Do you write "stop" or "stop"?
The spelling of many words has changed somewhat since the spelling reform. Sometimes, however, two spellings are also permitted - as with the interjection stop, which can also be written as stop. But how do you write the stop or the corresponding verb?
Stop or stop?
Especially with English words, it is sometimes difficult to decide how to write them in German. This also includes the English translation of the interjection "halt!".
- In fact, the word stop can be written with a p or with a double P, i.e. as a stop. In both cases it is an interjection, i.e. a shout or a throw-in. The word comes from the English word "stop". Here it is always written with a p. This twofold spelling is only valid if the word is used as an interjection, for example on a street sign, as an exclamation or a thought insert.
- However, if the word is not an interjection, but a noun that denotes a halt or an interruption, it is written with a double P, i.e. as a stop. The stop also occurs in tennis and is also written with a double P here. The old spelling only included a P for the noun.
How to write the verb
- The verb stop in the sense of to stop is written with two P. You can already hear this from the separation of the spoken syllables: If you break the verb down into spoken syllables, it means stop-pen. This is because there is a short stressed vowel before a simple consonant. In most cases, the consonant is doubled here.
- The verb stop has never had a different form than the current spelling. So there was also after the old one spelling, orthography no stop. This word would have to be spoken in German with a long O, which of course totally contradicts the wording.
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