In 1923, after work on Emden had already begun, the Germans proposed using the definition for standard displacement adopted in the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which was significantly less than full-load displacement.
1923年，在埃姆登的建造工作开始后，德国人提议使用1922年《华盛顿海军条约》中对标准排水量的定义，该定义远远小于满载排水量。