ä

See also: ӓ and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ä U+00E4, ä LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̈ [U+0308] ← ã [U+00E3] Latin-1 Supplement å → [U+00E5]

Translingual

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

1. The letter a with umlaut or diaeresis.

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  N̈n̈  Öö  Ȫȫ  Ṏṏ  ẗ  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǚǚ  Ǜǜ  Ǖǖ  Ṻṻ  Ṳṳ  Ẅẅ  Ẍẍ  Ÿÿ

Symbol

ä

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

Usage notes

• ä (a + centralised mark) is an official IPA symbol.

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Arin

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)

Synonyms

• aj

Related terms

• aiŋ

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Elfdalian

Noun

ä f

1. island

Inflection

Declension of ä

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ä	enę	äer	äär
accusative	ä	enę	äer	äär
dative	ä	e'n	äum	äum(e)
genitive	—	—	—	—

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæː/

Letter

ä (lower case, upper 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

Etymology

See Ä.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

ä (lower case, upper 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

Noun

ä n (strong, genitive ä or äs, plural ä or äs)

1. Alternative form of Ä

Declension

Declension of ä [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	ä	die	ä, äs
genitive	eines	des	ä, äs	der	ä, äs
dative	einem	dem	ä	den	ä, äs
accusative	ein	das	ä	die	ä, äs

Further reading

• “ä” in Duden online
• “ä” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Livonian

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

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Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): () /ɨ/, () /ə/

Letter

ä (lower case, upper case Ä)

1. (International Standard) Used to represent a dialectal centralized vowel.

See also

• (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).

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Skolt Sami

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

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɛ/, /ɛɐ̯/

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 slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Swedish

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.

Declension

Declension of ä
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ä	ät	än	äna
Genitive	äs	äts	äns	änas

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Teribe

Noun

ä

1. axe

References

• Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980) Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎^[1] (in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 92

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Turkmen

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

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Volapük

Prefix

ä

1. Verbal prefix for the imperfect tense.

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Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛ], [e̞]

Pronoun

ä n

1. Contraction of he.

Article

ä n

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of n

   Han jär ä nöut.

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

Alternative forms

• e
• i