"ss" meaning in German

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "letter"
      },
      "expansion": "ss",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 29 14 5 5 5 30 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 8 35 12 5 5 5 28 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sometimes used to replace the letter ß, especially when this key or character is not available. It was also the only official way of writing a capital ß, until ẞ was officially adopted by the Council for German Orthography in June 2017."
      ],
      "id": "en-ss-de-symbol-LWsg6LYv",
      "links": [
        [
          "ß",
          "ß"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ß"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 29 14 5 5 5 30 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of ß."
      ],
      "id": "en-ss-de-symbol-OVdSGHhW",
      "links": [
        [
          "Switzerland",
          "Switzerland"
        ],
        [
          "Liechtenstein",
          "Liechtenstein"
        ],
        [
          "ß",
          "ß#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland",
        "alt-of",
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Eszett"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ss"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German letters",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "letter"
      },
      "expansion": "ss",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Sometimes used to replace the letter ß, especially when this key or character is not available. It was also the only official way of writing a capital ß, until ẞ was officially adopted by the Council for German Orthography in June 2017."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ß",
          "ß"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ß"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Switzerland and Liechtenstein German forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of ß."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Switzerland",
          "Switzerland"
        ],
        [
          "Liechtenstein",
          "Liechtenstein"
        ],
        [
          "ß",
          "ß#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland",
        "alt-of",
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eszett"
    },
    {
      "word": "sz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ss"
}