ö, ü, and ß in any variation?
I'm German and residing in France. When I was asked the following question the only word which came into my mind was Gesäß.
Which German word contains the most ä, ö, ü, and ß in any variation?
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Conversion table for diacritics (e.g. “ü” → “ue”)
I am looking for a table for converting German diacritics into their non-diacritic character combination equivalent. For instance that table would indicate that the umlaut ü may be converted to ue).
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How to type umlaut over a dash as in many German dictionaries?
In the German-English dictionary that I have, it shows plural of nouns in suffix form. When it includes an umlaut also, it mentions it by having an umlaut over dash.
For an example from dictionary,
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Noun-to-adjective: when does the vowel shift?
I recently noticed that I am unable to recognize when a vowel shift should occur in going from the noun to the adjective. I wrote vielzählig when I believe it should have been vielzahlig. On the other ...
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How to alphabetically sort a list of names?
How do you alphabetically sort German names when a list contains last names starting with "Von ...", "De ...", "Van ..." etc.?
Also, how are words with umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and other diacritical ...
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Umlaute im Fraktursatz
Setzt man im Fraktursatz Umlaute auf Großbuchstaben, oder umschreibt man diese mit Ae o.ä.? Ich habe bei der Verwendung der yfonts in LaTeX festgestellt, dass diese fehlen. Wie ist hier die ...
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Wie schreibt man Umlaute und scharfes S auf nichtdeutschen Tastaturen?
Transl: How do you write Umlauts and ß on non-German keyboards?
Wie schreibt man Umlaute und ß auf einer US-Tastatur?
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Is it acceptable to omit umlauts and put an extra 'e' instead?
It's a pain when you haven't got a German keyboard to figure these characters out.
Is it acceptable from a style perspective?
