"S" meaning in German

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Character

IPA: /ɛs/ [letter], [ʔɛs] [letter], /z/ [phoneme], /s/ [phoneme], /ʃ/ [phoneme] Audio: De-S.OGG Forms: s [lowercase]
Etymology: For the origin of the letter, see s. Orthography and pronunciation Single s in prevocalic position is pronounced /z/, except when it follows an obstruent within the word stem (e.g. Achse, bugsieren, Lotse, schubsen). /s/ is usually retained in recent borrowings from English (e.g. Sex), to a lesser degree also in recent borrowings from other languages (e.g. Salsa). Words from the classical languages and pre-1900 loanwords behave like native words. Stem-initial st and sp are pronounced /ʃt/ and /ʃp/ in native words. The same is generally true for classical and pre-1900 loanwords, though in this case we find some exceptions which are at least optionally pronounced with /st/, /sp/ (e.g. Stil, Stola). Recent borrowings tend to retain the original sounds. Again, this tendency is stronger with English than with other source languages (cf. e.g. Spaghetti with /ʃp/). The trigraph sch is pronounced /ʃ/, except when there is an intervening morpheme boundary, which normally happens only with the diminutive suffix -chen (cf. e.g. Häuschen). Otherwise, pre-consonantal and word-final s is always pronounced /s/. This also includes st, sp when they are not stem-initial. The same is generally true for doubled ss. There are, however, a few words in which ss may – optionally – be pronounced /z/ (e.g. Fussel, Massel, quasseln, Schussel). For the orthographic choice between ss and ß, see the latter. Etymology templates: {{m|mul|s}} s, {{m|de|Achse}} Achse, {{m|de|bugsieren}} bugsieren, {{m|de|Lotse}} Lotse, {{m|de|schubsen}} schubsen, {{m|de|Sex}} Sex, {{m|de|Salsa}} Salsa, {{m|de|Stil}} Stil, {{m|de|Stola}} Stola, {{m|de|Spaghetti}} Spaghetti, {{m|de|-chen}} -chen, {{m|de|Häuschen}} Häuschen, {{m|de|Fussel}} Fussel, {{m|de|Massel}} Massel, {{m|de|quasseln}} quasseln, {{m|de|Schussel}} Schussel, {{m|de|ß}} ß Head templates: {{de-letter|lower=s|lower2=ſ|sc=Latn|upper=S}} S (upper case, lower case s)
  1. The nineteenth letter of the German alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, uppercase Categories (topical): Compass points
    Sense id: en-S-de-character-AyRUUtQh Disambiguation of Compass points: 67 33 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 93 7

Noun

IPA: /ɛs/ [letter], [ʔɛs] [letter], /z/ [phoneme], /s/ [phoneme], /ʃ/ [phoneme] Audio: De-S.OGG
Etymology: For the origin of the letter, see s. Orthography and pronunciation Single s in prevocalic position is pronounced /z/, except when it follows an obstruent within the word stem (e.g. Achse, bugsieren, Lotse, schubsen). /s/ is usually retained in recent borrowings from English (e.g. Sex), to a lesser degree also in recent borrowings from other languages (e.g. Salsa). Words from the classical languages and pre-1900 loanwords behave like native words. Stem-initial st and sp are pronounced /ʃt/ and /ʃp/ in native words. The same is generally true for classical and pre-1900 loanwords, though in this case we find some exceptions which are at least optionally pronounced with /st/, /sp/ (e.g. Stil, Stola). Recent borrowings tend to retain the original sounds. Again, this tendency is stronger with English than with other source languages (cf. e.g. Spaghetti with /ʃp/). The trigraph sch is pronounced /ʃ/, except when there is an intervening morpheme boundary, which normally happens only with the diminutive suffix -chen (cf. e.g. Häuschen). Otherwise, pre-consonantal and word-final s is always pronounced /s/. This also includes st, sp when they are not stem-initial. The same is generally true for doubled ss. There are, however, a few words in which ss may – optionally – be pronounced /z/ (e.g. Fussel, Massel, quasseln, Schussel). For the orthographic choice between ss and ß, see the latter. Etymology templates: {{m|mul|s}} s, {{m|de|Achse}} Achse, {{m|de|bugsieren}} bugsieren, {{m|de|Lotse}} Lotse, {{m|de|schubsen}} schubsen, {{m|de|Sex}} Sex, {{m|de|Salsa}} Salsa, {{m|de|Stil}} Stil, {{m|de|Stola}} Stola, {{m|de|Spaghetti}} Spaghetti, {{m|de|-chen}} -chen, {{m|de|Häuschen}} Häuschen, {{m|de|Fussel}} Fussel, {{m|de|Massel}} Massel, {{m|de|quasseln}} quasseln, {{m|de|Schussel}} Schussel, {{m|de|ß}} ß Head templates: {{head|de|noun}} S
  1. Abbreviation of Süd; south Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Süd (extra: south)
    Sense id: en-S-de-noun-A7D7fGVa

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          "ref": "1877, Dr. Schröer, “Gelegentliche Bemerkungen über erhöhte Ansprüche, die nun an die Aufzeichnung mundartlicher Sprachproben zu stellen wären”, in Die deutschen Mundarten. Zeitschrift für Dichtung, Forschung und Kritik. Herausgegeben von Dr. G. Karl Frommann. Siebenter Band (neuer Folge erster Band), page 15",
          "text": "Für die zweierlei S, das scharfe ß und das weiche, tönende s, sind die Zeichen s und ſ zu empfehlen. Letzteres wird im Französischen, Englischen, Holländischen, Polnischen, Madjarischen mit z bezeichnet, das wir nicht annehmen können, weil bei uns, wie schon bemerkt, z den Laut ts bezeichnet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The nineteenth letter of the German alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "es",
          "es#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛs]",
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ess"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Es"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "es (last only when stressed, which is rare)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/z/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/s/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-S.OGG",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/De-S.OGG/De-S.OGG.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/De-S.OGG",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "S"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German letters",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages using lite templates",
    "de:Compass points"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "s",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Achse"
      },
      "expansion": "Achse",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "bugsieren"
      },
      "expansion": "bugsieren",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Lotse"
      },
      "expansion": "Lotse",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schubsen"
      },
      "expansion": "schubsen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Sex"
      },
      "expansion": "Sex",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Salsa"
      },
      "expansion": "Salsa",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Stil"
      },
      "expansion": "Stil",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Stola"
      },
      "expansion": "Stola",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Spaghetti"
      },
      "expansion": "Spaghetti",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "-chen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Häuschen"
      },
      "expansion": "Häuschen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Fussel"
      },
      "expansion": "Fussel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Massel"
      },
      "expansion": "Massel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "quasseln"
      },
      "expansion": "quasseln",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schussel"
      },
      "expansion": "Schussel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ß"
      },
      "expansion": "ß",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "For the origin of the letter, see s.\nOrthography and pronunciation\nSingle s in prevocalic position is pronounced /z/, except when it follows an obstruent within the word stem (e.g. Achse, bugsieren, Lotse, schubsen). /s/ is usually retained in recent borrowings from English (e.g. Sex), to a lesser degree also in recent borrowings from other languages (e.g. Salsa). Words from the classical languages and pre-1900 loanwords behave like native words.\nStem-initial st and sp are pronounced /ʃt/ and /ʃp/ in native words. The same is generally true for classical and pre-1900 loanwords, though in this case we find some exceptions which are at least optionally pronounced with /st/, /sp/ (e.g. Stil, Stola). Recent borrowings tend to retain the original sounds. Again, this tendency is stronger with English than with other source languages (cf. e.g. Spaghetti with /ʃp/).\nThe trigraph sch is pronounced /ʃ/, except when there is an intervening morpheme boundary, which normally happens only with the diminutive suffix -chen (cf. e.g. Häuschen).\nOtherwise, pre-consonantal and word-final s is always pronounced /s/. This also includes st, sp when they are not stem-initial. The same is generally true for doubled ss. There are, however, a few words in which ss may – optionally – be pronounced /z/ (e.g. Fussel, Massel, quasseln, Schussel). For the orthographic choice between ss and ß, see the latter.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "S",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "south",
          "word": "Süd"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "German abbreviations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of Süd; south"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Süd",
          "Süd#German"
        ],
        [
          "south",
          "south"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛs]",
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ess"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Es"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "es (last only when stressed, which is rare)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/z/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/s/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-S.OGG",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/De-S.OGG/De-S.OGG.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/De-S.OGG",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "S"
}

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