◌͝◌


◌͝ U+035D, ͝
COMBINING DOUBLE BREVE
← ◌͜
[U+035C]
Combining Diacritical Marks ◌͞ →
[U+035E]
See also: ◌̆

English

Diacritical mark

◌͝◌

  1. (lexicography) Used to mark the digraph ⟨oo⟩ as having its 'short' sound: ⟨o͝o⟩ /ʊ/.

Usage notes

⟨◌̆⟩ is used for a single vowel letter.

German

Diacritical mark

◌͝◌

  1. (cartography) Used to abbreviate the common placename ending -burg ("castle") as ⟨-b͝g⟩. This prevents confusion with -berg ("mountain"), another common placename suffix.
    E.g. Freib͝g stands for Freiburg, not Freiberg.
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