It's on the German setting of my keyboard, not sure what it means.
2007-03-23 13:20:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It means "paragraph".
You use it, if you write legal papers, contracts, laws, etc.
(I'm German)
2007-03-23 13:24:57 · answer #1 · answered by > Beate < 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Not sure what it means on the German setting, but I think it is for "section" like lawyers use when they refer to sections of rules or laws.
2007-03-23 20:23:34 · answer #2 · answered by Pippa A 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The section sign (§; Unicode U+00A7, HTML entity §) is a typographical character used mainly to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code. It is frequently used along with the pilcrow (¶), or paragraph sign. When duplicated, as §§, it is read as the plural "sections" (§§ 13–21), much as "pp." (pages) is the plural of "p." (page). The sign itself is supposed to have developed from the Hebrew letter gimel (×)[citation needed]. Its usage was similar to paragraphos.
Like the dagger (†) and double dagger (‡), it is also sometimes used to link to a footnote where the asterisk (*) is already in use on a given page; however, these usages are declining in favour of numbered footnotes, usually linked by a superscripted (or, decreasingly, [square bracketed]) number.
Uses....
* It is also used to represent a type specimen in animals.
* A section in the United States Code.
* Many Maxis games, from SimCity 3000 onwards, including The Sims, The Sims Online, and The Sims 2, use this symbol (with an unusually small loop) to represent the unit of currency in the SimNation, the simoleon.
* John Cook uses this symbol as a decoration or design element in many of his Sev Wide Web comics.
* In Poland (and other West Slavic countries), the section sign is commonly associated with concept of law and justice. It is commonly displayed on covers of legal books, especially those concerning criminal law. The section sign is also shown on badges of the crime investigation specialty of the Polish police.
* Similarly, in Danish, Finnish and German, the section sign is used nearly exclusively to refer to articles of legal codes, and hence associated likewise with law and legal matters. (In this usage, it is typically read "paragraph" rather than "section".)
* In some online communities, such as the forums on Craigslist, the section sign in the subject of a forum posting indicates that the subject line comprises the entirety of the posting, and the body is empty.
2007-03-23 20:26:20 · answer #3 · answered by Mimblewimble 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I've seen it in legal writings for citing cases. It means "section" then. I don't know if it would be the same thing in German though.
2007-03-23 20:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by swishyvt 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It generally indicates a paragraph. In some books, it indicates sections and section references.
2007-03-23 20:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by Yiya 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an editing mark - means paragraph
2007-03-23 20:23:13 · answer #6 · answered by All hat 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
in chemistry it means sublime or sublimital
the process in which a solid turns into a gas..
2007-03-23 20:30:10 · answer #7 · answered by [..i know whats good..] 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its for when you need to write in a European language. Many have a very strong deep S. Its like when we English speeking folk say 'kissing.' Some say 'kiszing.'
2007-03-23 20:26:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
my keyboard doesnt have that!!!
2007-03-23 20:23:22 · answer #9 · answered by elisa marie. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means your kinky
2007-03-23 20:23:06 · answer #10 · answered by JV 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋