Editing German orthography (section)

{{Short description|Orthography used in writing the German language}}
{{For|the international agreement about spelling rules among most German-speaking countries|German orthography reform of 1996}}
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'''German orthography''' is the [[orthography]] used in [[writing]] the [[German language]], which is largely [[phonemic orthography|phonemic]]. However, it shows many instances of spellings that are historic or analogous to other spellings rather than phonemic. The pronunciation of almost every word can be derived from its spelling once the spelling rules are known, but the opposite is not generally the case.

Today, [[Standard German|Standard High German]] orthography is regulated by the {{lang|de|[[Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung]]}} (Council for German Orthography), composed of representatives from most [[German Sprachraum|German-speaking countries]].