Talk:Großenhain

Pronunciation
It would be useful to have a pronunciation for this town. I'm assuming it's pronounced as Grobenhain, but I don't know. I've just created a Grobenhain redirect to here anyway as the characters used in the article name make finding it difficult. Can anyone help? TheRetroGuy (talk) 21:32, 12 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Seems it might be Grossenhain since I just found a redirect from there. A Grobenhain redirect is still useful though. Unsure of the exact pronunciation I entered a Wikipedia search for Grobenhain and was asked "Did you mean Großenhain?". TheRetroGuy (talk) 21:38, 12 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Definitely is Grossenhain, so I've added a pronunciation. TheRetroGuy (talk) 21:45, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 21 September 2021

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Not moved. No such user (talk) 14:56, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Großenhain → Grossenhain – Grossenhain is used more commonly in English sources such as Tripadvisor, Google and Expedia Ale3353 (talk) 19:41, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Many German words contain the 'ß' which becomes 'ss' on non German typewriters. The German spelling is only modified if there is a well known English name like München (Munich). Inwind (talk) 20:23, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Ale3353 (talk) 14:42, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * oppose, we use the local spelling unless there is a very widely established English one used in high quality RS. (Hanover, Meissen). Google sometimes uses English names that haven't been widely used in written sources for 100 years. TripAdvisor and Expedia are no RS. —Kusma (talk) 08:02, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose as above. Absolutely no reason for a move. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:09, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose as above. Certainly not tech request In ictu oculi (talk) 17:38, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Wikipedia does use ‘ss’ instead of ‘ß’ in certain Geographical names if they are more commonly spelled like that in English sources such as Meissen or Giessen. Ale3353 (talk) 13:01, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Indeed. But they are much better known and much more frequently referred to in English-language sources. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:29, 27 September 2021 (UTC)