ä

See also: Ä, ӓ, ɐ̤, -ä, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

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_n̅| ― n-year annuity-due

   ä_x:n̅| ― n-year annuity-due to a person currently age x

   ä_x ― life annuity-due to a person currently age x

   ${\displaystyle _{k|}{\ddot {a}}_{x:{\overline {n|}}}^{(m)}}$ ― k-year deferred life annuity-due to a person currently age x, compounded m-thly

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

• aj

Related terms

• aiŋ

Dinka

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a̤/

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

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

Elfdalian

Noun

ä f

1. island

Inflection

Declension of ä

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ä	enę	äer	äär
accusative	ä	enę	äer	äär
dative	ä	e'n	äum	äum(e)
genitive	—	—	—	—

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæː/

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

• (Latin-script letters) täht; 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, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

Finnish

Etymology

See Ä.

Pronunciation

• Audio; “ää, häkä, sää, määräys, ää”:

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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).

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

German

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of Ä

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	ä	die	ä, äs
genitive	eines	des	ä, äs	der	ä, äs
dative	einem	dem	ä	den	ä, äs
accusative	ein	das	ä	die	ä, äs

Declension of ä [neuter, strong]

Further reading

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

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /æ/

Letter

ä (upper case Ä)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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⟩.

See also

• (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)