suspended hyphen

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suspended hyphen

noun suspended hyphens

A type of hyphen used to represent omission of repeated parts of compound words in a list.
Similar: dangling hyphen, floating hyphen, hanging hyphen, suspension hyphen, suspensive hyphen

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noun a hyphen for omission

Deutsch	Ergänzungsstrich, Ergänzungsbindestrich

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@misc{suspended_hyphen_2026,
  title = {suspended hyphen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suspended%20hyphen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}