[Snowball-discuss] German Stemming Algorithm

[Martin Porter]

>Whats the s or st-ending?
>Could you declare it with the example word "absterbenden" ?
>

Norman,

I'm sorry to have been so long in replying, but I did not quite understand
your email. A valid st ending means one of b, d, f, g, h, k, l, m, n or t. I
don't quite see what "absterbenden" is doing ...

>Another Question: Who wrote that algorithm?

me.

Martin