Learn How to Use Quotation Marks in Polish
In the Polish language, double angle quotes are used inside of standard Polish double quotes.
| Samples |
Unicode (decimal) |
HTML |
Description |
| ‚O’ |
U+201A (8218), U+2019 (8217) |
‚ ’ |
Polish single quotes (left and right) |
| „O” |
U+201E (8222), U+201d (8221) |
„ ” |
Polish double quotes (left and right) |
According to current PN-83/P-55366 standard from 1983, Setting rules from composing of Polish
texts (Zasady składania tekstów w jezyku polskim) one can use either „ordinary Polish
quotes” or «French quotes» (without space) for first level, and ‚single Polish quotes’ or «French
quotes» for second level, which makes three styles of nested quotes:
- „Quote ‚inside’ quote”
- „Quote «inside» quote”
- «Quote ‚inside’ quote»
There is no space on the internal side of quote marks, with the exception of ¼
firet (~ ¼ em) space between two quotation marks when there are no other characters
between them (e.g., „quote ‚inside’ ”).
The above rules have not changed since at least the previous BN-76/7440-02 standard from 1976
and are probably much older.
In Polish books and publications, the second style is used almost exclusively. In addition to being
standard for second level quotes, French quotes are sometimes used as first level quotes in
headings and titles but almost never in ordinary text in paragraphs.
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