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ß.

A letter of the German alphabet, called Eszett or scharfes S and written in the Latin script; a German letter based on a ligature of ſ (long s) and z.

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character/s/phoneme/ɛsˈtsɛt/letter, name/ˈʃarfəs ˈɛs/letter, name
  1. A letter of the German alphabet, called Eszett or scharfes S and written in the Latin script; a German letter based on a ligature of ſ (long s) and z.

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noun/s/phoneme/ɛsˈtsɛt/letter, name/ˈʃarfəs ˈɛs/letter, name
  1. The letter Eszett.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.