‚ ‘

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U+201A, ‚
SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK

General Punctuation

U+2018, ‘
LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK

General Punctuation
See also: „ “

Translingual

Etymology

An early typographic substitute for › ‹, which were not widely available in metal type.

Punctuation mark

  1. Encloses a quotation in some languages.

See also

German

Punctuation mark

‚ ‘

  1. encloses an embedded (inner) quotation

Usage notes

Standard for Germany. ‚ ‘ enclose an embedded (inner) quotation, within „ “ for the outer quotation.

In Switzerland, « » (outer) and ‹ › (inner) are used.