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By the new German spelling, "Schloss" is written with two s, since the o is short. In the old spelling, it was written "Schloß". On the other hand, for "Straße
by wolfgke 11y ago
By the new German spelling, "Schloss" is written with two s, since the o is short. In the old spelling, it was written "Schloß".
On the other hand, for "Straße" the new spelling does not change the ß to ss, since the a is long.
The best possible way to handle the ß is not transcribing it. In crossword puzzles it is transcribed as ss. In general, it is discussed whether one should rather transcribe ß as ss or sz (since ß is originally a sz ligature).
- asddubs 11y agono one transcribes ß as sz. It's always transcribed as ss
- wolfgke 11y agoThat is simply not correct. Indeed the ss transcription is much more common, but also the sz transcription is used: > https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F#Ersetzung_und_.C3.A4hnliche_Zeichen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F#Ersetzung_und_.C3.A4hnl... "Kann das Zeichen „ß“ nicht dargestellt werden, weil es in der verwendeten Schriftart oder dem Zeichensatz fehlt, so sollte es durch „ss“ ersetzt werden (aus „Straße“ wird „Strasse“). In den (behördlichen) Fernschreiben wurde das „ß“ bis in das frühe 21. Jahrhundert durch „sz“ ersetzt. Dies war unter anderem bei Familiennamen wichtig („Straßer“ wurde im Text zu „Straszer“)."
- asddubs 11y agoThat's talking in the past, though. Which doesn't invalidate what I said