Council for German Orthography

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intergovernmental organization language regulator standards organization

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
German_orthography 1
Interstate Commission for German Orthography 1
Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
language regulator ⓘ
standards organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Council for German Orthography ⓘ
surface form: Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (Council for German Orthography)
appliesToLanguage German ⓘ
surface form: German language
appliesToRegion Austria ⓘ
East Belgium ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
German‑speaking communities worldwide ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ⓘ
surface form: 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 Belgium ⓘ
surface form: German‑speaking Community of Belgium

German‑speaking education sector ⓘ
German‑speaking media ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ⓘ
surface form: 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 Council for German Orthography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung
primaryGoal standardization of German spelling across countries ⓘ
regulates German orthography ⓘ
German punctuation rules ⓘ
German spelling ⓘ
replaced Council for German Orthography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council for German Orthography → alsoKnownAs → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (Council for German Orthography)
Dutch Language Union → cooperatesWith → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
Germany → hasNationalLanguageRegulator → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
German → hasRegulator → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
Council for German Orthography → officialName → Council for German Orthography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung
RdR → precededBy → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zwischenstaatliche_kommission_für_deutsche_Rechtschreibung
RdR → regulates → Council for German Orthography ⓘ
this entity surface form: German_orthography
Council for German Orthography → replaced → Council for German Orthography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interstate Commission for German Orthography