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| Indicating vowel lengt Vowel length is inconsistently represented in German spelling www.zdeutsch.com Use of the Umlaut German only uses one diacritic, the Umlaut. It appears in printed matter www.zdeutsch.com |
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| The alphabet The combination ‘eh’ in the pronunciations given below approximates www.zdeutsch.com The new spelling German reformed its spelling (Rechtschreibung) in 1998 for the first time www.zdeutsch.com Use of capital letter Adjectives of nationality are not capitalized, but nouns are, e.g. eine www.zdeutsch.com Use of the hyphen Compounds are seldom hyphenated as in English, where we often www.zdeutsch.com |
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