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Conjugation of verbs with the ß in pattern.text.de appears to be broken

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Description

Attempting to conjugate verbs which contain the "ß" character results in a misspelling. Conjugating the same verb with "ss" in place of "ß" results in the correct spelling.

For example, "heißen" renders to "heeißen".

from pattern.text.de import conjugate

conjugate('heißt')
Out[3]: 'heeißen'

conjugate('heißen')
Out[4]: 'heeißen'

conjugate('heissen')
Out[5]: 'heissen'

conjugate('beißen')
Out[6]: 'beeißen'

conjugate('beissen')
Out[7]: 'beissen'

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Start by reproducing the examples through pattern.text.de.conjugate, comparing verbs containing ß with their ss equivalents. Trace the German conjugation path responsible for the extra vowel. Done means heißen and beißen produce the expected conjugations while the existing ss behavior remains correct.

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