ß

letter of the Latin alphabet; used in German
Thing ligature Q9691
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ß

Summary

ß is a ligature[1]. ß has Wikipedia articles in 63 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • ß's image is recorded as Gruesse-Schneidler-Legende.png[3].
  • ß's image is recorded as S-sharp-s-Lucida-Sans.svg[4].
  • ß's instance of is recorded as ligature[5].
  • ß's instance of is recorded as Latin-script letter[6].
  • ß's part of is recorded as German alphabet[7].
  • ß's Commons category is recorded as Sharp s[8].
  • ß's has part is recorded as ſ[9].
  • ß's has part is recorded as short s[10].
  • ß's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01c52y[11].
  • ß's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sharp s[12].
  • ß's Commons gallery is recorded as Sharp s[13].
  • ß's depicted by is recorded as ß[14].
  • ß's depicted by is recorded as ẞ[15].
  • ß's used by is recorded as Neue Zürcher Zeitung[16].
  • ß's used by is recorded as Canton of Zürich[17].
  • ß's different from is recorded as B/b[18].
  • ß's different from is recorded as beta[19].
  • ß's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01250563n[20].
  • ß's Klexikon article ID is recorded as Eszett[21].
  • ß's Namuwiki ID is recorded as ß[22].
  • ß's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Eszett[23].

Why It Matters

ß has Wikipedia articles in 63 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The Elements of Typographic Style. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The Elements of Typographic Style. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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