diff --git a/Rules/Languages/de/ClearSpeak_Rules.yaml b/Rules/Languages/de/ClearSpeak_Rules.yaml
index 01f8c9eba..c1dd81eb5 100644
--- a/Rules/Languages/de/ClearSpeak_Rules.yaml
+++ b/Rules/Languages/de/ClearSpeak_Rules.yaml
@@ -349,10 +349,6 @@
   - x: "*[1]"
   - T: "hoch"
   - x: "*[2]"
-  - pronounce: [text: "-th", ipa: "θ", sapi5: "th", eloquence: "T"]
-  - test:
-      if: "$ClearSpeak_Exponents != 'Ordinal'"
-      then: [T: "hoch"]
 
 # match nested exponent, where the nested exponent is has the power 2 or 3 (n below)
 #   [xxx]^n, - [xxx]^n, [xxx] var^n, -[xxx] var^n
diff --git a/Rules/Languages/de/SimpleSpeak_Rules.yaml b/Rules/Languages/de/SimpleSpeak_Rules.yaml
index d23a47d7c..4d48fd27e 100644
--- a/Rules/Languages/de/SimpleSpeak_Rules.yaml
+++ b/Rules/Languages/de/SimpleSpeak_Rules.yaml
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@
   - x: "*[1]"
   - T: "hoch"      # phrase(15 raised 'to the' second power equals 225)
   - x: "*[2]"
-  - pronounce: [text: "-th", ipa: "θ", sapi5: "th", eloquence: "T"]
 
 - name: simple
   tag: power
diff --git a/tests/Languages/de/shared.rs b/tests/Languages/de/shared.rs
index 53d1468db..d69acf25a 100644
--- a/tests/Languages/de/shared.rs
+++ b/tests/Languages/de/shared.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ fn ordinary_integer_powers() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn variable_powers() -> Result<()> {
+    // Variable exponents should not acquire an English ordinal suffix or a second "hoch".
+    let expr = "<math><msup><mn>2</mn><mi>x</mi></msup></math>";
+    test("de", "ClearSpeak", expr, "2 hoch x")?;
+    test("de", "SimpleSpeak", expr, "2 hoch x")?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn modified_vars() -> Result<()> {
     let expr = "<math> <mrow>