Ä in Swedish

IPA: /ɛː/, /ɛː/, /ɛ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: First attested in 1495. Originally a ligature of A and E. During the 16th century, the letter began to be written as an A with a lower case e ontop (Aͤ respectively aͤ). During the first decades of the 18th century, the use of umlaut (Ää) emerged. Etymology templates: {{m|sv|haͤnnes||hers}} haͤnnes (“hers”), {{l|sv|Aͤ}} Aͤ, {{etydate/the|1495}} 1495, {{ref|Ä in Svensk ordbok (SO)|name=}}, {{etydate|1495|ref=Ä in Svensk ordbok (SO)}} First attested in 1495., {{l|sv|Aͤ}} Aͤ, {{l|sv|aͤ}} aͤ Head templates: {{head|sv|letter|upper case|||Ä|lower case|ä|||sc=}} Ä (upper case, lower case ä), {{sv-letter|lower=ä|upper=Ä}} Ä (upper case, lower case ä) Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-n|2=äe|3=ä}} Forms: ä [lowercase], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ä [indefinite, nominative, singular], äet [definite, nominative, singular], än [indefinite, nominative, plural], äna [definite, nominative, plural], Äs [genitive, indefinite, singular], äets [definite, genitive, singular], äns [genitive, indefinite, plural], änas [definite, genitive, plural]

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "haͤnnes",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hers"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "Aͤ"
      },
      "expansion": "Aͤ",
      "name": "l"
    },
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        "1": "1495"
      },
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      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "",
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      },
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        "2": "Aͤ"
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      "name": "l"
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    {
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ä",
      "tags": [
        "lowercase"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "äet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "än",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "äna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Äs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "äets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "äns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "änas",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "5": "",
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        "8": "ä",
        "9": "",
        "sc": ""
      },
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        "upper": "Ä"
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        "3": "ä"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /ɛː/ when long, /ɛ/ when short, /æː/ when long and before r, and /æ/ when short and before r."
      ],
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          "Swedish",
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Æ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "arcahic",
          "word": "Aͤ"
        },
        {
          "english": "handwriting",
          "word": "Ā"
        }
      ],
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        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ä"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "haͤnnes",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hers"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "aͤ",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ä",
      "tags": [
        "lowercase"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "äet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "än",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "äna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Äs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "äets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "äns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "änas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sv",
        "10": "",
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        "8": "ä",
        "9": "",
        "sc": ""
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "lower": "ä",
        "upper": "Ä"
      },
      "expansion": "Ä (upper case, lower case ä)",
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "2": "äe",
        "3": "ä"
      },
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-n-n"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "character",
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        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish letters",
        "Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
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        "The second last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /ɛː/ when long, /ɛ/ when short, /æː/ when long and before r, and /æ/ when short and before r."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Swedish",
          "Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "r",
          "r"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Æ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "arcahic",
      "word": "Aͤ"
    },
    {
      "english": "handwriting",
      "word": "Ā"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ä"
}

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"Ä" meaning in Swedish

Character

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