Don Blaheta wrote:
> Aber nat=FCrlich! When -chen is added (-lein too? I forget), it front=
s
> the main vowel, i.e. umlauts it. Thus "Katz" but "K=E4tzchen", "Mad" b=
ut
> "M=E4dchen", and presumably "Kuh" but "K=FChchen".
Often but not always. Anyway, if so, that ruins the supposed perfect
minimal pair kuchen/Kuhchen.
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