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Ss ss ß Appendix:Variations of "ss"
Translingual
Symbol
1 2 South Sudan 2011
mul SSD ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 alpha-3
English
Etymology 1
abbreviation Abbreviations.
Noun
en noun
en Saints en Saints.
en social security en social security.
en secret service or Secret Service en secret service.
en spousal support en spousal support.
en Q172587 en stainless steel<id:Q172587>.
en CRES<id:corrosion-resistant steel>
en nautical A shiptype.
en steamship en steamship.
en S/S S.S. S. S. S./S.
en ship#Noun < vessel#Noun
en PS TS
en SV MV MS
en screw steamer en screw steamer a screw-driven steamship.
en PS
en subsurface; subsurface ship en US Navy en subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine.
en SSN SSK SSB SSG SSKN SSBN SSGN APSS LPSS
A conventionally-powered submarine.
en SSK SSB SSG
A diesel-powered attack submarine.
en SSK
en NATO code for certain surface-to-surface missile systems en military rocketry NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union.
en shortstop en baseball en shortstop.
en screenshot en computing en screenshot.
en sum of squares en statistics en sum of squares.
en Segawa syndrome en Segawa syndrome.
en side seam en textiles en side seam.
en spring-and-summer en fashion en spring/summer often followed by a year.
en SS23 collection
en AW<t:autumn/winter> FW<t:fall/winter>
Proper noun
en proper noun
en Nazism en Schutzstaffel; from en de SS.
en-GB Andrew Roth Russia lauding torture was unthinkable – now it is proud to do so w:The Guardian 2024-03-25 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/russian-officials-lauding-torture-was-unthinkable-now-it-is-proud-to-do-so 0261-3077 Pjotr Sauer The officer who cut off Rachabalizoda’s ear had military patches including a far-right Totenkopf (dead person’s head) previously worn by Nazi SS units. https://web.archive.org/web/20240423133558/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/russian-officials-lauding-torture-was-unthinkable-now-it-is-proud-to-do-so
en Jack Nicastro J.D. Vance Says 26 Percent of Young Liberals Justify Political Violence. Here's What the Data Really Say. Reason (magazine) Reason https://reason.com/2025/09/16/j-d-vance-says-26-percent-of-young-liberals-justify-political-violence-heres-what-the-data-really-say/ 2025-09-16 (It's possible that at least some of the liberals who answered "yes, violence can sometimes be justified" had in mind edge cases like armed resistance by Jews against the SS, not the assassination of peaceful political pundits with whom they disagree.) https://web.archive.org/web/20251006180415/https://reason.com/2025/09/16/j-d-vance-says-26-percent-of-young-liberals-justify-political-violence-heres-what-the-data-really-say/
en @init of:Subsahara geographic region cont/Africa constituting all countries south of the Sahara Desert.
en Pokémon en fandom slang en Pokémon Sword and Shield.
en SwSh
Derived terms
en RuSSian
Adjective
-
en Subsaharan.
See also
en spousal support alimony
en submarine DSV DSRV
en NATO CSS
Etymology 2
From en id SS, initialism of id Sumatra Selatan; compare en SB West Sumatra and en SU North Sumatra.
Proper noun
en @init of:South Sumatra province c/Indonesia.
See also
en SS collar
German
Pronunciation
de [ˌɛs.ˈʔɛs]
de SS
de De-SS.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Symbol
de letter upper case SZ occasionally ẞ lower case ß or ss
One of the official capital forms of ß (the other one is ẞ), or ss used in Swiss and Liechtenstein German, or once ſs (in Antiqua)
Noun
f.sg
de Schutzstaffel
de 1939 Christian Jährig SS marschiert in Feindesland SS marschiert in Feindesland, / Und singt ein Teufelslied. The SS is marching in enemy territories, / singing the devil's song.
de Schwangerschaft
Declension
f.sg
Alternative forms
Schutzstaffel
de SS.
Derived terms
Schutzstaffel
de Reichsführer SS, de Reichsführer-SS (de RFSS)
de SS-Angehöriger
de ODESSA
de SSler
de SS-Mann
de SS-Offizier
de Waffen-SS
Schwangerschaft
de SS-Woche (de Schwangerschaftswoche)
Noun
de noun n
de Sommersemester
Coordinate terms
de WS (de Wintersemester)
See also
Schutzstaffel
de SA
Dutch: nl SS'er
Further reading
Japanese
Pronunciation
サイドストーリー
Noun
サイドストーリー
ja サイドストーリー
ja terms written in foreign scripts