org.apache.lucene.analysis.de

Class GermanStemmer

public class GermanStemmer extends Object

A stemmer for German words. The algorithm is based on the report "A Fast and Simple Stemming Algorithm for German Words" by Jörg Caumanns (joerg.caumanns@isst.fhg.de).

Version: $Id: GermanStemmer.java,v 1.11 2004/05/30 20:24:20 otis Exp $

Author: Gerhard Schwarz

Method Summary
protected Stringstem(String term)
Stemms the given term to an unique discriminator.

Method Detail

stem

protected String stem(String term)
Stemms the given term to an unique discriminator.

Parameters: term The term that should be stemmed.

Returns: Discriminator for term

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