Editing Bernhard Rust (section)

==Spelling reform==
Rust prepared a reform of German [[orthography]], and his fairly-extensive version corresponded to the ideas of the spelling reformers of the 1970s (lowercase common nouns, elimination of lengthening symbols). The attempt met internal resistance within the Reich's ministry. The [[German orthography reform of 1944]] also failed.

Before those failures, the rules of the reform had been printed in millions of copies intended for classroom use and published in numerous newspapers. The 1944 reform was postponed on the orders of Hitler because it was "not important for the war effort". Some of Rust's innovations had, however, found their way into the 1942 [[Duden]], such as the spelling of the word ''Kautsch'' for ''Couch'', which persisted into the 1980s.

Many of the proposed changes were finally implemented with the [[German orthography reform of 1996]].