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cbmueller··on The capital sharp S in now part of the official German orthography
Here is the full list of non compounded words containing an "sz".

Abszeß - Adoleszenz - Disziplin - Eszett - Faszie - Faszination - Fluoreszenz - Koaleszenz - Konfiszierung - lasziv - Lumineszenz - Obszönität - omniszient - Oszillation - phosphoresziere - Plebiszit - Proszenium - Rekognoszierung - Rekonvaleszent - Szene - viszeral

Most of these actually are of latin origin. My favorite is obviously "Abszeß" - probably the only word in the german language that will show a non compounded co-existence of "sz" and "ß".

cbmueller··on The capital sharp S in now part of the official German orthography
Absolutely true, it's not really its own letter nor is it really a ligature. It's an unique feature of the german language, which is hopefully here to stay...
cbmueller··on The capital sharp S in now part of the official German orthography
It's actually a ligature for "sz" - at least it used to be. You probably won't find many german words that have an actual "sz" in them.
cbmueller··on Ask HN: What cool development languages/tools changed your career?
For me: https://d3js.org/ Once i learned how to use d3 i was like: This is what i want to do.