Å
See also: å and Appendix:Variations of "a"
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Translingual edit
Symbol edit
Å
Usage notes edit
The Unicode Standard states that Å (U+212B ANGSTROM SIGN) is included in Unicode only for backward compatibility reasons. To represent angstroms, Å (U+00C5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE) is preferred.
Danish edit
Letter edit
Å (lower case å)
- The ultimate (29th) letter of the Danish alphabet. Before its introduction in 1948, the digraph Aa / aa was used. To distinguish between the two forms, "Å" is referred to as "bolle-å" and "Aa" as "dobbelt-a".
Inflection edit
Declension of Å
See also edit
- (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å
References edit
- “Å” in Den Danske Ordbog
Elfdalian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Å, ᛡ (Dalecarlian runes)
Letter edit
Å (upper case Å, lower case å)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Letter edit
Å (upper case, lower case å)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ruotsalainen oo and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
- Despite being part of the Finnish alphabet, the letter is only used in Scandinavian names. As a result, it is often seen as a symbol of the Swedish language (which is also an official language in Finland, although not without controversy).
See also edit
Norwegian edit
Letter edit
Å (upper case Å, lower case å)
- the last letter of the Norwegian alphabet
Proper noun edit
Å
Skolt Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
Å (lower case å)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From two a’s written on top of each other; compare ä and ö.
Pronunciation edit
- Letter name, noun, preposition
- Phoneme
Letter edit
Å (upper case, lower case å)
- The third to last letter of the Swedish alphabet, called å and written in the Latin script.