Gau (plural Gaue, Dutch: gouw, Frisian: gea or goa) is a Germanic term for a region within a country, often a former or actual province. It was used in medieval times, when it can be seen as roughly corresponding to an Englishshire. The administrative use of the term was revived as a subdivision during the period of Nazi Germany in 1933–1945. It still appears today in regional names, such as the Ambergau.
Medieval period
The Germanic word is reflected in Gothic gavi (neuter; genitive gaujis)
and early Old High German gewi, gowi (neuter) and in some compound names still -gawi as in Gothic (e.g. Durgawi "Thurgau", Alpagawi "Allgäu"), later gâi, gôi, and after loss of the stem suffix gaw, gao, and with motion to the feminine as gawa besides gowo (from gowio. Old Saxon shows further truncation to gâ, gô.
The German word is a gloss of the Latinpagus; hence the Gau is analogous with the pays of feudal France.
Old English, by contrast, has only traces of the word, which was ousted by scire from an early time, in names such as Noxga gā, Ohtga gā and perhaps in gōman, ġēman (yeoman), which would then correspond to the Old High German gaumann (Grimm) although the OED prefers connection of yeoman to young.
German orthography is the orthography used in writing the German language, which is largely phonemic. However, it shows many instances of spellings that are historic or analogous to other spellings rather than phonemic. The pronunciation of almost every word can be derived from its spelling once the spelling rules are known, but the opposite is not generally the case.
Today, German orthography is regulated by the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (RdR; German for "Council for German Orthography").
^For ⟨ch⟩, Charlotte is used. For the trigraph ⟨sch⟩, Schule is used.
Special characters
German uses letter-diacritic combinations (Ä/ä, Ö/ö, Ü/ü) using the umlaut and one ligature (ß (called Eszett (sz) or scharfes S, sharp s)), but they do not constitute distinct letters in the alphabet.
Capital ẞ exists, but has very limited use. In the past, long s (ſ) was used as well.
German (Bulgaria and Serbian:Герман, pronounced[ˈɡerman]) is a South Slavicmythological being, recorded in the folklore of eastern Serbia and northern Bulgaria. He is a male spirit associated with bringing rain and hail. His influence on these precipitations can be positive, resulting with the amount of rain beneficial for agriculture, or negative, with a drought, downpours, or hail. Rituals connected with German included making a doll intended to represent this personage. This effigy of German, made of rags, fired clay, or dried fruits, was rather large, usually with a distinct representation of the male genitals. It was produced and used in rituals exclusively by girls or young women.
In eastern Serbia, when a drought developed, girls would make such a doll, and bring it to a river bank. Depending on the regional custom, they would either bury it by the river, or put it in a little casket and let it flow down the river. Two of the girls would then start lamenting for the doll. Asked by the others why they were crying, they would answer, “We are crying for German; because of the drought German has died for the rain to fall.” If the amount of rain would become excessive after that, the doll was dug out. In northern Bulgaria, the rituals with German usually followed immediately after the Dodola rituals, but could be performed independently from them. In some villages they were carried out on the Feast of Saint Germanus. Girls would make the doll, 20 to 50cm long, and lay it on a slate or in a little casket. Having adorned it with flowers, they would bury it with funeral observances. After three, nine, or forty days, the doll was dug out, and thrown into water.
A panhole is a depressed, erosional feature found on flat or gently sloping rock. Panholes are the result of long-term weathering and are generally seen on bedrock or very large blocks of rock. Similar terms are gnamma (Australia), opferkessel (German, roughly “sacrificial basin”), “armchair hollows”, weathering pans (or pits) and solution pans (or pits). Other German names include kamenitza and kamenica. In Spanish they are tinajita. In Portuguese and Galician are called pias.
These shallow solution basins, or closed depressions, tend to form on bare limestone or silicate rock. They are also found on granitic rock. They are generally characterized by flat bottoms and sometimes by overhanging sides. The initial form may be a closed hollow created by a patch of humus. Diameters are rarely greater than 15 centimeters
In the Sierra Nevada, California these features were termed weathering pits by François E. Matthes, where they are thought to indicate rock surfaces that are unglaciated or escaped more recent glaciations. In Sierra Nevada granitic rocks, these features have a characteristic shape such that they expand more rapidly in width than they grow in depth. One explanation for their conformation is because the most active environment for weathering is the zone of alternate wetting and drying along the margins of the pools that collect in the pits, the margins tend to deepen and enlarge until all points of the bottom are equally wet or dry at the same time, thus producing their characteristic shape.
Gäu District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated in the centre of the canton. It has a population of 19,960 (as of 31 December 2014). Together with Thal District, it forms the Amtei (electoral district) of Thal-Gäu.
Municipalities
Gäu District contains the following municipalities:
Geography
Gäu has an area, as of 2009, of 62.01 square kilometers (23.94sqmi). Of this area, 27.74km2 (10.71sqmi) or 44.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.36km2 (9.02sqmi) or 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.41km2 (4.02sqmi) or 16.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.44km2 (0.17sqmi) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.06km2 (15 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area Out of the forested land, 36.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.9% is used for growing crops, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the district is flowing water.
I've heard a lot of people complain about spelling reforms, and rightly so, considering some of the stupid ideas people have come up with. But how do you make an actual good spelling reform? Also I explain why the letter "ß" exists in German.
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0:00 English Spelling
0:33 Worst Spelling Reform Ideas
1:07 Actually Okay Spelling Reform Ideas
1:30 Spelling Reforms Do Happen
1:40 German Spelling Reform
2:31 Why Does the Eszett Exist?
3:55 Changes to How the Eszett is Used
4:34 What Makes a Spelling Reform Good?
5:17 Applying This to English (badly)
5:50 There Are Good Spelling Reforms.
Translations:
Ivan - German
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
YOAV - Hebrew
Rubýñ - Spanish
palpatinezw - Standard Mandarin
jailbreakmaster32 - Portuguese
published: 04 Jan 2022
German Orthography (From Someone Who Doesn't Speak German)
All of the basics of German orthography in one video. It's at least better than English's
0:00 Intro
0:06 Consonants
4:08 Vowels
5:30 Outro
published: 25 Sep 2022
German Pronunciation for Beginners A1 | Aussprache Basics A1
In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce certain letter combinations in German. This video is meant for beginners who just started to learn German and need some guidance in terms of pronunciation. The examples used are all part of A1. I will read each example twice. To practice your pronunciation I recommend to pause the video inbetween and pronounce the word out loud.
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0:40 ie / ei
1:47 au / eu & äu
2:43 vowels & mutation vowels + h
3:17 aa / ee / oo
3:...
published: 21 Sep 2021
Dutch spelling vs German spelling | Comparison on orthography | Rechtschreibung 🇳🇱🇩🇪
Dutch spelling vs German spelling | Comparison on orthography.
How can you spell Dutch or German easily and correctly? I hope this video can be useful for beginners of both languages, especially for speakers of one language learning the other.
Dutch and German belong to the west branch of the Germanic language family, and they are particularly close to each other. It is very easy for a speaker or a learner of one language to notice the common features shared by the other language. But as a main aspect of their distinction, there is different logic in their orthographies.
With the comparison between Dutch and German orthographies I start my channel, aiming at help language learners to learn languages systematically. Comment below if you want me to talk about other themes of languages.
published: 21 Jul 2020
German spelling alphabets: the (nearly) full story
I was surprised at the amount of interest there was in my recent Shorts about the German spelling alphabet. So in this video, I take a slightly deeper dive into its history: why a spelling alphabet was needed, the abysmal first attempt, a new approach, a revision, and ideological complications.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Why a spelling alphabet?
01:22 A first attempt
01:46 A better solution
03:00 A few tweaks
03:51 Aryanisation
05:55 An industry norm
07:01 Meanwhile in East Germany...
07:34 In common use
08:04 De-Nazification
09:04 Tongue-twisters
09:39 Will it catch on?
Music:
"Style Funk" and "Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Creative Commons Attribution licence
Sound effects:
by martinimeniscus at https://freesound.org/
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published: 18 Oct 2023
German spelling reform 1996 🇩🇪 -- German orthography reform & some political background
Image campaign in favour of the German orthography reform of 1996. Developed by students of Berlin Hochschule der Künste, majors of Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation. Broadcast on Deutsche Welle (Germany's international broadcaster), Boulevard Deutschland, June 3rd, 1997.
published: 21 Dec 2013
German Spelling: When to use German SS and ß
This video will show you to differentiate the difference between the two s-sound of German spelling and to understand when to write the SS and ß according to the german spelling rules.
published: 20 Oct 2021
That Time Everyone in France Freaked Out About O(i)gnons
Is it oignon or ognon? Coût or cout? And why did everyone start tweeting #jesuiscirconflexe in 2016?
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Art by kvd102
Translations:
Le Napolitain - French
Ivan - German
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
published: 11 Jan 2022
German Practice Alphabet - German Spelling
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The German Orthography Reform of 1996
The product of a century of fierce intellectual debate and a united Germany.
JOHNSON, SALLY. “On the Origin of Linguistic Norms: ORTHOGRAPHY, Ideology and the First Constitutional Challenge to the 1996 Reform of German.” Language in Society 31, no. 4 (2002): 549–76. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404502314039.
Upward, Christopher, ed. Journal of the Simplified Spelling Society, 1996. http://spellingsociety.org/uploaded_journals/j25-journal-1420110618.pdf#:~:text=Journal%20of%20the%20Simplified%20Spelling%20Society%20No.25%E2%80%941999%2F1%20The,campaigns%20to%20educate%20and%20influence%20public%20and%20political
I've heard a lot of people complain about spelling reforms, and rightly so, considering some of the stupid ideas people have come up with. But how do you make a...
I've heard a lot of people complain about spelling reforms, and rightly so, considering some of the stupid ideas people have come up with. But how do you make an actual good spelling reform? Also I explain why the letter "ß" exists in German.
Written and Created by Me.
Art by kvd102
0:00 English Spelling
0:33 Worst Spelling Reform Ideas
1:07 Actually Okay Spelling Reform Ideas
1:30 Spelling Reforms Do Happen
1:40 German Spelling Reform
2:31 Why Does the Eszett Exist?
3:55 Changes to How the Eszett is Used
4:34 What Makes a Spelling Reform Good?
5:17 Applying This to English (badly)
5:50 There Are Good Spelling Reforms.
Translations:
Ivan - German
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
YOAV - Hebrew
Rubýñ - Spanish
palpatinezw - Standard Mandarin
jailbreakmaster32 - Portuguese
I've heard a lot of people complain about spelling reforms, and rightly so, considering some of the stupid ideas people have come up with. But how do you make an actual good spelling reform? Also I explain why the letter "ß" exists in German.
Written and Created by Me.
Art by kvd102
0:00 English Spelling
0:33 Worst Spelling Reform Ideas
1:07 Actually Okay Spelling Reform Ideas
1:30 Spelling Reforms Do Happen
1:40 German Spelling Reform
2:31 Why Does the Eszett Exist?
3:55 Changes to How the Eszett is Used
4:34 What Makes a Spelling Reform Good?
5:17 Applying This to English (badly)
5:50 There Are Good Spelling Reforms.
Translations:
Ivan - German
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
YOAV - Hebrew
Rubýñ - Spanish
palpatinezw - Standard Mandarin
jailbreakmaster32 - Portuguese
In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce certain letter combinations in German. This video is meant for beginners who just started to learn German and nee...
In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce certain letter combinations in German. This video is meant for beginners who just started to learn German and need some guidance in terms of pronunciation. The examples used are all part of A1. I will read each example twice. To practice your pronunciation I recommend to pause the video inbetween and pronounce the word out loud.
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1:47 au / eu & äu
2:43 vowels & mutation vowels + h
3:17 aa / ee / oo
3:53 nn / mm / ...
4:32 sch / ch / ck
6:57 sp / st
9:50 e / er
10:47 ig
11:43 tion
12:17 pf
13:05 Bonus Tipp
Viel Spaß
Johannes
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1️⃣ Das Alphabet | Learn the German alphabet Quick and Easy
https://youtu.be/TytGj8xiPyY
2️⃣ A 1.1 Grammar
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKCEuz6wxDQnM6p0MzAKc_stZHGW0tdCB
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In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce certain letter combinations in German. This video is meant for beginners who just started to learn German and need some guidance in terms of pronunciation. The examples used are all part of A1. I will read each example twice. To practice your pronunciation I recommend to pause the video inbetween and pronounce the word out loud.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Video Content
0:40 ie / ei
1:47 au / eu & äu
2:43 vowels & mutation vowels + h
3:17 aa / ee / oo
3:53 nn / mm / ...
4:32 sch / ch / ck
6:57 sp / st
9:50 e / er
10:47 ig
11:43 tion
12:17 pf
13:05 Bonus Tipp
Viel Spaß
Johannes
**********
Related Content:
1️⃣ Das Alphabet | Learn the German alphabet Quick and Easy
https://youtu.be/TytGj8xiPyY
2️⃣ A 1.1 Grammar
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKCEuz6wxDQnM6p0MzAKc_stZHGW0tdCB
3️⃣ German genders fully explained with the best tips and tricks:
https://youtu.be/IFsEX4ZY6bc
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Dutch spelling vs German spelling | Comparison on orthography.
How can you spell Dutch or German easily and correctly? I hope this video can be useful for begin...
Dutch spelling vs German spelling | Comparison on orthography.
How can you spell Dutch or German easily and correctly? I hope this video can be useful for beginners of both languages, especially for speakers of one language learning the other.
Dutch and German belong to the west branch of the Germanic language family, and they are particularly close to each other. It is very easy for a speaker or a learner of one language to notice the common features shared by the other language. But as a main aspect of their distinction, there is different logic in their orthographies.
With the comparison between Dutch and German orthographies I start my channel, aiming at help language learners to learn languages systematically. Comment below if you want me to talk about other themes of languages.
Dutch spelling vs German spelling | Comparison on orthography.
How can you spell Dutch or German easily and correctly? I hope this video can be useful for beginners of both languages, especially for speakers of one language learning the other.
Dutch and German belong to the west branch of the Germanic language family, and they are particularly close to each other. It is very easy for a speaker or a learner of one language to notice the common features shared by the other language. But as a main aspect of their distinction, there is different logic in their orthographies.
With the comparison between Dutch and German orthographies I start my channel, aiming at help language learners to learn languages systematically. Comment below if you want me to talk about other themes of languages.
I was surprised at the amount of interest there was in my recent Shorts about the German spelling alphabet. So in this video, I take a slightly deeper dive into...
I was surprised at the amount of interest there was in my recent Shorts about the German spelling alphabet. So in this video, I take a slightly deeper dive into its history: why a spelling alphabet was needed, the abysmal first attempt, a new approach, a revision, and ideological complications.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Why a spelling alphabet?
01:22 A first attempt
01:46 A better solution
03:00 A few tweaks
03:51 Aryanisation
05:55 An industry norm
07:01 Meanwhile in East Germany...
07:34 In common use
08:04 De-Nazification
09:04 Tongue-twisters
09:39 Will it catch on?
Music:
"Style Funk" and "Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Creative Commons Attribution licence
Sound effects:
by martinimeniscus at https://freesound.org/
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I was surprised at the amount of interest there was in my recent Shorts about the German spelling alphabet. So in this video, I take a slightly deeper dive into its history: why a spelling alphabet was needed, the abysmal first attempt, a new approach, a revision, and ideological complications.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Why a spelling alphabet?
01:22 A first attempt
01:46 A better solution
03:00 A few tweaks
03:51 Aryanisation
05:55 An industry norm
07:01 Meanwhile in East Germany...
07:34 In common use
08:04 De-Nazification
09:04 Tongue-twisters
09:39 Will it catch on?
Music:
"Style Funk" and "Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Creative Commons Attribution licence
Sound effects:
by martinimeniscus at https://freesound.org/
---------
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Image campaign in favour of the German orthography reform of 1996. Developed by students of Berlin Hochschule der Künste, majors of Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaf...
Image campaign in favour of the German orthography reform of 1996. Developed by students of Berlin Hochschule der Künste, majors of Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation. Broadcast on Deutsche Welle (Germany's international broadcaster), Boulevard Deutschland, June 3rd, 1997.
Image campaign in favour of the German orthography reform of 1996. Developed by students of Berlin Hochschule der Künste, majors of Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation. Broadcast on Deutsche Welle (Germany's international broadcaster), Boulevard Deutschland, June 3rd, 1997.
This video will show you to differentiate the difference between the two s-sound of German spelling and to understand when to write the SS and ß according to th...
This video will show you to differentiate the difference between the two s-sound of German spelling and to understand when to write the SS and ß according to the german spelling rules.
This video will show you to differentiate the difference between the two s-sound of German spelling and to understand when to write the SS and ß according to the german spelling rules.
Is it oignon or ognon? Coût or cout? And why did everyone start tweeting #jesuiscirconflexe in 2016?
Written and Created by Me.
Art by kvd102
Translations:
Le...
Is it oignon or ognon? Coût or cout? And why did everyone start tweeting #jesuiscirconflexe in 2016?
Written and Created by Me.
Art by kvd102
Translations:
Le Napolitain - French
Ivan - German
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
Is it oignon or ognon? Coût or cout? And why did everyone start tweeting #jesuiscirconflexe in 2016?
Written and Created by Me.
Art by kvd102
Translations:
Le Napolitain - French
Ivan - German
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
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The product of a century of fierce intellectual debate and a united Germany.
JOHNSON, SALLY. “On the Origin of Linguistic Norms: ORTHOGRAPHY, Ideology and the ...
The product of a century of fierce intellectual debate and a united Germany.
JOHNSON, SALLY. “On the Origin of Linguistic Norms: ORTHOGRAPHY, Ideology and the First Constitutional Challenge to the 1996 Reform of German.” Language in Society 31, no. 4 (2002): 549–76. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404502314039.
Upward, Christopher, ed. Journal of the Simplified Spelling Society, 1996. http://spellingsociety.org/uploaded_journals/j25-journal-1420110618.pdf#:~:text=Journal%20of%20the%20Simplified%20Spelling%20Society%20No.25%E2%80%941999%2F1%20The,campaigns%20to%20educate%20and%20influence%20public%20and%20political
The product of a century of fierce intellectual debate and a united Germany.
JOHNSON, SALLY. “On the Origin of Linguistic Norms: ORTHOGRAPHY, Ideology and the First Constitutional Challenge to the 1996 Reform of German.” Language in Society 31, no. 4 (2002): 549–76. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404502314039.
Upward, Christopher, ed. Journal of the Simplified Spelling Society, 1996. http://spellingsociety.org/uploaded_journals/j25-journal-1420110618.pdf#:~:text=Journal%20of%20the%20Simplified%20Spelling%20Society%20No.25%E2%80%941999%2F1%20The,campaigns%20to%20educate%20and%20influence%20public%20and%20political
I've heard a lot of people complain about spelling reforms, and rightly so, considering some of the stupid ideas people have come up with. But how do you make an actual good spelling reform? Also I explain why the letter "ß" exists in German.
Written and Created by Me.
Art by kvd102
0:00 English Spelling
0:33 Worst Spelling Reform Ideas
1:07 Actually Okay Spelling Reform Ideas
1:30 Spelling Reforms Do Happen
1:40 German Spelling Reform
2:31 Why Does the Eszett Exist?
3:55 Changes to How the Eszett is Used
4:34 What Makes a Spelling Reform Good?
5:17 Applying This to English (badly)
5:50 There Are Good Spelling Reforms.
Translations:
Ivan - German
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
YOAV - Hebrew
Rubýñ - Spanish
palpatinezw - Standard Mandarin
jailbreakmaster32 - Portuguese
In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce certain letter combinations in German. This video is meant for beginners who just started to learn German and need some guidance in terms of pronunciation. The examples used are all part of A1. I will read each example twice. To practice your pronunciation I recommend to pause the video inbetween and pronounce the word out loud.
👉 For our A1.1 VIDEO COURSE follow this link
https://www.yourgermanteacher.com/a-1-1-german-online-course
👉 And here you can find our NEW HOMEPAGE:
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👉 Get work sheets and more to ALL our videos and become a member here:
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Video Content
0:40 ie / ei
1:47 au / eu & äu
2:43 vowels & mutation vowels + h
3:17 aa / ee / oo
3:53 nn / mm / ...
4:32 sch / ch / ck
6:57 sp / st
9:50 e / er
10:47 ig
11:43 tion
12:17 pf
13:05 Bonus Tipp
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Dutch spelling vs German spelling | Comparison on orthography.
How can you spell Dutch or German easily and correctly? I hope this video can be useful for beginners of both languages, especially for speakers of one language learning the other.
Dutch and German belong to the west branch of the Germanic language family, and they are particularly close to each other. It is very easy for a speaker or a learner of one language to notice the common features shared by the other language. But as a main aspect of their distinction, there is different logic in their orthographies.
With the comparison between Dutch and German orthographies I start my channel, aiming at help language learners to learn languages systematically. Comment below if you want me to talk about other themes of languages.
I was surprised at the amount of interest there was in my recent Shorts about the German spelling alphabet. So in this video, I take a slightly deeper dive into its history: why a spelling alphabet was needed, the abysmal first attempt, a new approach, a revision, and ideological complications.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Why a spelling alphabet?
01:22 A first attempt
01:46 A better solution
03:00 A few tweaks
03:51 Aryanisation
05:55 An industry norm
07:01 Meanwhile in East Germany...
07:34 In common use
08:04 De-Nazification
09:04 Tongue-twisters
09:39 Will it catch on?
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"Style Funk" and "Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
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Image campaign in favour of the German orthography reform of 1996. Developed by students of Berlin Hochschule der Künste, majors of Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation. Broadcast on Deutsche Welle (Germany's international broadcaster), Boulevard Deutschland, June 3rd, 1997.
This video will show you to differentiate the difference between the two s-sound of German spelling and to understand when to write the SS and ß according to the german spelling rules.
Is it oignon or ognon? Coût or cout? And why did everyone start tweeting #jesuiscirconflexe in 2016?
Written and Created by Me.
Art by kvd102
Translations:
Le Napolitain - French
Ivan - German
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
The product of a century of fierce intellectual debate and a united Germany.
JOHNSON, SALLY. “On the Origin of Linguistic Norms: ORTHOGRAPHY, Ideology and the First Constitutional Challenge to the 1996 Reform of German.” Language in Society 31, no. 4 (2002): 549–76. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404502314039.
Upward, Christopher, ed. Journal of the Simplified Spelling Society, 1996. http://spellingsociety.org/uploaded_journals/j25-journal-1420110618.pdf#:~:text=Journal%20of%20the%20Simplified%20Spelling%20Society%20No.25%E2%80%941999%2F1%20The,campaigns%20to%20educate%20and%20influence%20public%20and%20political
Gau (plural Gaue, Dutch: gouw, Frisian: gea or goa) is a Germanic term for a region within a country, often a former or actual province. It was used in medieval times, when it can be seen as roughly corresponding to an Englishshire. The administrative use of the term was revived as a subdivision during the period of Nazi Germany in 1933–1945. It still appears today in regional names, such as the Ambergau.
Medieval period
The Germanic word is reflected in Gothic gavi (neuter; genitive gaujis)
and early Old High German gewi, gowi (neuter) and in some compound names still -gawi as in Gothic (e.g. Durgawi "Thurgau", Alpagawi "Allgäu"), later gâi, gôi, and after loss of the stem suffix gaw, gao, and with motion to the feminine as gawa besides gowo (from gowio. Old Saxon shows further truncation to gâ, gô.
The German word is a gloss of the Latinpagus; hence the Gau is analogous with the pays of feudal France.
Old English, by contrast, has only traces of the word, which was ousted by scire from an early time, in names such as Noxga gā, Ohtga gā and perhaps in gōman, ġēman (yeoman), which would then correspond to the Old High German gaumann (Grimm) although the OED prefers connection of yeoman to young.
ROCHESTER — Madeline Gau speaks four languages and has already traveled to more countries than most people do in a lifetime — and she’s only a junior in high school ... Since she swims with a club team, Gau only gets about five weeks off per year.
The German village of Gau-Weinheim is about to be awarded the accolade of possessing the world’s most tilted tower, putting Pisa to shame and toppling the record holder. Gau-Weinheim ...