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Code:

\documentclass[paper=3.5cm:5cm]{scrbook}
\usepackage{german}
\usepackage[german]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
Andere übertragen das am besten den Geschwistern.
\end{document}

Output:

Rendered document

Hyphenation for these standard German words is incorrect. I know that we can specify hyphenation manually, e.g. übertra\-gen, but that makes source code less readable, and it would be tedious for an entire book.

How do I tell LaTeX to use proper hyphenation?

Desired hyphenation is for a German text authored between 1914 and 1918.

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The german package is obsolete. You should instead load

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

Example, where \parbox{0pt} is used to force TeX to hyphenate as much as possible.

\documentclass[]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[german]{babel}

\begin{document}

\parbox{0pt}{\hspace{0pt}Andere übertragen das am besten den Geschwistern.}

\end{document}

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    This will still get a lot of words wrong, using \usepackage[ngerman=ngerman-x-latest]{hyphsubst} is recommended.
    – Konstantin W
    Commented Jul 23, 2020 at 10:57
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    @KonstantinW I thought it's \babelprovide[hyphenrules=ngerman-x-latest]{ngerman}. Any difference between the two?
    – user224332
    Commented Aug 23, 2022 at 22:30
  • @KonstantinW That was OP's point, in fact, they needed the hyphenation rules that were in use 100 years ago.
    – Qrrbrbirlbel
    Commented Jun 19, 2023 at 17:47
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I used...

\documentclass[ngerman, a4paper, 12pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}

...and there were still errors with hyphenation.

What fixed it for me was:

\babelprovide[hyphenrules=ngerman-x-latest]{ngerman}
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  • That was OP's point, in fact, they needed the hyphenation rules that were in use 100 years ago.
    – Qrrbrbirlbel
    Commented Jun 19, 2023 at 17:49
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The "ngerman" language variant hyphenates according to the rules introduced by the "Rechtschreibreform" 1996. The OP wanted

hyphenation [..] for a German text authored between 1914 and 1918

To use the hyphenation rules valid at this time (de-1901), replace "ngerman" with "german".

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  • I believe this is covered by egreg's answer which uses german and not ngerman.
    – Qrrbrbirlbel
    Commented Jun 19, 2023 at 17:48
  • While in the given example the hyphenation is correct, more and better hyphenation for de-1901 can be achieved with the "german-x-latest" patterns from "dehyph-exptl", i.e. a mix of egreg's and themenance's answers --- adding \babelprovide[hyphenrules=german-x-latest]{german} to egreg's example.
    – G. Milde
    Commented Nov 28, 2023 at 22:10

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