Sz (digraph)

Sz is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, used in Hungarian, Polish, Kashubian, and formerly in German.

Polish

In Polish orthography, sz represents a voiceless retroflex fricative (IPA|/ʂ/ ), similar to English "sh". It usually corresponds to š in other Slavic languages.

sz should not be confused with ś (or s followed by i), termed "soft sh", a voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative (IPA|/ɕ/).

Examples of sz

audio|pl-obszar.ogg|obszar ("area, territory")
audio|Pl-płaszcz.ogg|płaszcz ("coat, cloak")

Kashubian

In Kashubian, sz represents a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA|/ʃ/ ), similar to English "sh".

Hungarian

"Sz" is the thirty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet. Its name is (using English pronunciation with letter romanization) "ess" in the alphabet. It represents IPA|/s/. Thus, names like "Liszt" are pronounced "list" IPA|/lɪst/.

In Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter (a true digraph), and even acronyms keep the letter intact.

It should be noted that in Hungarian "s" represents IPA|/ʃ/ (a sound similar to IPA|/ʂ/), which is why the correct pronunciation of "Budapest" is really "BU-dah-pesht" (/budɑpɛʃt/). This means that Hungarian usage of "s" and "sz" are reversed from the Polish usage.

Examples

:These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter sz, with the English translation following.

*szabó = "tailor"
*szép = "beautiful"
*szikla = "rock"
*szőke = "blonde"
*szülő = "parent"

German

In German, it was used to represent IPA|/s/ after "long" vowels, later contracting to the ligature ß.

ee also

* Hungarian alphabet
* Polish alphabet
* ß

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