Ä
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TranslingualEdit
LetterEdit
Ä (lower case ä), composition ⿱¨A
See alsoEdit
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter A): Áá Àà Ââ Ǎǎ Ăă Ãã Ảả Ȧȧ Ạạ Ää Åå Ḁḁ Āā Ąą ᶏ Ⱥⱥ Ȁȁ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ặặ Ǻǻ Ǡǡ Ǟǟ Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ɑɑ ᴀ Ɐɐ ɒ Ａａ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜳꜳ Ꜵꜵ Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ
- (Letters using umlaut or diaresis sign): Ää Ǟǟ Ëë Ḧḧ Ïï Ḯḯ N̈n̈ Öö Ȫȫ Ṏṏ ẗ Üü Ǘǘ Ǚǚ Ǜǜ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ṳṳ Ẅẅ Ẍẍ Ÿÿ
EstonianEdit
LetterEdit
Ä (upper case, lower case ä)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ää and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Swedish Ä and/or its origin, German Ä, in which the umlaut (two dots) were originally a lowercase e, first placed to the side and later on top of a/A to signify fronting of the vowel via Germanic umlaut.
LetterEdit
Ä (upper case, lower case ä)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ää and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ä (lowercase)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German æ.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ɛː/, /ˌaː ˈʊmlaʊ̯t/ (letter name)
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /ɛ/ (short phoneme)
- IPA(key): /ɛː/, [ɛː], [eː] (long phoneme)
- The distinction between long /ɛː/ and /eː/ is maintained in some regions, including Switzerland and most of western Germany. In many other regions the two are merged in normal speech, though speakers may nevertheless distinguish them in individual words and in enunciation.
LetterEdit
Ä n (genitive Ä or Äs, plural Ä or Äs)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Ä
Declension of Ä
Further readingEdit
- “Ä” in Duden online
LuxembourgishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ä (lowercase)
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Ä
Usage notesEdit
- The short vowel [æ] is spelt ä (rather than e) when it occurs as an umlaut in inflections. Otherwise its use is chiefly dependent on the spelling of the German cognate. Ä is used when the German word has one of a, ä, o, ö, thus e.g. Fläsch and Fräsch (German Flasche, Frosch). If no German cognate exists, ä is used when there is a closely related Luxembourgish word with a.
- The long vowel [ɛː] is always spelt ä. In native Luxembourgish words this sound occurs only before r as an allophone of /eː/. Elsewhere it must be interpreted as a distinct phoneme /æː/, which is restricted to borrowings.
RomaniEdit
LetterEdit
Ä (upper case, lower case ä)
- A letter used to represent the mid central unrounded vowel (/ə/) in the International Standard orthography.
ReferencesEdit
- 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 SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Ä (lower case ä)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â 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
TurkmenEdit
LetterEdit
Ä (lower case ä)
- The sixth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, written in the Latin script.