Ex: Ein- und Ausgänge (instead of saying Eingänge und Ausgänge) Hyphen for indicating that part of a word has been omitted because it was redundant.
Hyphen for dividing a word when it doesn't fit on one line. The same typographical sign has a different name depending on its function: The typographical sign hyphen '-' is called the following in German: Parentheses the left parentheses opening parentheses the right parentheses closing parenthesesĭie geschweiften Klammern die geschwungenen Klammern It is very useful to know how to say the following in German: Punctuation signs, different parenthesis and some symbols frequently used such as the at sign and asterisk.ĭie (runde) Klammern die linke Klammer die Klammer auf die rechte Klammer die Klammer zu List of punctuation signs and writing symbols
Do not confuse ß (Eszett) with β (beta).the ß does not exist in Swiss German and is substituted for with ss.In English, to make the pronunciation and spelling of a word clear, we say 'B as in burger' but in German they use names to spell and those names are fixed. The German alphabet is very similar to that of English but it has four letters that English does not have: ä, ö, ü and ß.
