Rechtschreibung

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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Recht‧schrei‧bung

Noun

Rechtschreibung f (genitive Rechtschreibung, plural Rechtschreibungen)

  1. orthography
    Synonym: (learned) Orthographie

Usage notes

  • Compounds are usually formed from the verbal stem rechtschreib-, especially in Rechtschreibfehler and Rechtschreibreform. In less lexicalised compounds both ways are possible (e.g. Rechtschreibfragen or Rechtschreibungsfragen).

Declension

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

Further reading

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