English[edit]Etymology[edit]Contractions. Show
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Verb[edit]'s (clitic)
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Pronoun[edit]'s (clitic)
Determiner[edit]'s
Conjunction[edit]'s
Adverb[edit]'s (not comparable)
Bavarian[edit]Etymology 1[edit]Unstressed form of des. Pronoun[edit]'s
See also[edit]Article[edit]'s n
See also[edit]Bavarian articles
1) higher, formal register Etymology 2[edit]Unstressed form of se. Pronoun[edit]'s
See also[edit]Catalan[edit]Pronoun[edit]’s
Declension[edit]Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
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Cimbrian[edit]Etymology 1[edit]Article[edit]'s
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Etymology 2[edit]Pronoun[edit]'s
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Dutch[edit]Etymology 1[edit]A clitic form of des, the genitive of the masculine and neuter singular articles de and het. Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]’s
Usage notes[edit]As ’s is still conceptualized as a contraction of des, it is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in 's Morgens regent het. (It rains in the morning.) Etymology 2[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]'s
German[edit]Article[edit]’s
Pronoun[edit]’s
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Irish[edit]Conjunction[edit]’s
Particle[edit]’s
Noun[edit]’s
Scottish Gaelic[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]'s
Conjunction[edit]'s
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Which letter is s?S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
When was the letter s invented?The long s can be traced back to Roman times, when the lowercase s typical took an elongated form in cursive writing (opens in new tab) in Latin. According to librarians at the New York Academy of Medicine (opens in new tab), people were using the long s at the beginning and middle of words by the 12th century.
How many types of s are there?ſ — long s, medial s, or descending s.
What letter is T in the alphabet?Letters in the alphabet:. |