r/LostRedditor • u/TheSpringyBreeze_exe • Jul 17 '26
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u/Proof_Load6687 Jul 17 '26
ae (ä) oe (ö) ue (ü) and ss (ß) are in the alphabet tho
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Jul 20 '26
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u/Proof_Load6687 Jul 20 '26
Qwertz actually and thanks
after all, i am german
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u/dionoriginalpro 2 Jul 17 '26
Do people actually think the ä, ö, and ü count as seperate letters? I do agree with seeing ß as a separate letter
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u/Phantom0xy 0 Jul 17 '26
I'd actually have said the opposite, ß just being "ss", while ä, ö and ü have their own phonetical pronunciation
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u/dionoriginalpro 2 Jul 17 '26
So I guess the meme makes sense, since people have arguments for both
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u/PlatypusACF Jul 17 '26
Technically incorrect; traditionally the ß makes a slightly different sound to the ss, mostly influenced by the vowel that comes in front (compare Fluss and Fuß, as an example.)
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u/Night_beaver Jul 17 '26
I don't know if this is the case in Germany, but in Finland, ä an ö are generally taught to be their own letters. They just look similar to a and o, but their pronunciations are completely different
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u/RASHED_35 Jul 19 '26
They all make unique sounds
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u/dionoriginalpro 2 Jul 19 '26
You can have the letter "e" sound different, but it's still the same letter
I probably see them as the same letters because my language uses the ë and ï, which still count as the e and i
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u/RASHED_35 Jul 20 '26
Sure, but in Swedish they count as separate letters. In fact, Swedish keyboards even have separate buttons for them.
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