SS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ss"

Translingual

Symbol

SS

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for South Sudan.

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English

Noun

SS

1. Abbreviation of Saints.
2. Initialism of social security.
3. Initialism of spousal support.
4. Initialism of steam ship.
5. (US, Navy) Initialism of Sub Surface - diesel powered attack submarine
6. (military, astronautics) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missile systems developed by the Soviet Union
7. (baseball) Initialism of shortstop.
8. (computing) Initialism of screenshot.
9. Abbreviation of Schutzstaffel.
10. Screw Steamer - screw-driven steamship

Proper noun

SS

1. Abbreviation of Subsahara.

Adjective

SS (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of Subsaharan.

See also

• alimony
• (submarine): SSN, SSG, SSGN, SSB, SSBN, SSK, APSS, LPSS
• (NATO): CSS

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German

Symbol

SS (upper case, occasionally ẞ, lower case ß or ss)

1. One of the official capital forms of ß (the other one is ẞ), or ss used in Swiss and Liechtenstein German, or once ſs (in Antiqua)

Noun

SS f

1. Abbreviation of Schutzstaffel.

Derived terms

• Reichsführer SS, Reichsführer-SS (RFSS)
• SS-Angehöriger
  • ODESSA
• SS-Mann
• SS-Offizier
• Waffen-SS

See also

• SS-Woche (Schwangerschaftswoche)
• Dutch: SS'er