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By the late 1400s, the choice of spelling between sz and ss was usually based on the sound's position in the word rather than etymology: sz ( ſz ) tended to be used in word final position: uſz (Middle High German: ûz, German: aus), -nüſz (Middle High German: -nüss(e), German: -nis); ss ( ſſ ) tended to be used when the sound occurred ...
at the end of prefixes, as a connecting s and in compounds at the end of the first part-word, even if the following part-word begins with a long ſ: e.g. Liebe s brief, Arbeit s amt, Donner s tag, Unterſuchung s ergebnis, Hau s tür, Di s poſition, di s harmoniſch, da s ſelbe, Wirt s ſtube, Au s ſicht
SS-Schütze "rifleman" – lowest rank in the Waffen-SS, equivalent to private. Schutzstaffel (abbreviated SS or ) – "Protection Squadron" was a major Nazi organization that grew from a small paramilitary unit that served as Hitler's personal body guard into militarily what was in practical terms the fourth branch of the Wehrmacht. It was not ...
Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound: S 3: third heart sound S 4: fourth heart sound S&O: salpingo-oophorectomy Sb: Scholar batch SAAG: serum–ascites albumin gradient SAB: staphylococcal bacteremia
The Schutzstaffel (German: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ⓘ; lit. ' Protection Squadron '; SS; also stylised with Armanen runes as ᛋᛋ) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.
Ordnance dagger of the SS. The motto Meine Ehre heißt Treue is inscribed on the blade.. Since 1947, the use of this motto or variations of it are prohibited in Austria and Germany in their laws pertaining to the use of symbols of anti-constitutional organizations, e.g. in Germany, Strafgesetzbuch 86a.
Finally the four Ss are valuable for their ability to make almost any word plural. You can also find ways to play perpendicular words with Ss as well earning points for both words. Let it go!
SS-Führungshauptamt – SS Leadership Head Office, the administrative headquarters of the Waffen-SS. Funke – 1) radio [die Funke, f., slang abbreviation for Funkgerät]; 2) spark [der Funke, m.]; the literal (pre-radio) meaning of the word. Funker – radio operator (from funken [verb], to transmit by radio).