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Old 12-18-2012, 03:41 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by xendula View Post
The is no transliteration that I know of. Funny, I always use ss for ß, since that's also what I would use when capitalizing (there is no capital ß).
Both versions exist. The Swiss, who don't have ß, as you know, use "ss" all the time. It used to be that "SZ" was "mandatory" when wanting to use ß in capital letters, but these days "SS" is equally possible.

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I used to think that "ß" was only used after a long vowel - eg "Straße" (street), but then I came across words like "Schloß" (castle) where the vowel is NOT long. Is there any "rule", or is it simply a matter of learning which words have a "ß" and which don't?
It is (was!) another rule, stating that no word must end with ss, so you always used ß instead (daß, muß, Schloß). This is no longer true, though, and these days you write dass, muss, Schloss.

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