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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

ë needs to become a letter in German

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

Wow, I didn't realize this

[–] darkmogool@feddit.de 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[–] Magnetar@feddit.de 21 points 5 months ago

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

[–] wieson@feddit.de 10 points 4 months ago

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

[–] Zess@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The 'eu' in deutsche is an umlauted e.