Fact · Languages and accents
Apple's German Mac table maps the spoken phrase 'Anführungszeichen unten' to the low opening quotation mark („) and 'Anführungszeichen oben' to the high closing mark (“).
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Anführungszeichen unten „ Anführungszeichen oben “”
Befehle zum Diktieren von Text auf dem Mac, Apple Inc. (Mac-Hilfe, German), 2026, Typografie table (German).
Open the original- What it measures
- The German table lists quotation marks alongside the other typographic symbols.
- What it does not show
- The table names the marks by their position, which is the German convention, so the command does not produce the guillemets used in French.