ääkkönen

A humorous front-vowel variant of aakkonen (“letter”), such that it contains both ä and ö (two letters used in Finnish but not in English; å is only really used for Swedish names). Probably initially coined for around the 1980s-1990s.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæːkːønen/,
• Rhymes: -æːkːønen
• Hyphenation^(key): ääk‧kö‧nen

ääkkönen

1. (computing) Any of the letters Å å, Ä ä or Ö ö, which are found in the Finnish alphabet, but not in the English one.

   Synonyms: skandi, skandimerkki

   Sähköpostiosoitteissa ei voi käyttää ääkkösiä.

   One cannot use the letters Å, Ä or Ö in e-mail addresses.

• “ääkkönen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04