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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

Symbol

ä

  1. (IPA) Sometimes used to transcribe an open central unrounded vowel, as a is officially an open front vowel.
  2. (UPA) An open front unrounded vowel (IPA [æ]).
  3. (superscript ᵃ̈, UPA) an extremely short or fleeting ä.
  4. (actuarial notation) Annuity-due.
    ä|n-year annuity-due
    äx:|n-year annuity-due to a person currently age x
    äxlife annuity-due to a person currently age x
    k-year deferred life annuity-due to a person currently age x, compounded m-thly
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English

Symbol

ä

  1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PALM vowel

Arin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *axʷ (I). Compare Kott ai (I) and Pumpokol ad (I). Also see Assan aj.

Pronoun

ä

  1. I (first-person singular subjective)

Synonyms

Dinka

Pronunciation

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

  1. A letter of the Dinka alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Elfdalian

Noun

ä f

  1. island

Inflection

More information feminine, singular ...

Estonian

Etymology

See Ä.

Pronunciation

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

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Finnish

Etymology

See Ä.

Pronunciation

Letter

ä (lower case, upper case Ä)

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

Usage notes

In case of technical restrictions, ä should be represented by a (not ae, as in German).

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German

Noun

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

  1. alternative form of Ä

Declension

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

  1. The third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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North Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛ] (short vowel)
  • IPA(key): [ɛː] (long vowel, spelt ää)

Letter

ä (lower case, upper case Ä)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • In Föhr-Amrum Frisian, single ⟨ä⟩ occurs only in word-final position. Elsewhere, [ɛ] is represented by ⟨e⟩.
  • Mooring Frisian uses ⟨ä⟩ for any [ɛ], the single letter ⟨e⟩ being reserved for the reduced vowel [ə], [ɐ].
  • Sylt Frisian does not use ⟨ä⟩ at all. Long [ɛː] occurs only before ⟨r⟩ in this dialect and is represented by ⟨ē, ai, ia⟩.

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Romani

Skolt Sami

Slovak

Slovene

Southern Tutchone

Swedish

Teribe

Turkmen

Volapük

Welsh

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