German euro steno

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The German Euro-Steno , also called Euro-Steno , is a shorthand system that was developed by Nicolas Richter, professor at the University of Kassel , and first published in 1978.

presentation

The German Euro-Steno is a self-spelling system, i. H. the vowels are not like z. B. symbolically represented in the German unified shorthand or in the Stolze-Schrey system , but written consistently as a separate unchangeable vowel mark. It belongs to the group of systems with rigid spread vocalization such as B. also the system of Karl Scheithauer . The German Euro-Steno reminds us here and there of the systems from Arends , Roller and Brauns .

The characters for the consonants consist of one and two-stage characters. This includes several right-slanted characters (such as r and rr and -ung in the German unified shorthand). The similar sounds b and p, d and t as well as g and k differ in their character size. An elongated oval has been chosen for r, the circle for l and the point loop for j. The characters for r and l are written to the right or left depending on the connection. With Nachlaut-r, the characters that are just ending become descenders. R is appended to right-round characters; Characters ending on the left merge with the character for r. After the upstroke signs for the vowels, r is written left-handed. When a word ends with an r, the r becomes a trailing character. In a number of cases, the r can be extracted from the following coauthor.

The unstressed final syllables -en, -te, -ten, -rten, -se, -sen etc. are represented by special characters; unstressed e is always left out in endings and closing syllables. Even in the basic level, d, s, z and sometimes k are left out if they are initial sounds . This rule is found in a similar way in the w and h rules of Arends and Roller.

The German Euro-Steno has over 90 abbreviations, i.e. its own short characters for the most common words as well as prefixes and suffixes . A number of abbreviations are also used for words that sound the same without differentiating the part of speech, which is also the case with the simplified shorthand Schultz and the stepography . In the German Euro-Steno z. B. the abbreviation for "for" is also used in "leading" and the abbreviation for "itself" is also used in "surely". What is striking is the use of the point, which is used in two different positions for six words and syllables.

The Euro-Steno system has many special rules and exceptions such as B. also the German unified shorthand, which makes learning complicated. The system is tripartite; The 110 learning units in the textbook are divided into three groups, which correspond to a basic level, an intermediate level and an advanced level. The textbook was developed for self-teaching.

distribution

This shorthand system is mainly used in the Kassel area . The Kassel Chamber of Commerce and Industry also conducts shorthand exams using the Euro-Steno system.

literature

  • Daacke, Georg van: German "Euro-Steno" - A high-performance shorthand ?, in: Deutsche Stenografenzeitung 5/1979, pp. 98-103
  • Euro-Steno, in: Stolze-Schrey-Post 3/2000, p. 35
  • Richter, Nicolas: German Euro-Steno. The modern high-performance shorthand also for foreign languages, Schulverlag Hans Meister KG, Kassel 1978