Editing S (section)

===German===
In [[German orthography|German]], {{angbr|s}} represents:
* A [[voiced alveolar sibilant]] {{IPA|/z/}} before vowels (except after [[obstruent]]s), as in 'sich'.
* A [[voiceless alveolar sibilant]] {{IPA|/s/}} before consonants or when final, as in 'ist' and 'das'.
* A [[voiceless palato-alveolar fricative]] {{IPA|/ʃ/}} before {{angbr|p, t}} at the beginning of a word or syllable, as  in 'spät' and 'Stadt'.

When doubled ({{angbr|ss}}), it represents a [[voiceless alveolar sibilant]] {{IPA|/s/}}, as in 'müssen'.

In the trigraph {{angbr|sch}}, it represents a [[voiceless palato-alveolar fricative]] {{IPA|/ʃ/}}, as in 'schon'.