single quote

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single quote

noun single quotes

A quotation mark, as in She said, 'Go ahead'.
Similar: inverted comma
An apostrophe, as in Let's do it.

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noun quotation mark

Deutsch	einfaches Anführungszeichen

noun apostrophe

Deutsch	Auslassungszeichen

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"single quote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/single%20quote. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{single_quote_2026,
  title = {single quote},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/single%20quote},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}