This was already reported against the Debian package in https://bugs.debian.org/839628 and is fixed since version 20161207-1.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #839628 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839628 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to igerman98 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791811 Title: emacs ispell can't find german (deutsch) dictionary Status in igerman98 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The ispell function of emacs expects to find a file such as /usr/lib/aspell/deutsch.alias, just as there is a file british.alias in the English aspell version. The file should probably simply contain the lines: # File added to make emacs ispell work add de_DE.multi Of course, as a simple workaround, you can add this file by hand. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: aspell-de 20151222-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-134.160-generic 4.4.140 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-134-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Sep 10 21:00:17 2018 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-31 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: igerman98 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/igerman98/+bug/1791811/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp