„ “

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„ U+201E, „
DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
← ”
[U+201D] 		General Punctuation ‟ →
[U+201F]

“ U+201C, “
LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
← ‛
[U+201B] 		General Punctuation ” →
[U+201D]
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 outside of France.

Punctuation mark

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„ “

  1. Encloses a quotation in some languages.

See also

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quotation marks and quotation dashes by language (edit)
quotation marks - all matched-pairs
quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters
  • Curved double quotation marks: “ · ” · „ · ‟
  • Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘ · ’ · ‚ · ‛
  • Straight double quotation mark: "
  • Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
  • Prime quotation marks: 〝 · 〞 · 〟
  • Guillemets: « · »
  • Single guillemets: ‹ · ›
  • Corner brackets: 「 · 」 · 『 · 』
  • Quotation dashes: — (em dash) · ― (horizontal bar) · – (en dash)

German

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Punctuation mark

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„ “

  1. Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

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Standard for Germany. An embedded (inner) quotation is set off with ⟨‚ ‘⟩, within ⟨„ “⟩ for the outer quotation. In Switzerland, « » and ‹ › are used, as they are for all Swiss languages.

Macedonian

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Punctuation mark

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„ “

  1. Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

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An embedded (inner) quotation is set off with ’ ‘, within „ “ for the outer quotation.

Russian

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Punctuation mark

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„ “

  1. Encloses an embedded (inner) quotation.

Usage notes

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An embedded (inner) quotation is enclosed with „ “, within « » for the outer quotation.

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