ö

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

ö U+00F6, ö LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS Composition: o [U+006F] + ◌̈ [U+0308] ← õ [U+00F5] Latin-1 Supplement ÷ → [U+00F7]

Translingual

Letter

ö (upper case Ö)

1. The letter o with a diaeresis above itself.
2. The letter o with an umlaut above itself.

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 O):  Óó  Òò  Ŏŏ  Ôô  Ốố  Ồồ  Ỗỗ  Ổổ  Ǒǒ  Öö  Ȫȫ  Őő  Õõ  Ṍṍ  Ṏṏ  Ȭȭ  Ȯȯ  Ȱȱ  Øø  Ǿǿ  Ǫǫ  Ǭǭ  Ōō  Ṓṓ  Ō̂ō̂  Ṑṑ  Ỏỏ  Ȍȍ  Ȏȏ  Ơơ  Ớớ  Ờờ  Ỡỡ  Ởở  Ợợ  Ọọ  Ộộ  Ɵɵ  ⱺ  ᴏ  Ｏｏ  Ꜵꜵ  Œœ  Ꝏꝏ  Ꝍꝍ  Ȣȣ
• (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

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /œ/

Letter

ö lower case (upper case Ö)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Danish

Letter

ö (upper case Ö)

1. (obsolete) A letter of the Danish alphabet

Usage notes

Merged with ø, thus for example kjöbe (attested at least until ca. 1900) -> købe.

See also

• (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 (Ǻ ǻ)

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Estonian

Letter

ö (lower case, upper case Ö)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Estonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Finnish

Etymology

See Ö.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈøː/, [ˈø̞ː]

• Audio

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Letter

ö (lower case, upper case Ö)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called öö 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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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈø]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈø]

Letter

ö (lower case, upper case Ö)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ö and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ö	ö-k
accusative	ö-t	ö-ket
dative	ö-nek	ö-knek
instrumental	ö-vel	ö-kkel
causal-final	ö-ért	ö-kért
translative	ö-vé	ö-kké
terminative	ö-ig	ö-kig
essive-formal	ö-ként	ö-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ö-ben	ö-kben
superessive	ö-n	ö-kön
adessive	ö-nél	ö-knél
illative	ö-be	ö-kbe
sublative	ö-re	ö-kre
allative	ö-höz	ö-khöz
elative	ö-ből	ö-kből
delative	ö-ről	ö-kről
ablative	ö-től	ö-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	ö-é	ö-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ö-éi	ö-kéi

Possessive forms of ö
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ö-m	ö-im
2nd person sing.	ö-d	ö-id
3rd person sing.	ö-je	ö-i
1st person plural	ö-nk	ö-ink
2nd person plural	ö-tök	ö-itek
3rd person plural	ö-jük	ö-ik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Further reading

• ö in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œː/

Letter

ö (upper case Ö)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, 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, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

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Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ø/

Letter

ö (lower case, upper case Ö)

1. (International Standard) The letter o with the umlaut.

Usage notes

• Rarely used in Hungarian loanwords in Romani.

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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Swedish

FWOTD – 20 September 2020

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -øː

Letter name, noun

• IPA^(key): /øː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /øː/, /œ/

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Etymology 1

Letter

ö (lower case, upper case Ö)

1. The last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /øː/ when long, /œ/ when short, [œ̞ː] when long and before r, and [œ̞] when short and before r.

   Det är två ön i "Höör".

   There are two ö in "Höör".

Declension

Declension of ö
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ö	öet	ön	öna
Genitive	ös	öets	öns	önas

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ø, from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with å (“stream”).

Noun

ö c

2. island
   • Herman Melville, Moby Dick eller Den vita valen, tr. by Hugo Hultenberg.

     De innehåller hela arkipelager av romantiska öar liksom de polynesiska farvattnen.

     They contain round archipelagoes of romantic isles, even as the Polynesian waters do;

   Gotland är den största ön i Östersjön.

   Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea.

Declension

Declension of ö
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ö	ön	öar	öarna
Genitive	ös	öns	öars	öarnas

Compounds

• halvö

See also

• skär
• kobbe
• holme

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œː/

Letter

ö (lower case, upper case Ö)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ö and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Noun

ö

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ö.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

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Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ø/, /øː/

Letter

ö (upper case Ö)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ö 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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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *üje.

Noun

ö

1. night

Inflection

Inflection of ö
nominative sing.	ö
genitive sing.	ön
partitive sing.	öd
partitive plur.	öid
	singular	plural
nominative	ö	öd
accusative	ön	öd
genitive	ön	öiden
partitive	öd	öid
essive-instructive	ön	öin
translative	öks	öikš
inessive	ös	öiš
elative	öspäi	öišpäi
illative	?	öihe
adessive	öl	öil
ablative	ölpäi	öilpäi
allative	öle	öile
abessive	öta	öita
comitative	önke	öidenke
prolative	ödme	öidme
approximative I	önno	öidenno
approximative II	önnoks	öidennoks
egressive	önnopäi	öidennopäi
terminative I	?	öihesai
terminative II	ölesai	öilesai
terminative III	össai	—
additive I	?	öihepäi
additive II	ölepäi	öilepäi

Derived terms

• öine
• keskö
• pol'ö
• südäinö
• öbok
• ölipikaine
• öläpäk
• öpu
• ösija
• ösoba

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “ночь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Xavante

Etymology

From Proto-Central Jê *kə (“flowing water”).

Alternative forms

• â (Protestant spelling)

Pronunciation

• (modern) IPA^(key): [ʔə]
• (1800s) IPA^(key): [kə]

Noun

ö (utterance-medial variant: öi)

1. water (flowing)