Spiegelstrich

German

Etymology

Spiegel +‎ Strich, from Satzspiegel (“type area”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpiːɡəlˌʃtrɪç/
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Noun

Spiegelstrich m (strong, genitive Spiegelstriches or Spiegelstrichs, plural Spiegelstriche)

  1. (typography) a dash with the function to introduce an item in an unordered list
    Coordinate term: Gedankenstrich
    • 2025 May 28, Christian Teevs, “62 Spiegelstriche und dann verstolpert der Kanzler den Abschied von Saskia Esken”, in Der Spiegel‎[1], →ISSN:
      62 Spiegelstriche und dann verstolpert der Kanzler den Abschied von Saskia Esken [title]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by the said sign, called in English indentation or indent

Declension

Declension of Spiegelstrich [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Spiegelstrich die Spiegelstriche
genitive eines des Spiegelstriches, Spiegelstrichs der Spiegelstriche
dative einem dem Spiegelstrich, Spiegelstriche1 den Spiegelstrichen
accusative einen den Spiegelstrich die Spiegelstriche

1Now rare, see notes.

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