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ß (majuscule: ẞ) is a letter of the German alphabet. In German it is called Eszett (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced , 'S-Z') or scharfes S (, 'sharp S'). It represents the phoneme…

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Associated graphs
ss, sz
Descendants
None
Development
, , ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß · , ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß · ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß · 𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß · szſʒẞ ß
In Unicode
U+1E9E, U+00DF
Language of origin
Early New High German
Sisters
None

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ß

Nodes126
Edges125
Triples169
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
Components1

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related to Abolition and attempted abolitions · 27
ß → Adrienne Walder, Although, Fraktur, French, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, German, German Orthography Reform, German-language, Hermann Hesse, Hitler, However, In, Italian, Liechtensteiners, Nazi German, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Roman, Swiss, Swiss German, Switzerland
related to Other uses · 23
ß → Akkadian, As, Catechism, For, German, Greek, HTML, IBM PC CP437, In Prussian Lithuanian, ISO/IEC, It, Jakub Wujek Bible, Jan Kochanowski, Lithuanian, Martynas Mažvydas' Simple Words, Occasionally, Polish, Sharp, Small, Some
related to Use in Roman type · 22
ß → Berlin, Brothers Grimm, Buchdruckerkunst, Deutsche Grammatik, Deutsches Wörterbuch, Eszett, Fraktur, German, Grimm, However, In, Italian, Jacob Grimm, Johann Gottlieb Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre, Journal, Latin, Leipzig, Roman, Sulzbacher, The First Orthographic Conference
related to Origin and development · 16
ß → As, Fuß, Füße, German, Given, Gottscheerish, High German, In, In Middle High German, Middle High German, Old, Old High German, The, This, Wasser, Word-internally
related to Standardization of use · 16
ß → Deutsches Wörterbuch, Fraktur, German, German Orthographic Conference, German-speaking, Heyse's, In, In Austria-Hungary, Jacob Grimm, Johann Christian August Heyse, Johann Christoph Adelung, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Middle, Middle High German, Old High German, The
related to Development of a capital form · 14
ß → Because, Duden, Fraktur, German, Giesecke, Historical, Leipzig, Moreover, Schelter, SS, SZ, The, The Orthographic Conference, There
related to Switzerland and Liechtenstein · 9
ß → E2, German, In, In Swiss Standard German, In Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Schweiz, There, This
Development · 7
ß → , , ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß, , ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß, szſʒẞ ß, ſʒẞ ß, ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß, ẞ ß, 𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß
related to Current usage · 7
ß → According, Exceptions, German, Haus, In, Maß, Straße
related to Unicode · 5
ß → CAPITAL LETTER SHARP, HTML, SMALL LETTER SHARP, There, Unicode

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Important terminology

german ss capital sz long use ligature used orthography form modern type standard letter eszett unicode early high word character

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ßAssociated graphsss, sz1.00infobox
ßDescendantsNone1.00infobox
ßDevelopment, , ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß1.00infobox
ßDevelopment, ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß1.00infobox
ßDevelopmentς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß1.00infobox
ßDevelopment𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ß1.00infobox
ßDevelopmentszſʒẞ ß1.00infobox
ßDevelopmentſʒẞ ß1.00infobox
ßDevelopmentẞ ß1.00infobox
ßIn UnicodeU+1E9E, U+00DF1.00infobox
ßLanguage of originEarly New High German1.00infobox
ßSistersNone1.00infobox
ßSound values[s]1.00infobox
ßTime period~1300s to present1.00infobox
ßTransliterationsss, sz1.00infobox
ßTypeAlphabetic1.00infobox
ßWriting directionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
ßWriting systemLatin script1.00infobox

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