Anredezeichen Glossary of terms

The Anredezeichen is a punctuation mark placed after the salutation in a formal letter or email in German.

Detailed Explanation

The Anredezeichen is used to separate the salutation from the main body of a letter or email in German. Generally, a comma (,) is used. A key difference from English is that the first word of the letter that follows is then written in lowercase.

After the Anredezeichen, a blank line is usually left before starting the main text.

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