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  2. DIN 5008 - Wikipedia

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    Sample of a German business letter, designed according to the rules of DIN 5008. The German national standard DIN 5008 by Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) specifies writing and layout rules for word processing. As such it is one of the fundamental standards for office communication and administrative work in Germany.

  3. List of German abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    with friendly regards (lit. ' greetings ') for formal emails, the standard way of closing a German business letter DW, T, F Mi Mittwoch: Wednesday: date/time L, T Mil. Million(en) million(s) L Mio. L, T m.M./m.M.n. meiner Meinung/meiner Meinung nach: in my opinion F, DW Mo Montag: Monday: date/time L, T möbl. möbliert: furnished accommodation ...

  4. Valediction - Wikipedia

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    A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3] [4] or a speech made at a farewell.

  5. German alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The letter q in German only ever appears in the sequence qu (/kv/), with the exception of loanwords, e.g., Coq au vin or Qigong (which is also written Chigong). The letter x (Ix, /ɪks/) occurs almost exclusively in loanwords. Native German words that are now pronounced with a /ks/ sound are usually written using chs or cks, as with Fuchs (fox).

  6. German keyboard layout - Wikipedia

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    The positions of the "Z" and "Y" keys are switched. In English, the letter "y" is very common and the letter "z" is relatively rare, whereas in German the letter "z" is very common and the letter "y" is very uncommon. [1] The German layout places "z" in a position where it can be struck by the index finger, rather than by the weaker little finger.

  7. Aal - eel; aalen - to stretch out; aalglatt - slippery; Aas - carrion/rotting carcass; aasen - to be wasteful; Aasgeier - vulture; ab - from; abarbeiten - to work off/slave away

  8. Council for German Orthography - Wikipedia

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    German (or a variety of German) is spoken by a sizeable minority, but has no legal recognition. The Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁaːt fyːɐ̯ ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈʁɛçtˌʃʁaɪbʊŋ] , " Council for German Orthography " or " Council for German Spelling " [ 1 ] ), or RdR , is the main international body regulating ...

  9. Category:German words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves.Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase.