German short rows are an alternative method to short rows called wrap + turn.

They have the undeniable advantage of being simpler and more discreet than jersey stitch.

While I was looking for some information on the origin of the name German Short Rows, I came across the website of'Asa Tricosa who said this (I'll translate it for you because the site is in English).

"My German friends read the name, German Short Row, with suspicion.

I don't know who named them that, but it seems to be the most common name used to refer to this technique among Anglo-Saxon knitters.

By the way, the Germans call the stitch you turn a Doppelmasche (a double stitch), which makes perfect sense. As we shall see.

Shaping with short rows is useful for all kinds of knitting - shoulders, sock heels, stripes in shawls, in non-striped shawls etc."

Right side / wrong side : knit as specified to the place indicated, turn your work
On the reverse side / right side: Slip the first stitch as if you were going to purl it, yarn over the needle, bringing the yarn from the front to the back of the needle. This will create a double stitch. If the next stitch is a knit stitch, the yarn is at the back of the work. If the next stitch is a purl stitch, pass the yarn between the two needles to bring the yarn to the front of the work.

On the next row, you will knit this double stitch as if it were a single stitch.