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Quotation-Marks.com - Quick Guide Table
| Language |
Standard |
Alternative |
Spacing |
| primary |
secondary |
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primary |
secondary |
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| Afrikaans |
„…” |
‚…’ |
[1] |
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| Albanian |
«…» |
‹…› |
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“…„ |
‘…‚ |
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| Belarusian |
«…» |
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„…“ |
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Bulgarian
[2]
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„…“ |
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«…» |
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[3]
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| Chinese, Simplified |
“…” |
‘…’ |
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| Chinese, Traditional |
「…」 |
『…』 |
[4]
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“…” |
‘…’ |
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| Croatian |
»…« |
‘…’ |
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„…“ |
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| Czech |
„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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»…« |
›…‹ |
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| Danish |
»…« |
›…‹ |
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„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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| Dutch |
„…” |
‚…’ |
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”…” |
’…’ |
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| English, Commonwealth |
‘…’ |
“…” |
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1–2 pt |
| English, North American |
“…” |
‘…’ |
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1–2 pt |
| Estonian |
„…“ |
«…» |
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| Finnish |
”…” |
’…’ |
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»…» |
›…› |
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French
[5]
|
« … » |
‹ … › |
[6]
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“ … ” |
‘ … ’ |
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¼-em / non-break |
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French, Swiss
[7]
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«…» |
‹…› |
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| German |
„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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»…« |
›…‹ |
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| German, Swiss
[8] |
«…» |
‹…› |
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| Greek |
«…» |
‹…› |
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“…„ |
‘…‚ |
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1 pt |
| Hungarian |
„…” |
»…« |
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| Hebrew |
“…” |
«…» |
[9]
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“…„ |
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| Icelandic |
„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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| Irish |
“…” |
‘…’ |
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1–2 pt |
| Italian
[10]
|
«…» |
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“…” |
‘…’ |
|
1–2 pt |
| Italian, Swiss
[11]
|
«…» |
‹…› |
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| Japanese |
「…」 |
『…』 |
[12]
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| Latvian |
«…» |
„…” |
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| Lithuanian |
„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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«…» |
‹…› |
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| Norwegian |
«…» |
‹…› |
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„…” |
‚…’ |
[13]
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| Polish
[14]
|
„…” |
‚…’ |
[15]
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«…» |
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[16]
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| Portuguese |
“…” |
‘…’ |
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«…» |
‹…› |
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0–1 pt |
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Romanian
[17]
|
„…” |
‚…’ |
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«…» |
‹…› |
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Russian
[18]
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«…» |
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„…“ |
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| Serbian |
„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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»…« |
›…‹ |
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| Slovak |
„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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»…« |
›…‹ |
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| Slovene |
„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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»…« |
›…‹ |
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| Sorbian |
„…“ |
‚…‘ |
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| Spanish
[19]
|
«…» |
"…" |
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“…” |
‘…’ |
[20]
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0 pt |
| Swedish |
”…” |
’…’ |
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»…» |
’…’ |
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| Turkish |
«…» |
‹…› |
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“…” |
‘…’ |
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0–1 pt |
| Ukrainian |
«…» |
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„…“ |
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^ Traditional:
[1], [9]
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^ These forms are
rotated for use in horizontal text; they were originally written ﹁...﹂ and ﹃...﹄ in vertical text:
[4], [12]
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^ Rare:
[3], [6],
[15]
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^
May substitue for either the opening or closing mark
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^
Preferred for headings and other texts in larger font sizes
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^ Quotation dash preferred for dialogue:
[2], [5],
[10], [17],
[18], [19]
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^ In Switzerland the same
style is used for all languages: [7],
[8], [11]
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^ Handwriting.
For quotations that span multiple paragraphs, besides the opening quotation mark in the
first paragraph and the closing quotation mark at the end of the quotation:
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^ A leading quotation
mark is added to the beginning of each new paragraph.
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^ A closing quotation mark
is added to the beginning of each new paragraph.
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