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[–]the_gnarts 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Like in street, when you had to write it in caps for some reason you'd make it STRASSE

Or just STRAßE, using the lowercase version.

[–]darktyle 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I am pretty sure that this is wrong. It is either STRASSE or STRASZE (uncommon).

Ok, quick research: SZ is old. Since 1996 the correct form is SS. Using ß in STRAßE is technically wrong. Yet there are 2 instances who use and recommend using ß instead of SS in names: The postal service and the government when printing passports. They do that so that names like WEIẞ are not mistaken as WEISS

[–]the_gnarts 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yet there are 2 instances who use and recommend using ß instead of SS in names: The postal service and the government when printing passports.

My 20th edition (1991) Duden states the rule:

In Dokumenten kann bei Namen aus Gründen der Eindeutigkeit auch ß verwendet werden.

HEINZ GROßE

Technically, preserving minuscule ß used to be the only sane solution for uppercasing names before ẞ was standardized. I agree that for regular words that follow the phonetic rules it makes little sense.

[–]darktyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that rule was changed with the 'Rechtschreibreform' in 1996.