diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+SOURCES/Deutscher-Thesaurus.oxt
+SOURCES/Schweizer-Thesaurus.oxt
diff --git a/.mythes-de.metadata b/.mythes-de.metadata
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+++ b/.mythes-de.metadata
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+3597e0698bc9625153df75bb4e34279b89bc0ad2 SOURCES/Deutscher-Thesaurus.oxt
+fc8439fcc7480739b6f9bd6ecb979137cf47266d SOURCES/Schweizer-Thesaurus.oxt
diff --git a/SPECS/mythes-de.spec b/SPECS/mythes-de.spec
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+Name: mythes-de
+Summary: German thesaurus
+%define upstreamid 20130206
+Version: 0.%{upstreamid}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
+Source0: http://www.openthesaurus.de/export/Deutscher-Thesaurus.oxt
+Source1: http://www.openthesaurus.de/export/Schweizer-Thesaurus.oxt
+Group: Applications/Text
+URL: http://www.openthesaurus.de
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+BuildRequires: python, perl
+License: LGPLv2+
+BuildArch: noarch
+Requires: mythes
+
+%description
+German thesaurus.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -c
+rm -rf mythes-ch-%{upstreamid}
+mkdir mythes-ch-%{upstreamid}
+cd mythes-ch-%{upstreamid}
+unzip -q %{SOURCE1}
+
+%build
+for i in README.txt; do
+  if ! iconv -f utf-8 -t utf-8 -o /dev/null $i > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 $i > $i.new
+    touch -r $i $i.new
+    mv -f $i.new $i
+  fi
+  tr -d '\r' < $i > $i.new
+  touch -r $i $i.new
+  mv -f $i.new $i
+done
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/mythes
+cp -p th_de_DE_v2.* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/mythes
+cp -p mythes-ch-%{upstreamid}/th_de_DE_v2.idx $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/mythes/th_de_CH_v2.idx
+cp -p mythes-ch-%{upstreamid}/th_de_DE_v2.dat $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/mythes/th_de_CH_v2.dat
+
+pushd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/mythes/
+de_DE_aliases="de_AT de_BE de_LI de_LU"
+for lang in $de_DE_aliases; do
+        ln -s th_de_DE_v2.idx "th_"$lang"_v2.idx"
+        ln -s th_de_DE_v2.dat "th_"$lang"_v2.dat"
+done
+popd
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc README.txt
+%{_datadir}/mythes/*
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Dec 27 2013 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 0.20130206-2
+- Mass rebuild 2013-12-27
+
+* Wed Feb 06 2013 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20130206-1
+- Resolves: rhbz#905994 upgrade to latest version
+
+* Wed Sep 12 2012 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20120911-1
+- upgrade to latest version
+
+* Fri Jul 20 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20120612-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jun 13 2012 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20120612-1
+- upgrade to latest version
+
+* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20111124-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Nov 25 2011 Michael Stahl <mstahl@redhat.com> - 0.20111124-2
+- add the de_CH variant for Swiss people and people with ß allergy
+
+* Fri Nov 25 2011 Michael Stahl <mstahl@redhat.com> - 0.20111124-1
+- upgrade to latest version
+
+* Tue Feb 08 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20090708-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Apr 03 2010 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20090708-4
+- mythes now owns /usr/share/mythes
+
+* Sat Jul 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20090708-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jul 11 2009 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20090708-2
+- tidy spec
+
+* Wed Jul 08 2009 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20090708-1
+- latest version
+
+* Mon Jun 08 2009 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20090608-1
+- latest version
+
+* Thu Apr 02 2009 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20090402-1
+- latest version
+
+* Mon Mar 02 2009 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20090302-1
+- latest version
+
+* Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20090202-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Feb 02 2009 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20090202-1
+- latest version
+
+* Tue Dec 23 2008 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20081223-1
+- latest version
+
+* Sun Nov 23 2008 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20081123-1
+- latest version
+
+* Thu Oct 16 2008 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20081016-1
+- latest version
+
+* Mon Sep 01 2008 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20080901-1
+- latest version
+
+* Thu Jul 31 2008 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20080731-1
+- latest version