diff --git a/teckids.sty b/teckids.sty
index 5b089079d822bc06d0af9b4e1ed54dc13a5b3bf1..57652d2f7f0f81ff6ed504beec90f0c42d691905 100644
--- a/teckids.sty
+++ b/teckids.sty
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 %	Dominik George <dominik.george@teckids.org>
 % Copyright © 2014, 2015
 %	Thorsten “mirabilos” Glaser <thorsten.glaser@teckids.org>
+% Copyright © 2015, 2016
+%	Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de>
 % Copyright © 2015
 %	Niklas Bildhauer <niklas.bildhauer@teckids.org>
 % with contributions by (among others)
@@ -284,6 +286,10 @@
 \newunicodechar{☍}{\opposition}
 
 \newunicodechar{‑}{-\nolinebreak\hspace{0pt}}
+% em dash
+\def\dash{\unskip\kern.16667em\textemdash\penalty\exhyphenpenalty\hskip.16667em\relax}
+% for footnotes
+\newcommand{\Hair}{\kern.16667em}
 
 \newcommand{\ankreuzen}{Bitte zum Beispiel so → \CheckedBox\hspace{0.05cm} ← ankreuzen!}
 \newcommand{\angekreuzteskaestchen}{\CheckedBox\hspace{0.1cm}}