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German Stenograph theory

Stenograph German theory

This documentation is based on my own interpretation of the theory as described in Deutsches System der computerkompatiblen Stenografie, by Andreas Olschewski and Wolfgang Groth. I am not fluent in German; I make no guarantees of accuracy.

Keyboard

S B G R * R M G S n
T D L L B D T e
  A U   O I  

The keyboard's steno order is as follows:

SBTGDRLAU*OIRLMBGDSTNE

Initial Consonants

Initial Chord
b B
ch SB, SGR
d D
f, ph BT
g G
h STD
j BTGD
k SB
l L
m GD
n RL
p BG
pf BTG
ps S
qu SGRL
r R
s S
sch, tsch SG
sk SB
sl, schl SL
sm, schm SGD
sn, schn SRL
sr, schr SR
sw, schw SBD
t T
v TD
w BD
x TGDRL
z, tz SD
zw SBD

Vowels

Vowel Chord
a A
e ∅*, AUOI
i I
o O
u U
au AU
eu, äu, oi, oy OI
ei, ai, ey, ay AI
ö AUO
ä AOI
ü, y UOI

* The E vowel is not written when unstressed: Tasse TA/S, betet B/T-T, gehen GAUOI.

Final Consonants

Final Chord
b -B
ch -BG
d -D
f -MG
g -G
k -BD
l -L
m -M
mp -MB
mpf -NMBG
n -RL
p -B
pf -MBG
r -R
s, ß -S
sch, tsch -GD
t -T
v -MG
x, ks, chs -BDS
z -DS

Finals

Vowel Chord
(h)e -e
(h)en -n
rn -Rn
er -ne

These are used for syllable-final sounds: Name RLAMe, Glühen GLUOIn, oder ODne.

Punctuation

Punctuation Chord
. BG*
, SB*
? BTRL*
! STL*
: BTGD*
; SP*
/ SR*
STR*
(, ) SBL*n, SBL*e (Klammern)
" SBGR*n, SBGR*e
- SGR*
space SD*
new paragraph GDRL*

Prefixes

Prefix Chord
ge SBT
be BGD
ver TD
kon SBGD
kom SBGD
ko SBGD
korr SBGDR
koll SBGDL
er TG
inter TRL/
inte TRL/
ex TGDRL

Suffixes

Suffix Chord
ment -MT
logie /LOI
lung -LMGS
rung -RMGS
iv -MG
tiv -MG
ktiv -MG
ssiv -MG
stiv -MG
iviert -MG/IRT
iviere -MG/IRe
ivieren -MG/IR
graphie GRAI
graphieren GRAIR
mentieren -MT/IR
isch -GD
logisch /LOGD
graphisch /GRAGD
matisch /GDAGD
sophie /SOI
sophisch /SOGD
keit -BDT
end /D-D
ende /De
endes /D-S
enden /Dn
ender /D-R
endem /D-M
heit /-MBGDT
rheit -RMBGDT
lheit -LMBGDT
nheit -RLMBGDT
ität -T
ionalität -GS/ALT
rnt -RMT
rnd -RMD
rns -RMS
rnst -RMST
rl -RMB
lns -LNS

Briefs

Word Outline
er AUI
ist S
es AUO
dies OI
das -D
den -n
in RL
ein AI
mit ML
für FR
auf -FD
mich A*O
uns U*O
ihm AU*O
ihn AU*I
ihr U*OI
ich AO
wir UO
es AUO
er AUI
sie UOI
Ihr U*I
Sie UI
und MN
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