ë

Pronunciation

 * or silent.

Letter

 * 1) the letter “e” in words when it must be pronounced separately and not associated with preceding letter. E.g. “-gue” is normally pronounced  but “-guë” is pronounce  (like in, ); “œ” is normally pronounced  or  but “oë” is pronounced  (like in , )

Usage notes
It can distinguish certain words that are otherwise homophones in the current standard (so it can act like a phoneme), e.g. : and ; :, , , and.

Letter

 * 1) The open-mid central unrounded vowel as used in the Gherdëina variant of Ladin.

Etymology
The letter ë indicates the sound, which derives from Proto-Germanic *e (as in ) or *i (as in ), distinguished from e (also spelt ẹ), which usually derives from Proto-Germanic *a.

Letter

 * 1) ''A letter sometimes used in normalised Middle High German spelling. It is optional in editions and never found in actual manuscripts.

Usage notes
Although it is pronounced the same as, it indicates a dialectal pronunciation of.

Letter

 * 1)  ''Letter used for transcription of  Ё / ё.

Etymology 2
Letter with diaeresis  to signify centralization.

Etymology
.

Conjunction
conjunction


 * 1) ; and

Particle
particle



Usage notes

 * In Tagalog and its standardized form Filipino, ë is used to represent the schwa, particularly in words originating from other Philippine languages, for instance Maranao (Mëranaw), Pangasinan, Ilocano, and Ibaloi. Before introduction of this letter, the schwa was ambiguously represented by a or e.
 * Writing the diaeresis is recommended but not required as long as the reader is aware that the unaccented form is supposed to sound like a schwa (/ə/).
 * The use of the diaeresis to represent the central vowel schwa is possibly inspired by the use of the diaeresis in the IPA to represent centralization.