The spelling reform and the future of German language

本研究旨在为1998年开始实施的拼写改革收集数据，并分析其存在的各种问题。2000年，《法兰克福汇报》回归了旧的书写方式。FAZ是目前唯一一家拒绝新拼法的大报纸。但FAZ的决定受到公众的欢迎，仍然使用90%的旧拼写。这项有争议的拼写改革显然不为大多数人所接受。最年轻的杜登(2000)却让人困惑不已。它不能设定拼写的标准。在许多方面，曼海姆的正字法委员会似乎默默地回到了旧的正字法。据说，每家新闻出版公司都有自己的拼写。一言以蔽之，“改革之改”其实是必然的。

This study aims at obtaining data for the spelling reform that has entered in force in 1998 and analyzing its various problems.Two years after the introduction, the spelling reform is again issue. In 2000, the FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) has returned to the old way of writing.FAZ is at present the only big newspaper that has refused the new orthography. But the decision of FAZ is well received by the public that uses the old spelling 90 per cent still. The disputed spelling reform is obviously not acceptable to a large majority of the population. The youngest Duden (2000) makes the confusion actually still completely. It can not set the standard of the spelling.It seems that in many respects the Orthography Commission in Mannheim tacitly returns to the old Orthography. It is said that every press and publishing company has their orthography. In a word, the "reform of the reform" is actually inevitable.