ä

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

1. The letter a with a diaeresis.

Symbol

ä

1. (phonetics) A letter sometimes used to represent the open front unrounded vowel in IPA.

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ (“I”). Compare Kott ai (“I”) and Pumpokol ad (“I”). Also see Assan aj.

Pronoun

ä

1. I (first-person singular subjective)

Noun

ä f

1. island

Letter

ä (lowercase, uppercase Ä)

1. The 28th letter of the Estonian alphabet

Pronunciation

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Letter

ä (lowercase, uppercase Ä)

1. The second to last letter of the Finnish alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /æ/

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

1. The third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/, /æ/

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

1. The third letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Further reading

• ä in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Pronunciation

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/, /ɛ/

Letter

ä (lower case, upper case Ä)

1. The second last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /ɛː/ when long, /ɛ/ when short, /æː/ when long and before r, and /æ/ when short and before r.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /æ/, /æː/

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

1. The sixth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ä and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Prefix

ä

1. Verbal prefix for the imperfect tense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛ], [e̞]

Pronoun

ä n

1. Contraction of he.

Article

ä n

1. neuter nominative singular of n
2. neuter accusative singular of n

   Han jär ä nöut.

   He is dense (lit. he is a neat.)