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Translingual edit
Symbol edit
ä
- (IPA) Sometimes used to transcribe an open central unrounded vowel, as ⟨a⟩ is officially an open front vowel.
- (actuarial notation) Annuity-due.
- än̅| ― n-year annuity-due
- äx:n̅| ― n-year annuity-due to a person currently age x
- äx ― life annuity-due to a person currently age x
- ― k-year deferred life annuity-due to a person currently age x, compounded m-thly
English edit
Symbol edit
ä
- (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PALM vowel
Arin edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *axʷ (“I”). Compare Kott ai (“I”) and Pumpokol ad (“I”). Also see Assan aj.
Pronoun edit
ä
- I (first-person singular subjective)
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Dinka edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (upper case Ä)
- A letter of the Dinka alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Elfdalian edit
Noun edit
ä f
Inflection edit
Estonian edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (lower case, upper case Ä)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ää and written in the Latin script.
See also edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
See Ä.
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (lower case, upper case Ä)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ää and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
Should not be replaced by ae in case of technical restrictions (like in e.g. German), as that may change the meaning.
See also edit
German edit
Noun edit
ä n (strong, genitive ä or äs, plural ä or äs)
- Alternative form of Ä
Declension edit
Declension of ä [neuter, strong]
Further reading edit
Livonian edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (upper case Ä)
- The third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also edit
Romani edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (lower case, upper case Ä)
- (International Standard) Used to represent a dialectal centralized vowel.
See also edit
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
References edit
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “DECISION : "THE ROMANI ALPHABET"”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 499
- ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ä”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16
Skolt Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (upper case Ä)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also edit
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (upper case Ä)
- The third letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also edit
- (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 edit
- “ä”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
Etymology 1 edit
From German ä, with its corresponding pronunciation, which is still used by some speakers, however, the majority of speakers have vernacularized the pronunciation to a long close-mid vowel regardless of the initial pronunciation.
Pronunciation 1 edit
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /éː/, /èː/, [ɛ́ː]
- (letter name, common): IPA(key): /prɛɡlaʃɛ̀ːni àː/, /prɛɡlaʃɛ̀ːni áː/ (preglašeni a)
- (letter name, educated): IPA(key): /ɛ̀ː/, /ɛ́ː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
- Homophone: e
Letter edit
ä (lower case, upper case Ä)
- Additional letter in Slovene common mostly in loanwords from German.
Noun edit
ä m inan
- (educated) The name of the Latin script letter Ä / ä.
Usage notes edit
It is more common to use the name preglašeni a than to use this name.
Inflection edit
- Overall more common
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| Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | ä | ||
| gen. sing. | ä-ja | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
ä | ä-ja | ä-ji |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
ä-ja | ä-jev | ä-jev |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
ä-ju | ä-jema | ä-jem |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
ä | ä-ja | ä-je |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
ä-ju | ä-jih | ä-jih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
ä-jem | ä-jema | ä-ji |
- More common when with a definite adjective
| Masculine inan., no endings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | ä | ||
| gen. sing. | ä | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | ä | ä | ä |
| accusative | ä | ä | ä |
| genitive | ä | ä | ä |
| dative | ä | ä | ä |
| locative | ä | ä | ä |
| instrumental | ä | ä | ä |
Pronunciation 2 edit
Symbol edit
ä
- (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of dialectal sound [æ].
Etymology 2 edit
Letter a with diaeresis (¨) to signify centralization.
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (lower case, upper case Ä)
- The second letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also edit
References edit
- Kenda-Jež, Karmen (2017 February 27) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription][1] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on January 22, 2022, pages 27–30
- Steenwijk, Han (1994) Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP
Southern Tutchone edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (upper case Ä)
- A letter of the Southern Tutchone alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Originally a ligature of A and E. During the 16th century, the letter began to be written as an A with a lower case e ontop (Aͤ respectively aͤ). During the first decades of the 18th century, the use of umlaut emerged.
Pronunciation edit
- Letter name
- Phoneme
Letter edit
ä (lower case, upper case Ä)
- 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.
Declension edit
| Declension of ä | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ä | äet | än | äna |
| Genitive | äs | äets | äns | änas |
Further reading edit
- ä in Svensk ordbok.
Teribe edit
Noun edit
ä
References edit
- Gamarra A., Enrique, Villagra S., Inocencio (1980) Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español[2] (overall work in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 92
Turkmen edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (upper case Ä)
- The sixth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ä and written in the Latin script.
See also edit
Volapük edit
Prefix edit
ä
- Verbal prefix for the imperfect tense.
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ä (upper case Ä)
- The letter A, marked for its syllabic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.