Looks like 'B' but sounds like 'S'. Used in the German language.
Often replaced with 'ss' when using a computer/typewriter that can't produce it.
Often replaced with 'ss' when using a computer/typewriter that can't produce it.
by B-Drac October 25, 2003
A German ligature that originally stood for 'sz', but can be transliterated as 'ss'. It is never found in Swiss German. It looks like a B, but sounds like an S. Compare to the boring language known as English, which only has the ligatures Æ and Œ, which are rarely used.
Face it, English is a boring language, and the chance of a cool ligature like ß entering it are zero to one million.
by Intelligence: The Anti-N00b February 13, 2005
A German letter-character which, despite its size, could be considered as always ‘lowercase’ since it never *starts* a word and stands in only its one form, ß.
The ligature ‘ß’ is k’rrectly ASCII'd\ASCIIfied into either:
‘ss’, which is pronounced as ‘'s'-set’ or ‘double-'s'’_character;
or ‘sz’, which the ligature *orinally* represented, and is pronounced as ‘'ess'-'tset'’. (In german, the letter ‘z’ is pronounced as ‘tset’, and in words usually like English ‘piZZa’ or ‘TSunami’, with a ‘ts’ sound.)
That is to say, the German word ‘Tischfußball’ which means ‘table soccer’ or ‘foozball’.. can be spelled-out as ‘Tischfussball’ also. Note that the German's ess-tzet{ß} has officially been abandoned a lot of places in that it is no-longer used in transactions and business et cetera. Note also that it is *never* used in a compound noun where an s-ending of one word and s-beginning of the next exists.
‘ss’, which is pronounced as ‘'s'-set’ or ‘double-'s'’_character;
or ‘sz’, which the ligature *orinally* represented, and is pronounced as ‘'ess'-'tset'’. (In german, the letter ‘z’ is pronounced as ‘tset’, and in words usually like English ‘piZZa’ or ‘TSunami’, with a ‘ts’ sound.)
That is to say, the German word ‘Tischfußball’ which means ‘table soccer’ or ‘foozball’.. can be spelled-out as ‘Tischfussball’ also. Note that the German's ess-tzet{ß} has officially been abandoned a lot of places in that it is no-longer used in transactions and business et cetera. Note also that it is *never* used in a compound noun where an s-ending of one word and s-beginning of the next exists.
by Victor Van Styn August 21, 2005
The german letter es'tzet (S'Z), pronounced ss. To wordprocess this letter you can hold 'Alt' and press '225' on the number pad on the right of the keyboard. It does not have a capital form and it is only used at the end of a word or the stem of a verb. All nouns in German must start with a capital letter.
by Robbie October 06, 2004
An “s” pretending to be a “b”
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by mister k June 03, 2004