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From 1955 to 1996, for instance, the Duden dictionary of orthography in the Federal Republic of Germany was regarded as the authoritative work for official German orthography. Furthermore, there is a ...

Following this, the new edition of the Council for German Orthography's style guide, which prescribes grammatical correctness for schools and government agencies in the country, Austria, and ...

At the end of June, the German Spelling Council decided to add a capital ß (Eszett) to the language, bringing to an end a debate that had raged on in the world of German orthography since the ...

The Council for German Orthography (RdR) caused a stir amongst grammar perfectionists on Monday when it announced that as of 2025, an apostrophe used to indicate possession will be considered correct.

BERLIN -- Some German words, as Mark Twain observed in despair, seem not to be words at all but "alphabetical processions." A German mouthful bites the dust - Los Angeles Times ...

In 2012, then chairman of the Council for German Orthography, Hans Zehetmair, said language decay was primarily occurring among younger generations that generally use simple vocabulary in text ...

The Council for German Orthography (RdR) caused a stir amongst grammar perfectionists on Monday when it announced that as of 2025, an apostrophe used to indicate possession will be considered correct.