U+201E, „
DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK

[U+201D]
General Punctuation
[U+201F]

U+201C, “
LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK

[U+201B]
General Punctuation
[U+201D]
See also: ‚ ‘

Translingual

edit

Etymology

edit

An early typographic substitute for » «, which were not widely available in metal type outside of France.

Punctuation mark

edit

  1. Encloses a quotation in some languages.

See also

edit

German

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

  1. Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

edit

Standard for Germany. An embedded (inner) quotation is set off with ‚ ‘, within ⟨„ “⟩ for the outer quotation. In Switzerland, « » and ‹ › are used, as they are for all Swiss languages.

Macedonian

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

  1. Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

edit

An embedded (inner) quotation is set off with ’ ‘, within „ “ for the outer quotation.

Russian

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

  1. Encloses an embedded (inner) quotation.

Usage notes

edit

An embedded (inner) quotation is enclosed with „ “, within « » for the outer quotation.