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Sentence without umlaut.\newline
Sentence with an ümlaut.\newline
Sentence without an s-sharp.\newline
Sentence with an s-ßharp.\newline

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Words without umlaut.\newline
Words with an ümlaut.\newline
Sentence without an s-sharp.\newline
Sentence with an s-ßharp.\newline

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