Rechtschreibung

== German == === Etymology === Late 16th or early 17th century calque of Latin ortographia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (orthogrăphĭ́ā); compare Old High German rehtscrībāri (“person who writes correctly”), itself a calque of Latin orthographus. By surface analysis, recht (“proper, correct”) +‎ Schreibung (“spelling”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁɛçtˌʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ/ Hyphenation: Recht‧schrei‧bung === Noun === Rechtschreibung f (genitive Rechtschreibung, plural Rechtschreibungen) 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== rechtschreiblich rechtschreiben, Rechtschreiben Rechtschreiberei rechtschreiberisch ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: retskrivning (calque) → Norwegian: rettskriving (calque) === References === === Further reading === “Rechtschreibung” in Duden online “Rechtschreibung”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)