Ä

Translingual

Letter

Ä (lower case ä), composition ⿱¨A

1. The letter A with a diaeresis.
2. The letter A with an umlaut.

See also

• (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  M̈m̈  N̈n̈  Öö  Ȫȫ  Ṏṏ  P̈p̈  T̈ẗ  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǚǚ  Ǜǜ  Ǖǖ  Ṻṻ  Ṳṳ  V̈v̈  Ẅẅ  Ẍẍ  Ÿÿ

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Estonian

Letter

Ä (upper case, lower case ä)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ää and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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)

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Finnish

Letter

Ä (upper case, lower case ä)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ää and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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

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German

Alternative forms

• ä (lowercase)

Etymology

From Middle High German æ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/

Noun

Ä n (genitive Ä or Äs, plural Ä or Äs)

1. A letter used in German orthography: an umlauted version of A.

Further reading

• “Ä” in Duden online

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German Sign Language

Etymology

A variation of the sign for "A".

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “A” shape, then move it downwards.

Letter

1. the letter Ä

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

Ä (lower 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