Rechtschreibung

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German

Etymology

Late 16th or early 17th century calque of Latin ortographia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (orthographíā); compare Old High German rehtscrībāri (“person who writes correctly”), itself a calque of Latin orthographus.[1][2] By surface analysis, recht (“proper, correct”) +‎ Schreibung (“spelling”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɛçtˌʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: Recht‧schrei‧bung

Noun

Rechtschreibung f (genitive Rechtschreibung, plural Rechtschreibungen)

  1. orthography
    Synonym: (learned) Orthographie

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of Rechtschreibung
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Rechtschreibung die Rechtschreibungen
genitive einer der Rechtschreibung der Rechtschreibungen
dative einer der Rechtschreibung den Rechtschreibungen
accusative eine die Rechtschreibung die Rechtschreibungen

Descendants

  • → Danish: retskrivning (calque)
  • → Norwegian: rettskriving (calque)

References

  1. ^ “Rechtschreibung” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
  2. ^ “Rechtschreibung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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