Can you just write ss instead of ß?
Hello, I wanted to ask what really applies now?
My teacher told me that words like big, fun, street, football, hot, etc. can be written with an ss instead if you want. So big, fun, street, football, etc.
I've also seen letters where people write "Strasse" instead of "Straße." But when I google it, it says that only "Straße" is correct, not "Strasse"… So, can you just use both if you want, or is "Strasse" actually not allowed and you have to write "Straße"?
Could my teachers mark it in red as a spelling mistake if I write ss instead of ß?
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The rule states that a double S is written after a briefly spoken vowel and a bit is written after a long spoken or double vowel (diphtong; ei, au etc.). SS is always used for large words and there are exceptions for own names.
So if you follow your teacher, you make a mistake – quite officially. The double-S is usually used only after short spoken vowels, for large fonts and in compositions.
There are clear rules when to use β or ss. Only if ß is not available, e.g. because only large sums are required, can be used instead of ß.
In Switzerland and in Lichtenstein, the ß is abolished, where one basically writes ss.
In Germany, Austria and all other countries in which German is spoken and written as a minority language, this is not the case. A correctly working German teacher would therefore mark ss instead of β as a mistake. Your teacher is wrong.
The legal authority responsible for all offices and schools is the Council for German spelling, https://www.rechtschreibrat.com/DOX/rfdr_regeln_2016_redigiert_2018.pdf
He says to ß/ss in the official rules under Section 25
In the German language there are rules for the use of β and ss.
This is now the old spelling, with ss. According to today’s regulations, this would be wrong, but many still write it without ß because they have learned it so, but you could mark it as a mistake in class.
No, in the old spelling it was used even more frequently, in today’s spelling it was replaced by ss after short vowels.
Example:
The road on the river is wet. (old)
The road by the river is wet. (new)
No, according to the current German rules, that would be wrong.
Small: Road
Versalien/ Kapitälchen: STRASSE
In short, no