Council for German Orthography

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The Council for German Orthography is the official body responsible for regulating and standardizing German spelling and writing conventions across German-speaking countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
language regulator ⓘ
standards organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (Council for German Orthography) ⓘ
appliesToLanguage German language ⓘ
linked to: German
appliesToRegion Austria ⓘ
East Belgium ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
German‑speaking communities worldwide ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
South Tyrol ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
cooperatesWith ministries of education in German‑speaking countries ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
fieldOfWork linguistics ⓘ
orthography ⓘ
standardization of written language ⓘ
hasMemberFrom Austria ⓘ
East Belgium ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
German‑speaking Community of Belgium ⓘ
German‑speaking education sector ⓘ
German‑speaking media ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
South Tyrol ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersCountry Germany ⓘ
headquartersLocation Mannheim ⓘ
inception 2004 ⓘ
issues official rules for German spelling ⓘ
recommendations on new German words and spellings ⓘ
jurisdiction German‑speaking countries ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
meetsAt Mannheim ⓘ
memberCount about 40 ⓘ
officialName Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung ⓘ
primaryGoal standardization of German spelling across countries ⓘ
regulates German orthography ⓘ
German punctuation rules ⓘ
German spelling ⓘ
replaced Interstate Commission for German Orthography ⓘ
responsibleFor maintenance of official German spelling rules ⓘ
publication of official German orthography rules ⓘ
updating German orthography ⓘ
shortName RdR ⓘ
supervises implementation of German spelling reform ⓘ
website https://www.rechtschreibrat.com ⓘ

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Germany → hasNationalLanguageRegulator → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
Council for German Orthography → officialName → Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung ⓘ
linked to: Council for German Orthography
Council for German Orthography → replaced → Interstate Commission for German Orthography ⓘ
linked to: Council for German Orthography
Council for German Orthography → alsoKnownAs → Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (Council for German Orthography) ⓘ
linked to: Council for German Orthography
German → hasRegulator → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
Dutch Language Union → cooperatesWith → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
RdR → regulates → German_orthography ⓘ
linked to: Council for German Orthography
RdR → precededBy → Zwischenstaatliche_kommission_für_deutsche_Rechtschreibung ⓘ
linked to: Council for German Orthography
Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung → regulates → amtliche deutsche Rechtschreibung ⓘ
linked to: Council for German Orthography
Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung → replaced → Zwischenstaatliche Kommission für deutsche Rechtschreibung ⓘ
linked to: Council for German Orthography
German spelling reform of 1996 → followedBy → Council for German Orthography ⓘ