what are the dots above german letters called?
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Properly speaking, only German and Hungarian words have these two dots over a vowel to indicate a change in sound (as in doppelgänger and über), but loosely, people sometimes refer to its twin, the dieresis (as in naïve) as an umlaut. The word is German and means "change of sound," from um, "about," and laut, "sound."
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An ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, 'omission' or 'falling short') is a series of dots (typically three, such as "…") that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.
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['Eb is a minor second above D.', 'E is a major 2nd above D.', 'F is a minor third above D.', 'F# is a major third above D.', 'G is a fourth above D.']
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['Baron. Baron, a free uppercase display typeface is inspired by the classic sans serif font family. ... ', 'Blackout. Blackout is a nice uppercase-only sans serif face with all counters filled in.', 'Simplifica. ... ', 'Uni Sans. ... ', 'Borg. ... ', 'Moderne Sans. ... ', 'Ostrich Sans Inline. ... ', 'Reckoner.']
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Haha, it means that someone replied to you from a German mail client; AW. stands for Antwort. For most other languages it is RE ;-)
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['Option/Alt + V. Hold down the Option key (also known as the ALT key) and press the letter “V” on your keyboard and you get “√”. ... ', 'Via Keyboard Preferences. This is the most long-winded solution but gives you a better choice of genuine check marks. ... ', 'Just Copy & Paste This: ✓']
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['Old style serif.', 'Transitional serif.', 'Square sans-serif.', 'Geometric sans-serif.', 'Formal script.', 'Casual script.']
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The little letters beside your messages are what we call read receipts - giving you more information about the status of your message. If you see these characters instead: ... Three dots mean that the app is trying to establish a connection. Your message will change to S as soon as a connection is established.
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['aahed9', 'aalii5', 'aargh9', 'aarti5', 'abaca9', 'abaci9', 'aback13', 'abacs9']
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When shown, the formatting marks reveal spaces, tabs, and paragraph breaks in your document. Spaces are shown as a dot between words and punctuation, tabs are shown as arrows, and paragraphs are shown with the paragraph symbol. These tips work in Word 2016 and prior versions.
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It's a placeholder character (Unicode object replacement character (U65532)) that appears for an un-renderable character or object. Probably whatever font you are using in your browser doesn't know how to display some other unicode character.
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['Arrow. Image via Font Meme.', 'RM Almanac. Image via 1001 Fonts.', 'Chanticleer Roman NF Regular. Image via 1001 Fonts.', 'Dustismo Roman Bold. Image via 1001 Fonts.', 'Bona Nova. Image via FontSquirrel.', 'Alegreya. Image via FontSquirrel.', 'Amethysta Regular. Image via 1001 Fonts.', 'Old Standard TT.']
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['Sans serif.', 'Serif.', 'Cursive / Script.', 'Vintage.', 'Gothic – Blackletter calligraphy.', 'Graffiti.', 'Creative lettering.', 'Other sub-lettering styles.']
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['eu-phe-mi-s-m.', 'eu-phe-mism.', 'eu-ph-e-mi-s-m.']
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The symbol underscore, _, also called underline, underdash, low line, or low dash, is a character that originally appeared on the typewriter and was primarily used to underline words.
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Ellipsis. ... The ellipsis ..., . . ., or (in Unicode) …, also known informally as dot-dot-dot, is a series of (usually three) dots that indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.
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['Baron. Baron, a free uppercase display typeface is inspired by the classic sans serif font family. ... ', 'Blackout. Blackout is a nice uppercase-only sans serif face with all counters filled in.', 'Simplifica. ... ', 'Borg. ... ', 'Moderne Sans. ... ', 'Ostrich Sans Inline. ... ', 'Primus. ... ', 'Porto.']