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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.

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.

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

See also

• Kurrent
• Sütterlin

References

1. The Guardian - German teachers campaign to simplify handwriting in schools
2. "Grundschrift - Schreibschrift: Verlust oder Gewinn?". Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2014-01-23.

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