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Translingual
Symbol
ö
- (NAPA) a front mid rounded vowel (IPA ).
English
Symbol
ö
- (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel
- (in words like coöperate) – see ◌̈
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Letter
ö lower case (upper case Ö)
- 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
Danish
Letter
ö (upper case Ö)
- (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
Dinka
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (upper case Ö)
- A letter of the Dinka alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Estonian
Letter
ö (lower case, upper case Ö)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Estonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Finnish
Etymology
See Ö.
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (lower case, upper case Ö)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called öö and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
Should not be replaced by oe in case of technical restrictions (like in e.g. German), as that may change the meaning.
Derived terms
compounds
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
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (lower case, upper case Ö)
- 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’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (upper case Ö)
- 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, Ð ð, 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
Kobon
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (upper case Ö)
- A letter of the Kobon alphabet.
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (lower case, upper case Ö)
- (International Standard) The letter o with the umlaut.
Usage notes
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).
References
Swedish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -øː
- Letter name, noun
- Phoneme
Etymology 1
Letter
ö (lower case, upper case Ö)
- The last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /øː/ when long, /œ/ when short, when long and before r, and 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
- 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.
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick eller Den vita valen, tr. by Hugo Hultenberg.
Declension
| Declension of ö | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ö | ön | öar | öarna |
| Genitive | ös | öns | öars | öarnas |
Compounds
See also
Further reading
- ö in Svensk ordbok.
- ö in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
Turkish
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (lower case, upper case Ö)
- 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
- 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
Turkmen
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (upper case Ö)
- 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
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *üje.
Noun
ö
Inflection
| Inflection of ö (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | öhö | 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 | öhösai | öihesai | |
| terminative II | ölesai | öilesai | |
| terminative III | össai | — | |
| additive I | öhöpäi | öihepäi | |
| additive II | ölepäi | öilepäi | |
Derived terms
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ночь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Walloon
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (upper case Ö)
- A letter of the Walloon alphabet, written in the Latin script..
Welsh
Pronunciation
Letter
ö (upper case Ö)
- The letter O, marked for its syllabic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.
Xavante
Alternative forms
- â (Protestant spelling)
Etymology
From Proto-Central Jê *kə (“flowing water”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ö (utterance-medial variant: öi)
References
- ^ Fernando Orphão de Carvalho, Gean Nunes Damulakis, The Structure of Akroá and Xakriabá and their relation to Xavante and Xerente: A contribution to the historical linguistics of the Jê languages (2015), citing for the older forms Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens (1867; citing Pohl) and Ehrenreich (1895)