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Meaning of soft hyphen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.

Equivalents

Deutsch bedingter Trennstrich bedingtes Trennzeichen weicher Trennstrich weiches Trennzeichen
Suomi tavutusvihje

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

soft jade soft key soft kill soft landing soft launch soft link

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