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å

See also: Å and Variations of "a"

å - Bavarian

Letter

å

  1. A letter of some Bavarian alphabets.

Usage notes

  • å [​​ɔ] is distinguished from a [ɑ], as in Håndl (= Handel) vs. Handl (= Händlein, Händchen), wår (= war) vs. war (= wäre)
  • Some other special characters sometimes used in Bavarian German are:
    • ä, ö, ü (even in some older Fraktur texts with dots instead of aͤ, oͤ, uͤ)
    • a͡i, a͡u, e͡a, i͡a, o͡a, u͡a
    • r

å - Chamorro

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑ/

Letter

å (upper case Å)

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

å - Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • aan (Sette Comuni)

Preposition

å (Luserna)

  1. (+ dative) on; For stationary objects, e.g. It is on the table.
  2. (+ accusative) on, onto; For moving objects. e.g. I put it on the table.

Adverb

å

  1. (Luserna) on, onward

å - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɔˀ]

Letter

å (upper case Å)

  1. the last (29th) letter of the Danish alphabet

Inflection

neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative å å'et å'er å'erne
genitive å's å'ets å'ers å'ernes
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Å Å'et Å'er Å'erne
genitive Å's Å'ets Å'ers Å'ernes

Alternative forms

  • aa (at least in the spelling of words)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɔˀ]

Noun

å c (singular definite åen, plural indefinite åer)

  1. river, creek, stream (only used of rivers in Denmark)

Declension

common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative å åen åer åerne
genitive ås åens åers åernes

Derived terms

  • ådal
  • åkande
  • åløb
  • åmand
  • åmunding

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɔː]

Interjection

å

  1. oh
  2. O
  3. well

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ɔ], (at the end of a clause) IPA: [ˈɔʱ]

Preposition

å

  1. (Jutland, dialectal) on

å - East Central German

Letter

å

  1. (Silesian) A letter of some Silesian alphabets.

Usage notes

  • Alternative characters used instead of å are oa.

Preposition

å (+ dative)

  1. (Silesian, local) on

å (+ accusative)

  1. (Silesian) on

å - Finnish

Letter

å (lower case, upper case Å)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ruotsalainen oo and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Despite being part of the Finnish alphabet, the letter is only used in Scandinavian names. As a result, it is often seen as a symbol of the Swedish language (which is also an official language in Finland, although not without controversy).

å - German Low German

Letter

å (upper case Å)

  1. A letter of some Low German alphabets.

Usage notes

  • Alternative characters used instead of å are ao, oa, â, a, aa.
  • There are various ways to denote the umlaut of å. See for example D. G. Babst, Allerhand schnaksche Saken tum Tiedverdriew, Chr. Gilow, De Hochtîd. For the variant spelling a, the characters ä, æ or œ do occur for the umlaut.

å - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /oː/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /oː/, /ɔ/

Letter

å (upper case Å)

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

Usage notes

Before the letter's introduction in 1917, the sound it represents today (similar to the "a" in "all") was written with two As, Aa (this spelling can still be seen in some proper names, and in digital media, such as urls or e-mails, due to using a keyboard where the letter doesn't exist or for fear of mojibake). The two As were originally a new form of the Old Norse á, whose representation was a long open a-sound (similar to the "a" in "father"). Gradually, it turned into the modern å-sound and the Aa was eventually replaced with Å.

Particle

å

  1. to (infinitive marker)
    • Å løpe
      • to run

Interjection

å

  1. To express different emotions, oh
    • Å, er det deg?
      • Oh, is it you?
    • Å gud, for et dårlig vær det er.
      • oh dear, look how bad the weather is.
    • Å, skitt, du har problemer!
      • Oh shit, you're in trouble!
  2. Used to make the message more urgent, pleading, or to underline it, oh
    • Å, vær så snill, kan vi ikke dra?
      • Oh, please, can't we go?
  3. To express hesitation or dismissal, oh
    • Å ja, sier du det?
      • Oh really, is that so?
    • Hva skjedde? —Å, ingenting
      • What happened here? —Oh, nothing.
    • Å, jeg er ikke så sikker på det.
      • Oh, I'm not so sure about that.

Noun

å f or m (definite singular åa or åen, indefinite plural åer, definite plural åene)

  1. A small river; a creek; a big stream (used mostly in dialects, obsolete in writing)
    • Mange bekker små gjør en stor å

Derived terms

Pronoun

å

  1. (dialectal) what (interrogative pronoun)

Alternative forms

Symbol

å

  1. (physics) symbol used to represent an angstrom unit

Conjunction

å

  1. Misspelling of og.

å - Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • (Etymologies 2-6): aa (obsolete typography (pre-1917))

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /oː/
  • Homophone: og

Letter

å (upper case Å, definite singular å-en, indefinite plural å-ar, definite plural å-ane)

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

Usage notes

Before the letter's introduction in 1917, the sound it represents today (similar to the "a" in "all") was written with two A's, Aa (this spelling can still be seen in some cases). The two A's was originally a new form of the Old Norse á, whose representation was a long open a-sound (similar to the "a" in "father"). Gradually it turned into the modern å-sound and the Aa was eventually replaced with Å.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɔ/

Particle

å

  1. used as the infinitive marker; to
    • Dei er vanskelege å sjå.
      • They are hard to see.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /oː/

Noun

å f (definite singular åa, indefinite plural åer, definite plural åene)

  1. a (small) river; a creek
    • Mange bekker små gjer ei stor å
      • numerous small contributions give big results
      • (literally, “Many small creeks makes a big stream”)
  2. (chiefly dialectal or archaic) a (large) stream

Inflection

indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Aa Aai Aaer Aaerna
1901 aaer (aair) aaerne (aaine)
1917 å åa, åi åer åene
1938 åa [åi]
2012 (current) å åa åer åene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /oː/
  • Homophone: og

Interjection

å

  1. To express different emotions; oh
    • Å, er det deg?
      • oh, is it you?
    • Å gud, for eit dårleg vêr det er!
      • Oh dear, what a bad weather!
    • Å skitt, du er i trøbbel!
      • Oh no, you're in trouble!
  2. Used to make the message more urgent, pleading, or to underline it; oh
    • Å, ver så snill, kan vi kje dra?
      • oh please! Can't we go?
  3. To express hesitation or dismissal; oh
    • Å ja, seier du det?
      • oh really, is that so?
    • Hva skjedde? Å, ingenting.
      • What happened? Oh! Nothing.
    • Å, eg er ikkje så sikker på det
      • oh, I'm not so sure about that

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɔ/

Preposition

å

  1. used in certain fixed expressions regarding position
    • Han fall å bak
      • He fell backwards
      • (literally, “He fell on back”)
    • Ho låg å gruve.
      • She was lying on her stomach.
  2. used in expressions regarding time
    • Det er midt å natta.
      • It's the middle of the night.

Pronoun

å

  1. (dialectal) what (interrogative pronoun)

Alternative forms

Symbol

å

  1. (physics) symbol used to represent an angstrom unit

Conjunction

å

  1. misspelling of og

Adverb

å

  1. misspelling of òg

å - Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA: /ɔ/

Letter

å (upper case Å)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

å - Slovene

Pronunciation

  • (sound): IPA: [ɒ̝]

Symbol

å

  1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of dialectal sound [ɒ̝].

å - Southern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA: /o/

Letter

å (upper case Å)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Southern Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

å - Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name, noun, preposition
  • IPA: /oː/, [oə̯]
Phoneme
  • IPA: /oː/, /ɔ/

Letter

å (lower case, upper case Å)

  1. The third to last letter of the Swedish alphabet, called å and written in the Latin script.

Noun

å c

  1. a river, a creek, a big stream

Usage notes

  • Watercourses in Sweden and the other Nordic countries are in Swedish usually referred to as bäck, å or älv. An å is usually larger than a bäck (“brook, creek”) but smaller than an älv (“large river”). A certain large bäck may however be larger than a certain small å, and a certain large å may be larger than a certain small älv. The word to use about a certain watercourse is often included as part of its name: Göta älv, Stångån. There are regional differences in whether watercourses of a certain size tend to have å or älv in their names. All älvar are found north of Göteborg, but that is also where the largest rivers in Scandinavia are found. For some rivers in southern Sweden the word ström is used, since that is the watercourse word included in their names. Rivers in other parts of the world are usually referred to with the word flod, which is a more neutral word for any watercourse larger than a bäck.

Declension

Declension of å 

Preposition

å

  1. (obsolete except in certain expressions) on

Usage notes

å is generally an older form of på, which derives from the compound upp +‎ å. Compare English 'pon.

Derived terms

Meaning and Definition of å
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