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minus-squarecrashoverride@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoLet me further be a grammar Nazi, technically there is no double s in German. It would be the eszett. It looks like a capital b with a little tail.
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoNot true at all. Of course we also have a double s (look under Current Usage) in some words. “gewusst” is one of those words.
minus-squareLileath@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIn gewusst there is no ß. The Eszett only gets written if the vowel before it is pronounced long.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoAll this talk of German and Nazis is starting to make me uncomfortable around here…
Let me further be a grammar Nazi, technically there is no double s in German. It would be the eszett. It looks like a capital b with a little tail.
Not true at all. Of course we also have a double s (look under Current Usage) in some words. “gewusst” is one of those words.
In gewusst there is no ß. The Eszett only gets written if the vowel before it is pronounced long.
All this talk of German and Nazis is starting to make me uncomfortable around here…