diff --git a/spacy/lang/de/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/de/__init__.py
index 1b5aee6a8..ae972072f 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/de/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/de/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class GermanDefaults(Language.Defaults):
     stop_words = STOP_WORDS
     syntax_iterators = SYNTAX_ITERATORS
     resources = {"lemma_lookup": "lemma_lookup.json"}
+    single_orth_variants = [{"tags": ["$("], "variants": ["…", "..."]},
+            {"tags": ["$("], "variants": ["-", "—", "–", "--", "---", "——"]}]
+    paired_orth_variants = [{"tags": ["$("], "variants": [("'", "'"), (",", "'"), ("‚", "‘")]},
+            {"tags": ["$("], "variants": [("``", "''"), ('"', '"'), ("„", "“")]}]
 
 
 class German(Language):