Translingual

Punctuation mark

– ‎(English name en dash)

1. Indicates ranges.

   6–10 years, read as "six to ten years"

2. Indicates items in a list.

   Things to buy:

   – Toilet paper

   – Towels

3. Indicates a quotation.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:–.

See also

• - (hyphen)
• — (em dash)
• en dash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Punctuation

English

Symbol

–

1. Used in a compound term when the constituent parts are already hyphenated.

   high-priority–high-pressure tasks

2. Used to hide letters

   G–d for God

3. Used to connect compound terms with the sense of "to" or to show a relationship

   The Boston–Washington race

   blood–brain barrier

Synonyms

• (hide letters): ‐ (hyphen)

German

Symbol

–

1. Used to replace two zeroes after the decimal point in monetary values in running text (in tables, the em dash — is used).

   Dieses Gerät kostet 12,– DM.

2. Used to replace a zero before the decimal point, i. e. for monetary values below 1.

   Diese Packung Milch kostet –,89 DM.