# ‐

| ‐ | U+2010, &#8208; HYPHEN |
| ← [U+200F] | General Punctuation | ‑ → [U+2011] |
| ‑ | U+2011, &#8209; NON-BREAKING HYPHEN |
| ← ‐ [U+2010] | General Punctuation | ‒ → [U+2012] |
| ­ | U+00AD, &#173; SOFT HYPHEN(Abbreviation: SHY) |
| ← ¬ [U+00AC] | Latin-1 Supplement | ® → [U+00AE] |
* In N'Ko script, a low hyphen is used to join words, and contrasts with the ASCII hyphen that divides words at line breaks.

## Translingual
### Punctuation mark

‐ (English name hyphen)
* Separates certain pieces of text.
** Separates syllables.
    syl‐lab‐i‐fi‐ca‐tion
** Separates letters to indicate the spelling of a word.
    W‐O‐R‐D spells "word".
** Separates letters to indicate emphasis.
*** 1945 April 30, ad for Listerine shaving cream in LIFE, vol. 18, no. 18, page 7:
    35¢ TUBE LASTS AND L‐A‐S‐T‐S
** Splits a word across a line break (called hyphenation).
    Synonym: (dated) ⹝
    We, therefore, the represen‐ tatives of the United States […]
** Marks a point where a morpheme (a suffix, a prefix, etc.) is supposed to be attached to a word.
    Happiness ends with ‐ness.
* Connects certain pieces of text.
** Connects words in compound terms.
    Synonym: – (“en-dash”)
    freeze‐dry
** Connects names in some compound surnames.
    Chandler‐Mather
** Indicates common parts of repeated compounds.
    nineteenth‐ and twentieth‐century
** Connects words in some situations, akin to a space.
*** 1990, Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe (in English), page 25:Bee #1: It‐is‐good‐that‐we‐do‐all‐the‐work‐and‐the‐queen‐gets‐all‐the‐sex‐ Bee #2: Yes‐good‐for‐the‐hive
** In dates, connects the year, the month and the day.
    1789‐07‐14 (the date of the first Bastille Day)
* Indicates stuttering.
    W‐w‐would you marry me?
* Separates the components of a pun.
    This is a cat‐astrophe! (a catastrophe involving cats)
* Hides letters.
    Synonyms: – (“en-dash”), — (“em-dash”)
    G‐d ― God

#### Usage notes

* The similar-looking hyphen-minus (-) is used more frequently, but is used for many purposes (as a hyphen, minus sign, and dash). The hyphen symbol is therefore more specific.
* Most text systems consider a hyphen to be a word boundary and a valid point at which to break a line when flowing text. However, this is not always desirable behavior. The non-breaking hyphen looks identical to the regular hyphen, but is not treated as a word boundary.
* A soft hyphen is generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed. For example:
   Margaret­Are­You­Grieving­Over­Goldengrove­Unleaving­Leaves­Like­The­Things­Of­Man­You­With­Your­Fresh­Thoughts­Care­For­Can­You­Ah­As­The­Heart­Grows­Older­It­Will­Come­To­Such­Sights­Colder­By­And­By­Nor­Spare­A­Sigh­Though­Worlds­Of­Wanwood­Leafmeal­Lie­And­Yet­You­Will­Weep­And­Know­Why­Now­No­Matter­Child­The­Name­Sorrows­Springs­Are­The­Same­Nor­Mouth­Had­No­Nor­Mind­Expressed­What­Heart­Heard­Of­Ghost­Guessed­It­Is­The­Blight­Man­Was­Born­For­It­Is­Margaret­You­Mourn­For

### See also

Punctuation
* apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
* curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
* square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
* colon ( : )
* comma ( , )
* dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
* ellipsis ( … )
* exclamation mark ( ! )
* fraction slash ( ⁄ )
* guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
* hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
* interpunct ( · )
* interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
* brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
* full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
* question mark ( ? )
* quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
* quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
* semicolon ( ; )
* slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
* space ( ] [ )

## English
### Punctuation mark

‐ (name hyphen)
* Joins prefixes and suffixes according to stylistic rules, often to avoid confusion in pronunciation or meaning.
    Synonyms: (US) · (“interpunct”), ◌̈ (“diaeresis”)
    ultra‐ambitious (to indicate both aes are pronounced)
    I must re‐press the shirt. (to avoid confusion with repress)
* Connects words in a compound modifier according to various stylistic rules.
    real‐world examples (but "examples are from the real world")
* (Internet slang) Used as sentence-final punctuation.

### Conjunction

* Joins the components of compounds.
** Joins the components of coordinative compounds, with equal components.
    secretary‐general; yellow‐green; a here‐today‐gone‐tomorrow attitude; kitchen‐dinette‐office
** Joins the components of subordinative compounds, with a dominant component or head.
    a has‐been; cholesterol‐free; short‐changing

#### Usage notes

* In American English, compound words are formed more liberally than in British English. Hyphenated compound nouns are also much more common in colloquial American English.

#### Synonyms

* (joining components of coordinative compounds): and, hyphen or -hyphen-, cum or -cum-, /, slash

### See also

Punctuation
* apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
* curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
* square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
* colon ( : )
* comma ( , )
* dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
* ellipsis ( … )
* exclamation mark ( ! )
* fraction slash ( ⁄ )
* guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
* hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
* interpunct ( · )
* interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
* brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
* full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
* question mark ( ? )
* quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
* quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
* semicolon ( ; )
* slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
* space ( ] [ )

### Further reading

* hyphen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Finnish
### Punctuation mark

* Alternative spelling of -

## German
### Punctuation mark

* Separates certain pieces of text.
** Separates syllables.
*** [1848, Das Neue Buchstabir- und Lesebuch, zum Gebrauch Deutscher Volksschulen in Pennsylvanien und andern Staaten, page 71:[…] Wolf Wöl-fe wölf-isch; Wol-lust wol-lüst-ig; Wort Wör-ter Wör-ter-buch Wör-ter-büch-er […](please add an English translation of this quotation)]
** Separates letters.
*** 2013 March 8, Martin Gardner, Mathemagische Tricks, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 24:Jetzt wird der Zuschauer aufgefordert, das Spiel zu nehmen und, von oben beginnend, eine Karte nach der anderen auszuteilen. Während er austeilt, buchstabiert er den Satz: „D-I-E-S-E K-A-R-T-E W-U-R-D-E G-E-W-Ä-H-L-T“, pro Karte genau ein Buchstabe.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** Splits a word across a line break (called hyphenation).
*** 2012 October 24, Anja Pannewitz, Das Geschlecht der Führung: Supervisorische Interaktion zwischen Tradition und Transformation, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 263:[…] (vgl. Digitales Wör- terbuch der deutschen Sprache des 20. Jahrhunderts, 2008–2011). Der Klient soll demnach maschinenäquivalent dem Geschäftsführer sichere Anweisungen zum Handeln kommunizieren, ihn aber nicht als Dampf- maschine deuten, […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
** Marks a point where a morpheme (a suffix, a prefix, etc.) is supposed to be attached to a word.
*** 2022 March 11, Zoja Berketova, Systemhafte Lexikologie der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Frank & Timme GmbH, →ISBN, page 110:3. Substantive mit dem Suffix -keit: Sinnlosigkeit, Eindeutigkeit, Mehrdeutigkeit; 4. Substantive mit dem Suffix -schaft: Freundschaft, Feindschaft; 5. Substantive mit dem Suffix -tum: Irrtum, Altertum, Besitztum, Christentum, Genietum;(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Connects certain pieces of text.
** Joins prefixes and suffixes according to stylistic rules, often to avoid confusion in pronunciation or meaning
*** 2008, Simone Simpson, Zwischen Kulturauftrag und künstlerischer Autonomie: Dresdner Plastik der 1950er und 1960er Jahre, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, →ISBN, page 81:Denk- und Mahnmäler in kommunalem oder staatlichem Auftrag(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Indicates stuttering.
** 2019 September 9, Alexandra Fröhlich, Dreck am Stecken: Roman, Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH, →ISBN:»W-w-was ist mit unserem G-g-großvater? Hat der d-d-das auch geglaubt?«(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Hides letters.
** 2021 August 31, Jürgen Manemann, Revolutionäres Christentum: Ein Plädoyer, transcript Verlag, →ISBN:Wir müssen all das, was wir unter Religion verstehen, befragen. Jay-Z holt die Religion und G-tt aus dem Himmel zurück […](please add an English translation of this quotation)