å

Letter

 * 1) A letter of some Bavarian alphabets.

Usage notes

 * å [​​ɔ] is distinguished from a [ɑ], as in (= ) vs.  (=, ),  (= ) vs.  (= )
 * 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

Etymology
From, , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) on;
 * on, onto;

Adverb

 * 1)  on, onward

Etymology 1
Analogical after the other names of vowel letters in the Roman alphabet.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) river, creek, stream

Etymology 3
From.

Interjection

 * 1) oh
 * 2) O
 * 3) well

Etymology 4
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * , (at the end of a clause)

Preposition

 * 1)  on

Etymology
Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Letter

 * 1)  A letter of some Silesian alphabets.

Usage notes

 * Alternative characters used instead of å are oa.

Preposition

 * 1)  on


 * 1)  on

Etymology
See.

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).

Letter

 * 1) A letter of some Low German alphabets.

Usage notes
For the variant spelling a, the characters, or  do occur for the umlaut.
 * 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.

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

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.

Etymology 2
From, whence also and.

Particle

 * 1) to (infinitive marker)

Etymology 3
From, was used in the same sense.

Interjection

 * 1) To express different emotions, oh
 * 2) Used to make the message more urgent, pleading, or to underline it, oh
 * 3) To express hesitation or dismissal, oh
 * 1) Used to make the message more urgent, pleading, or to underline it, oh
 * 2) To express hesitation or dismissal, oh
 * 1) To express hesitation or dismissal, oh
 * 1) To express hesitation or dismissal, oh

Etymology 4
From, related to Latin.

Noun

 * 1) A small river; a creek; a big stream (used mostly in dialects, obsolete in writing)
 * Mange bekker små gjør en stor å
 * every little helps (literally: "Many small creeks make a big stream")

Etymology 5
From, same as.

Pronoun

 * 1)  what (interrogative pronoun)

Symbol

 * 1)   an angstrom unit

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

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 names and toponyms). 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. Today, the letter å may be used without having the etymological correspondence with á.

The letter å or aa in the Norwegian runic inscriptions from 17-19 centuries is usually written as ᛆᛆ.

Etymology 2
From, whence also and.

Particle

 * 1)  ; to

Etymology 3
From, from , from. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a (small) river; a creek
 * 2)   a (large) stream
 * 1)   a (large) stream

Etymology 4
From, was used in the same sense.

Interjection

 * 1)  ; oh
 * 2)  ; oh
 * 3)  ; oh
 * 1)  ; oh
 * 2)  ; oh
 * 1)  ; oh
 * 1)  ; oh

Etymology 5
From.

Etymology 6
From, same as. Other dialectal variants include, or.

Pronoun

 * 1)  what (interrogative pronoun)

Etymology 7
. An initialism of his name.

Symbol

 * 1)   an angstrom unit

Etymology
Letter with ring above ◌̊ to signify a closer rounded vowel.

Symbol

 * 1)  Phonetic transcription of dialectal sound [].

Pronunciation

 * Letter name, noun, preposition
 * Phoneme
 * Phoneme
 * Phoneme

Etymology 1
From two a’s written on top of each other; compare and.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 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, or . An  is usually larger than a  but smaller than an . A certain large  may however be larger than a certain small , and a certain large  may be larger than a certain small . 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 Gothenburg, but that is also where the largest rivers in Scandinavia are found. For some rivers in southern Sweden the word  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 , which is a more neutral word for any watercourse larger than a.

Etymology 3
From, from.

Preposition

 * 1)  on

Usage notes
å is generally an older form of, which derives from the compound. Compare English.

Etymology 4
.

Usage notes

 * The term is often only used in spoken language, or depictions of such.