U+201A, ‚
SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK

[U+2019]
General Punctuation
[U+201B]

U+2018, ‘
LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK

[U+2017]
General Punctuation
[U+2019]
See also: „ “

Translingual

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Etymology

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An early typographic substitute for › ‹, which were not widely available in metal type.

Punctuation mark

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  1. Encloses a quotation in some languages.

See also

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German

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Punctuation mark

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‚ ‘

  1. encloses an embedded (inner) quotation

Usage notes

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Standard for Germany. ‚ ‘ enclose an embedded (inner) quotation, within „ “ for the outer quotation.

In Switzerland, « » (outer) and ‹ › (inner) are used.