Is it necessary to use the Eszett (ß) in written German?
My teacher told me that it was okay to write two esses instead of the Eszett. For instance, it was okay to write "die Strasse" instead of "die Straße" but I'd like to know what native German speakers would write if they had to write "street" in German. Thanks for reading this.
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Well, we would write "Straße".
But for example, I was taught to write "Strasse" on an international letter, because the machines might not be able to read "ß".
I don't know, if that is true or not. :D
But in general we use to write it with "ß", if we learn to write it like that.
I hope I was able to answer your question :)
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Normally "Straße". In most German-speaking areas "Strasse" is only okay if you don't have "ß" available (e.g. on a foreign keyboard). It's the normal form in Switzerland, though, because they generally use "ss" instead of "ß" there.
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Hello ,
as Dirk already said: Only in Switzerland they use ss instead of ß .
We use ß
a) after long vowels: Straße, groß, Fuß....
b) after diphthongs: weiß, heiß, gießen.....
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