ë

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Translingual

Letter

ë (upper case Ë)

  1. The letter e with a diaresis.

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Albanian

Pronunciation

Letter

ë (lower case Ë)

  1. The eighth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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French

Pronunciation

Letter

ë (lower case Ë)

  1. The letter “e” in words when it must be pronounced separately and not associated with preceding letter. E.g. “-gue” is normally pronounced /ɡ/ but “-guë” is pronounce /ɡy/ (like in aiguë, ciguë); “œ” is normally pronounced /e/ or /ɛ/ but “oë” is pronounced /o.ɛ/ (like in troëne, Noël).

Kashubian

Letter

ë (upper case Ë)

  1. The ninth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, called szwa and written in the Latin script.

See also

Conjunction

ë

  1. and

Middle High German

Etymology

In words spelled with this letter, the ë comes from Proto-Germanic *e (as in ëȥzen) or *i (as in lëben)

Letter

ë

  1. a letter of the normalised Middle High German spelling