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by sph 845 days ago
Germany != Europe.

The French use « », Italians use ‘regular’ “quotes”, etc.

Strangely enough, this is the first time I see your style of quote, in two decades on the Internet.

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Yeah I’m surprised at how rare this is to see. I guess that means all Germans don’t follow this convention?
I believe it should be double, „like this“, not single quotes.
Other countries use it too. I'm pretty sure that Spain does.
Nope, Spain uses « » (though mostly only in formal writing these days) or English-style quotes.