Have you ever seen the letter ß?

have you ever seen the letter ß?
do you know how to pronounce it?
i'll give you a few words you might know:
>Scheiße (shit)
>Straße (street)
>groß (big)
>Gruß (greeting)
>Preußen (Prussia)
>Spaß (fun)

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I've seen β

sjijse
strase
gros
gruus
preusen
spas

ß = ss

Yes because we still study your useless language in schools for some fucking reason

Yes, you click your heels afters saying ß

What's the difference between s and ß, pronunciation wise in german?

isn't that the one that goes something like hi-sei
or am I thinking of a different symbol

yep

KEKED

For me, it sounds cool

this
>ss
that's not okay, germany

ß is in the middle of s and ss in terms of pronounciation. sharper s but smoother ss

I hate that fucking letter.

why

"ß" is a historical ligature (two or more merged letters) of the letters "s" and the archaic long-s "ſ" (the "f" without a dash). It's used for stretching the s that comes after a diphthong (two vowels) or a long vowel. You pronounce it like a soft, long s.

*sharp and long... it's called Scharfes S after all

Yes
It's a double s and is called eszett (es-tsett)

>Heim ins Reich

Großdeutschland

ẞ is more or less "sz" if that helps, the bigger use from what I've seen is preventing "ss" from making vowels short though

true
many foreigners pronounce straße like strasse with a very short a

It's groß

Hey ßeter

Yes it's just ss in a single letter
Scheisse
Strasse
Gross
Gruss
Preussen
Spass

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We use it since Germany sold us printing presses. In words like Houss.

why did the swiss get rid of it

>he doesn’t know of the looooooooong ſ

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Retarded germans dont have a Single letter for "sch"

I know about it. I wish we still used that.

And it is beautiful

lucky for you its the integral symbol