Do you mean until 1996? Looked it up on Duden.de and there it’s only “Schiffahrt” with the mention you wrote it “Schifffahrt” in the past.
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tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 8 months agoSchifffahrt is spelled with tripple-f since 1996.
Yrt@feddit.de 8 months ago
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 8 months ago
No, since. In 1996 it went from being spelled with with double-f to triple-f. Since 2004 you can also write “Schiff-Fahrt”.
But triple-f is the correct spelling to this day.
Yrt@feddit.de 8 months ago
Oh nice, duden itself isn’t consistent with it’s content. Searching “Schiffahrt” gets me the result that the triple f is the old way of writing it: www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Schiffahrt
But I don’t understand your last sentence. If both are correct than both are the right way. It’s just like “größer wie xy” is correct for a couple of years. Maybe it doesn’t sound nice, but it’s correct.
Samsy@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Der Duden hat an vielen stellen einfach aufgegeben ein strenges Regelwerk zu sein. Wenn es wegen irgendeinem Wort Uneinigkeit gibt wird einfach beides erlaubt.
yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 8 months ago
Not the Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft though, as it’s referring to a company which was established prior to 1996.