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German ß (scharfes S)
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Quote:its become rare, but not abandoned
So the Spelling Reform was successful... OK, I'll keep that in mind.
Quote:not all nouns are written in dutch with a capital, like in german?
No, Dutch nouns are usually left uncapitalized. Exceptions are names of supernatural things (e.g., Supreme Being), institutions of the state (Senate), historical periods (Antiquity - this one was also wrong in that dictionary), nationalities (Russians) etc. It creates interesting cases: a Hamburger is someone from Hamburg, and a hamburger is something you eat. A turk is a potato and a Turk is, well, a Turk. Sort of J.F. Kennedy announcing that he was a sausage ("Ich bin ein Berliner").
Jona Lendering
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German ß (scharfes S) - by Jona Lendering - 08-22-2008, 12:15 PM
Re: German ß (scharfes S) - by Jona Lendering - 08-22-2008, 02:52 PM
Re: German ß (scharfes S) - by mcbishop - 08-23-2008, 11:15 AM
Re: German ß (scharfes S) - by Octavianvs - 08-23-2008, 01:07 PM
Re: German ß (scharfes S) - by Jona Lendering - 08-23-2008, 04:55 PM
Re: German ß (scharfes S) - by john m roberts - 08-26-2008, 04:42 PM

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