Official documentation
Deutsche Rechtschreibung: Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis (amtliches Regelwerk, Fassung 2024)
Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung, 2024
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- What it is
- The official German spelling and punctuation rules, in the 2024 edition that the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung published, with a rewritten punctuation chapter that includes quotation marks.
- How much weight it carries
- The authoritative German rulebook, binding in schools and administration from July 2024. The quotation-mark chapter is in the punctuation part; examples print the marks, while the text does not restate the low position in words.
Facts taken from this source
- The 2024 official German rules print direct speech with the low opening quotation mark („) and the high closing quotation mark (“).
“„Dass ich immer arbeiten muss!“, seufzte sie.” (Zeichensetzung, direct speech example (Anführungszeichen, § 79))