![]() The letter originates as the ⟨ sz⟩ digraph as used in late medieval and early modern German orthography, represented as a ligature of ⟨ſ⟩ ( long s) and ⟨ʒ⟩ ( tailed z) in blackletter typefaces, yielding ⟨ſʒ⟩. In the 20th century, the ß-character was replaced with ss in the spelling of Swiss Standard German (Switzerland and Liechtenstein), while remaining Standard German spelling in other varieties of German language. The Eszett letter is used only in German, and can be typographically replaced with the double-s digraph ⟨ss⟩, if the ß-character is unavailable. The character's Unicode names in English are sharp s and eszett. The letter-name Eszett combines the names of the letters of ⟨s⟩ ( Es) and ⟨z⟩ ( Zett) in German. In German orthography, the letter ẞ, called Eszett ( IPA: ) and scharfes S ( IPA:, "sharp S"), represents the / s/ phoneme in Standard German when following long vowels and diphthongs. Variant forms of Eszett (from top-left to bottom-right): Cambria (2004), Lucida Sans (1985), Theuerdank blackletter (1933, based on a 1517 type), handwritten Kurrent (1865) ![]()
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