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How can I show LaTeX the hyphenation rules for a word in a .bib file?

The word Phasenumwandlung hangs out of the textarea.

Phasenumwandlung 
   |
  should 
  brake
  here

I have added \hyphenation{Pha-sen-um-wand-lung}

But that does not help.

The text is english and german. The bibliography was set to english, because most entries were english.

Edit: It will take some time until I can provide a MWE. But for me the \- is the best solution.

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write Pha\-sen\-um\-wand\-lung in your bib file ... – Kurt Dec 11 '12 at 22:25
That works. Why does the hyphenation command not work? – Jonas Stein Dec 11 '12 at 22:36
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@JonasStein Without an example it's impossible to say. – egreg Dec 11 '12 at 22:41
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I'm not sure, but I think it depends that your bibliography is contained in a bbl file (inserted in your file). So it depends on the order of doing the hyphenation and the insertion I think. I never tried it out because writing \- runs very well ... – Kurt Dec 11 '12 at 22:53
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There should be no need to add an \hyphenation command: The german pattern knows how to hyphenate this word. And it should work in your bibliography too. So probably your language setup is wrong. Using \- may work but is only a work-around. You should better make an example. – Ulrike Fischer Dec 12 '12 at 13:14
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closed as too localized by lockstep, Joseph Wright♦ Feb 2 at 21:41

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