–

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]

– U+2013, – EN DASH ← ‒ [U+2012] General Punctuation — → [U+2014]

︲ U+FE32, ︲ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL EN DASH ← ︱ [U+FE31] CJK Compatibility Forms ︳ → [U+FE33]

Translingual

Punctuation mark

– (English name en dash)

1. Indicates ranges.

   6–10 years (read as “six to ten years”)

2. Indicates items in a list.

   Things to buy:

   – Toilet paper

   – Towels

3. 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

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:–.

See also

• - (hyphen)
• — (em dash)
• en dash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

quotation marks and quotation dashes in all languages (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: “ ”, ‘ ’, « », —
• Romanian: „ ”, « », —
• Russian: « », „ “, „ ”, —
• Serbo-Croatian: „ ”, ” ”, ‘ ’, ’ ’, „ “, » «
• Slovak: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
• Slovene: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹
• Spanish: « », “ ”, ‘ ’, —
• Swedish: ” ”, ’ ’, » », » «, ’ ’, —
• Thai: “ ”, ‘ ’
• Turkish: “ ”, ‘ ’, « », › ‹, —
• Ukrainian: « », „ ”, ‚ ‘
• Vietnamese: “ ”, —
• Welsh: ‘ ’, “ ”

quotation marks - all matched-pairs

• Curved double quotation marks: “ ”, ” ”, „ ”, „ “
• Curved single quotation marks: ‘ ’, ’ ’, ‚ ’, ‚ ‘, ’ ‘
• Straight quotation marks: " "
• Apostrophes: ' '

• Guillemets: « », » «, » »
• Single guillemets: ‹ ›, › ‹
• Corner brackets: 「 」, 『 』
• Prime quotation marks: 〟 〝

quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters

• Curved double quotation marks: “, ”, „
• Curved single quotation marks: ‘, ’, ‚
• Straight quotation mark: "
• Apostrophe: '
• Prime quotation marks: 〟, 〝

• Guillemets: «, »
• Single guillemets: ‹, ›
• Corner brackets: 「, 」, 『, 』
• Quotation dashes: — (em dash), ― (horizontal bar), – (en dash)

Punctuation

• apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
• braces ( { } )
• brackets ( [ ] )
• colon ( : )
• comma ( , )

• 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) ( " ) ( ' )

• semicolon ( ; )
• slash (US) or stroke (UK) ( / )
• space (   )

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English

Symbol

–

1. Used in a compound term when the constituent parts are already hyphenated.

   high-priority–high-pressure tasks

2. Used to hide letters

   G–d for God

3. Used to connect compound terms with the sense of "to" or to show a relationship

   The Boston–Washington race

   blood–brain barrier

Synonyms

• (hide letters): ‐ (hyphen)

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German

Symbol

–

1. 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.

2. Used to replace a zero before the decimal point, i. e. for monetary values below 1.

   Diese Packung Milch kostet –,89 DM.