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  ### 🇩🇪 German
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- Wir verwenden die **neue deutsche Rechtschreibung**.
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- #### Elisions, contractions
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+ We use **neue deutsche Rechtschreibung**.
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+ #### Apostrophes
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+ We follow the rules from [Duden](https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln/apostroph) but made a few additional rules to improve consistency:
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+ 1. At the end of a word, when an -e is omitted, we generally use apostrophes **except in the case of imperatives**. Example: `Komm her!` but `Ich komm' her`. See rule [D13/2](https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln/apostroph#D13)
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+ 2. Contractions with `e` in the middle of a word. We apply the rules See rule [D13/1](https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln/apostroph#D13) in many cases except for when its harder to read: `seh'n` but `verstehn`.
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