German orthography

Orthography used in writing the German language German grammar Nouns Verbs Articles Adjectives Pronouns Adverbial phrases Conjugation Sentence structure Modal particles vte Rules and a word list for German spelling for use in Bavarian schools. Edited by official order. Munich. R. Oldenbourg Publishing House, Schoolbook Department. German orthography is the orthography used in writing the German language, which is largely phonemic. However, it shows many instances of spellings that are historic or analogous to other spellings rather than phonemic. The pronunciation of almost every word can be derived from its spelling once the spelling rules are known, but the opposite is not generally the case. Today, Standard High German orthography is regulated by the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (Council for German Orthography), composed of representatives from most German-speaking countries. Alphabet German alphabet (Listen to a German speaker recite the alphabet in German) Problems playing this file? See media help. Austria's standardized cursive Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift The modern German alphabet consists of the twenty-six letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet plus four special let