Questions tagged [german]
{german} is for questions specific to the German language, including e.g. umlauts or the implementation of German conventions and standards.
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How to code ß (German "sharp S") in BibTeX
I have an author called Jörg Geißler, whom I want to include in my BibTeX database.
I tried to use
Gei\ssler, J\"{o}rg
but this doesn't work correctly. I can't generate the PDF anymore. How do I ...
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Automatic german quotation marks
I would like to compile a file according to German standards, in which quotation marks are to be put like this:
\glqq text \grqq
In my LaTeX document I use quotation marks in the standard way: ''text'...
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pdfTeX warning: has been referenced but does not exist, replaced by a fixed one, with German Umlaut
I'm new to LaTeX, and have been given a LaTeX draft for writing a thesis. Everything works fine except for this warning:
see the transcript file for additional information)pdfTeX warning (dest): name{...
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Searchable and copyable small caps, ligatures and umlaut in PDF created by XeLaTex
I have several issues with searching and/or copy-pasting text from my PDF created with XeLaTex. Consider the following MWE, the PDF search gives me no results for certain words.
\documentclass[%
...
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How to use glossaries for different grammatical acronym forms?
I'm writing a paper in German and am struggling with how to make glossaries work for me. In German, there are 4 different cases, and depending on which combination a gender, case, singular/plural and ...
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Typesetting UTF8 listings with German Umlaute
I'm having some issues with listings that include German Umlaute. The following example code generates a completely messed up PDF.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[]{...
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How to get proper German hyphenation?
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{...
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Display historical characters "uͤ", "oͤ" and "aͤ"?
I'm trying to display the above mentioned symbols. These are German historical letters which I need to mention in my thesis. I just found how to display letters with an "o" above them, but nothing ...
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How to letter space (German) abbreviations automatically
In German abbreviations like "z. B." should be written with a space in between. In good old typewriter days the usual way to write them was without space. And even today I often type them without a ...
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"ö ü ä ß" in Latex (Mac, German, TeXShop) [closed]
It sounds simple but I have a really heavy issue with the "ö ü ä ß" in Latex.
I use a template from my university, i have a mac and i use TeXShop if that matters.
Within there is a packages.tex with ...
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How to change date format to German?
I use the \today comment, then it produces 26th February. However in my context, I want 26ten Februar. How can I change that?
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ſ (long s) and hyphenation
I'm using UTF-8 so it is – if one is using the right font – no problem to implement the different types of s in older German texts (s, ſ, ß). Unfortunately the hyphenation breaks because LaTeX does ...
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Package babel Error: Unknown option `ngerman' [duplicate]
I've tried to create German quotation marks in LaTeX, but after compiling with \usepackage[ngerman]{babel}, I get this error:
! Package babel Error: Unknow option `ngerman'. Either you misspelled it
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biblatex and German juristic commentaries
I need to get my manuscript ready for my publisher, and can't seem to get a few things fixed with biblatex. I'm using biblatex with the biblatex-juradiss style together with jurabook as a document ...
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German character not rendered to pdf
I just started using LaTeX, and need to use the character "ü". I already have this in main file :
%%% Sprach- und zeichensatzspezifische Pakete
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\...
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ngerman.sty not found
Whenever I try to compile my .tex file, I get the following error:
! LaTeX Error: File ngerman.sty not found.
Type X to quit or to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
Enter ...
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Remapping German sharp s (Eszett)
I assume mine is a general problem with remapping, but what I want to do
is to use, with Linux Libertine (and XeLaTeX), the round (ligature ss)
form of German sharp s (E04C) instead of the standard ...
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German bibliography in Overleaf with plainnat style
I wanted to switch my bibliography from \usepackage[round]{natbib} and \bibliographystyle{plainnat} to a style, that does not give me and instead of und between the autors.
I tried \usepackage{bibgerm}...
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latex interpretation of selected German and Latin as well as mathematics-physics characters via matlab-prettifier
I want to append some matlab code to a tex document and I use the matlab-prettifier package for that. I updated my miktex installation yesterday and I am now forced to use the \UseRawInputEncoding ...
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What is the history of the ß (Eszett) in the T1 encoding of Computer modern?
In the default font (Computer modern) the ß looks ugly to me. It really sticks out on a page as if it would come from a different font. Here's an image:
What is the history of this character? Why ...
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Template for a German CV with moderncv
I currently need to write a CV in German and decided to with moderncv.
I find the class quite good. One issue I have is that the content and style of a German CV can be quite different than one for ...
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ConTeXt: uppercase ß, customizing glyph substitution
I've been trying to get a capital ß out of ConTeXt in contexts where automatic uppercasing is meant to happen, and get strange results. I am very new to ConTeXt. Also, I don't like the oldtsyle ...
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Class moderncv with German bibliography without numbered bibitems
With documentclass moderncv one can include a list of published papers. If you try this is German one could use bibliography style gerplain getting some errors (solved in question Problem with ...
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German umlauts are OK, but ß appears as "SS" [duplicate]
I'm writing a paper in German, and these are my settings for font:
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Required for inputting international characters
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Use 8-bit encoding
\...
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German hyphenation does not work
My babel configuration includes ngerman and english ...
\documentclass[
oneside, openright, titlepage,
dottedtoc, numbers=noenddot,
headinclude, footinclude=true,
cleardoublepage=empty, abstractoff,
...
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How do I prevent "s from turning into ß with babel?
I'm writing a German document and thus I need äÄöÖüÜß to work. However I don't use it this way: "a"A"o... I just type äÄö...
My Problem is that "Test" s is displayed as "Testß
Here is a MWE:
% !...
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Is there a way to add accented characters support to the QRcode package?
Is there a way to add accented characters support to the qrcode package ?
\documentclass[french]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\...
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LuaLaTex Hyphenation not working with Times New Roman loaded
i have the problem that the Hyphenation ist nor working correctly when i have loaded the Font Times New Roman.
I'm using LuaLaTex and here you can see my MWE:
\documentclass[%
a4paper,
12pt,
DIV=...
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Soft hyphens with priority don't change style with their environment but should do so
Feeding
\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
%%% The following 3 lines may be uncommented; it doesn't really matter.
%\hyphenpenalty=49% one less than the default ...
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Mysterious capitalization of German quotes shorthands in biblatex
I try to hunt down a strange problem with German quotes and the babel shortcuts. I already asked another question (German quotes with biblatex/biber), but this is the real MWE that matters. There ...
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Apply lefthyphenmin to parts of a word spelled with hyphens
In German, there are some words that have a single letter separated with a hyphen, for example "E-Ink-Display", "E-Auto" (electric car), "E-Mail", "x-Achse" (x-...
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How can I use expl3 text_uppercase for hyperref bookmarks with German umlauts?
When I use text_uppercase with German umlauts and hyperref option "unicode=true", the umlauts get replaced by 'A's with a tilde in the bookmarks. I set the option "unicode=true" due to the fact that I ...
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LaTeX compiles <" a> to <ä>
I write a German text in case that matters and use these packages:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{...
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How to change page display with biblatex? [duplicate]
I am using biblatex with style=authoryear-icomp and German settings. My citation show like this: (Thomas 2011b, S. 143)
I just want to change the S. (for page) with :, thus it would read: (Thomas ...
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How to make a given thesis template compatible with German umlauts (error with Unicode char)
To Thesis.tex (of Sunil Patel's Thesis Template.zip) I added these two lines (to allow for German special characters):
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % my edit
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % my edit
in the
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Use "retrieved on (German: Besucht am)" only in the bibliography if URL
I want "Besucht am:" to only appear in the bibliography if an URL is used. Unfortunately, the "Besucht am: + date" appears in all sources and there are hundreds...
Here's my code:
\...
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Color names in the current language in LaTeX
Let's say we wish to verbalize the colors used in a document in the current language:
\documentclass[USenglish,ngerman]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\...
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Looking for a specific style in Biblatex
Im new to Latex in general. As Im writing a new document I wanted to try this with Latex.
Unfortunately Im not able to find the correct style for my reference and citation.
For my references:
For my ...
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HowTo insert text beside of the portrait in moderncv (casual style)?
In the German Resumé we ought to insert personal details (see "Persönliche Angaben" in the picture below).
Since I have no other place left in my CV (casual style of moderncv), I would like to append ...
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Journal of Finance Template German '*.bst'
I am currently writing my bachelor thesis and I am using LyX as my standard writing program (because I am not familiar with LaTeX at all).
For my bibliographystyle I use JabRef and the citation style ...
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Trying to assign priorities to different breaking points in a word. Discretionary broken?
I try to assign priorities to different breaking points in a word. To this end, I work around the bug Soft hyphens with priority don't change style with their environment but should do so and ...
user224332
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Footer disappears in moderncv v2
When I inserted a box with personal information besides the portrait in moderncv with this method, the footer disappears (contained contact options). When the code from \makeatletter to \makeatother ...
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