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That does have the 'ß' character in it, though, which is what I was asking about.
by viewer5 11y ago
That does have the 'ß' character in it, though, which is what I was asking about.
- schoen 11y agoOne possibility is the unit "gauss" (which, like the person, is Gauß in German). I was trying to figure out whether the spelling "Delikateßen" was ever standard (it would have been "-essen" even before the spelling reform, I think). I found some old books with a Google search that did use that form, but I don't know if it was ever standard or was a variant spelling.
- yorwba 11y agoWords in the category "English terms derived from German" on Wiktionary[1] that contain "ss" instead of "ß": ahlspiess, edelweiss, Federweisser, frass, Preussen, stoss, sussreserve, weissbier, weisswurst [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_German https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_terms_derive...