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minus-squarecrashoverride@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·2 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-squareLileath@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIn gewusst there is no ß. The Eszett only gets written if the vowel before it is pronounced long.
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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.
In gewusst there is no ß. The Eszett only gets written if the vowel before it is pronounced long.
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.
All this talk of German and Nazis is starting to make me uncomfortable around here…