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See also: ‐ [U+2010 HYPHEN], - [U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS], − [U+2212 MINUS SIGN], — [U+2014 EM DASH], and 一 [U+4E00 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E00]
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Translingual[edit]
Punctuation mark[edit]
– (English name en dash)
- Indicates ranges.
- 6–10 years (read as “six to ten years”)
- Indicates items in a list.
- Things to buy:
- – Toilet paper
- – Towels
- Indicates a quotation or a line of dialogue.
- – Could you direct me to the bus station?
- – It's just on your right at the end of the road.
Quotations[edit]
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:–.
See also[edit]
- Afrikaans: “ ”, ‘ ’, „ ”, ‚ ’
- Albanian: „ “, ‘ ’
- Arabic: “ ”, « »
- Armenian: « »
- Azerbaijani: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, " ", ‘ ’, ' '
- Basque: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, ‘ ’
- Belarusian: « », “ ”
- Bulgarian: „ “, ’ ’, ‘ ’, « », ’ ’, ‘ ’, —
- Catalan: « », “ ”, ‘ ’
- Chinese: “ ”, ‘ ’, 「 」, 『 』
- Czech: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
- Danish: » «, „ “, › ‹, ‚ ’, ” ”, ’ ’
- Dutch: ‘ ’, “ ”, ‚ ’, „ ”
- English U.K.: ‘ ’, “ ”
- English U.S.: “ ”, ‘ ’
- Esperanto: “ ”, ‘ ’, —
- Estonian: „ “, « »
- Filipino: “ ”, ‘ ’
- Finnish: ” ”, ’ ’, » »
- French: « », ‹ ›, “ ”, —
- Georgian: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
- German: „ “, ‚ ‘ ; » «, › ‹ ; regional: « », ‹ ›
- Greek: « », “ ”, —
- Hungarian: „ ”, » «, —
- Icelandic: „ “, ‚ ‘
- Indonesian: “ ”, ‘ ’
- Interlingua: “ ”, ‘ ’
- Irish: “ ”, ‘ ’
- Italian: « », ‹ ›, ‟ ”, ‛ ’
- Japanese: 「 」, 『 』, 〟 〝
- Korean: “ ”, ‘ ’, 『 』, 「 」
- Kurdish: « »
- Latvian: « », „ “
- Lithuanian: « », „ “
- Lower Sorbian: „ “, ‚ ‘
- Macedonian: „ “, ’ ‘
- Norwegian: « », „ “, ‘ ’, ‚ ‘
- Persian: « »
- Polish: „ ”, « », » «, —
- Portuguese: “ ”, ‘ ’, « », —
- Russian: « », „ “, „ ”, —
- Serbo-Croatian: „ ”, ” ”, ‘ ’, ’ ’, „ “, » «
- Slovak: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
- Slovene: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
- Spanish: “ ”, ‘ ’, —, « »
- Swedish: ” ”, ’ ’, » », » «, ’ ’, —
- Thai: “ ”, ‘ ’
- Turkish: “ ”, ‘ ’, « », › ‹, —
- Ukrainian: « », „ ”, ‚ ‘
- Vietnamese: “ ”, —
- Welsh: ‘ ’, “ ”
quotation marks - all matched-pairs
quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- parentheses ( ( ) )
- period (US) or full stop (UK) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )
- quotation marks (informal, Computing) ( " ) ( ' )
English[edit]
Symbol[edit]
–
- Used in a compound term when the constituent parts are already hyphenated.
- high-priority–high-pressure tasks
- Used to hide letters
- G–d for God
- Used to connect compound terms with the sense of "to" or to show a relationship
- The Boston–Washington race
- blood–brain barrier
Synonyms[edit]
- (hide letters): ‐ (hyphen)
German[edit]
Symbol[edit]
–
- Used to replace two zeroes after the decimal point in monetary values in running text (in tables, the em dash — is used).
- Dieses Gerät kostet 12,– DM.
- Used to replace a zero before the decimal point, i. e. for monetary values below 1.
- Diese Packung Milch kostet –,89 DM.
