Grundschrift

Grundschrift (basic handwriting, literally ground script) is a simplified form of handwriting adopted by Hamburg schools, and it is currently endorsed by the German National Primary Schoolteachers' Union.^[1]

Script type

Alphabet

Period

–

LanguagesGerman

ISO 15924Latf (217), ​Latin (Fraktur variant)

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Latin script (Sütterlin subvariant)
Hamburg's block letters.
Script type	Alphabet
Period	–
Languages	German
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Latf (217), ​Latin (Fraktur variant)
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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If nationally adopted, it would replace the three different German cursives currently being taught in schools: the Lateinische Ausgangsschrift (introduced in 1953), the Schulausgangsschrift (1968), and the Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift (1969), providing a standardized system of handwriting in German school systems.^[2]

Grundschrift letters are written separately as block letters as opposed to cursive script, in which letters are conjoined together in a flowing motion.