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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

ë needs to become a letter in German

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It is! Even if it's very, very rare.

But it does exist, for example in the Name of Bernhard Hoëcker, where it denotes a pronounciation of Ho-ecker instead of Höcker.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Wow, I didn't realize this

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

there is no need for it… but ß needs to be gone

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

ß is my favorite. All the fun of cursive qs and zs, with significantly more applicability

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Now that we've got ẞ I'm fine with keeping ß

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Are you Swiss or something? ẞ is be best letter.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Die you know, that ß is more frequently used than x, y, q and even j?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the gërman, brothër

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The 'eu' in deutsche is an umlauted e.