2007-02-08 14:45:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
double ss
2007-02-08 14:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
It is a sharp S sound, also called the diagraph (or diagram--not sure which) S. It is equivalent to a double s sound in English. This symbol is starting to get phased out and replaced with a double s in some instances.
2007-02-08 14:49:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The name of the letter is pronounced "es-tset" and it makes an "s" sound. In the old spelling system it was more or less interchangeable with a double s.
2007-02-09 16:25:58 · answer #3 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called an ethsett. It is a symbol that replaces a double s in some words.
2007-02-08 14:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not a German word.
2016-05-23 23:39:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still from the "old" german and stands for double "s"
2007-02-08 14:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by sky 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is basically Szed and is a softer s sound than a double s. Thus Straße (street) has a softer sound than dass.
2007-02-09 00:26:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This letter is being used only in Germany called a Doppel -S,and you would in all circumstances read it as an s.
2007-02-08 15:50:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Double ss, called "s tset" ["ß (ess-tset or sharfes ess) // Pronounced like 's' in 'set' or 'c' in 'nice'" from
see http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German/Appendices/Alphabet]
2007-02-08 14:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's called a shwa or schwa. It sounds like a cross of the sounds of s an z.
2007-02-08 14:48:38 · answer #10 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋