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 at isst.fhg.de).
Version:
$Id: GermanStemmer.java 178239 2005-05-24 18:44:20Z dnaber $
Author:
Gerhard Schwarz

Method Summary

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

Method Details

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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