since it has a long vowel, it should be mäßig (not capitalized unless starting a sentence or for tempo indication, e.g. "Mäßig", but "Sehr mäßig"), but use the ss when the vowel is short, like in Mässagë
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa092898.htm http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%C3%A4%C3%9Fig http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/dass (indicates old spelling as well) >I know there have been some changes in German >spelling conventions recently, but I'm not >certain of the specifics. >Is "Mäßig" still correct? Is "Mässig" incorrect? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
