Kathrin Kunkel-Razum was the first woman and first East German to head the Duden editorial team - and that for almost ten years. In conversation, she tells us which criteria a word must meet in order to be accepted into the Duden. She also talks about spelling reforms, the influence of the English language on German and why she does not consider any regulations or prohibitions on gender to be useful.
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