ø
See also: Ø [U+00D8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE], ⌀ [U+2300 DIAMETER SIGN], ǿ [U+01FF LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND ACUTE], Ǿ [U+01FE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND ACUTE], ∅ [U+2205 EMPTY SET], and Appendix:Variations of "o"
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Translingual
Pronunciation
IPA (file)
Letter
ø (upper case Ø)
- A vowel in some Scandinavian alphabets and an umlaut in eastern Middle Low German handwriting.
- (humorous) Sometimes inserted in English or other languages in place of the o, for the purpose of imitating Scandinavian languages.
- 1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (movie)
- [These comments are found at the beginning of the movie, in the middle of the credits. Not all o's are rendered as ø's.]
- Nø realli! She was Karving her initials øn the møøse with her sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge — her brother-in-law — an Oslo dentist and star of many Nowegian mørvies: The Høt Lands of an Oslo Dentist, Fillings of Passion, The Huge Møllars of Horst Nordfink...
- 1975, Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Asterix and the Great Crossing (original French title: La Grande Traversée), page 41
- [original French text]
Øbsen: Åh, te vøice enfin, Kerøsen! Espèce de fåinéånt, qu'Ødin te måudisse mille et mille føis!
Åvånssen: C'est... C'est Øbsen le Terrifiånt, le chef de nøtre clån!- [official English translation]
Ødiuscømpårissen: Øh, there yøu åre åt låst, Herendethelessen! Yøu låzy blighter! By Ødin, where the Niflheim håve yøu been?
Steptøånssen: It's... It's... Ødiuscømpårissen the Terrifying, the chief øf øur tribe!
- [official English translation]
- 1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (movie)
- (humorous) Sometimes inserted in English or other languages in place of the o, for the purpose of imitating Scandinavian languages.
Symbol
ø
- (IPA) a close-mid front rounded vowel.
- (superscript ⟨𐞢⟩, IPA) [ø]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [ø].
User notes
U+AB3E ⟨ꬾ⟩ is a spurious variant of ⟨ø⟩.
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ/
Danish
Etymology 1
Analogical after the other names of vowel letters in the Roman alphabet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈøˀ]
Inflection
Declension of ø
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ø | ø'et | ø'er | ø'erne |
genitive | ø's | ø'ets | ø'ers | ø'ernes |
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å
- Ø (bogstav) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”), see å.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈøˀ]
audio (file) - Rhymes: -øːˀ
Inflection
Derived terms
- halvø
- udenøs
- udenøskommende
- øgruppe
See also
- ø on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
- “ø,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /øː/
Letter
ø (upper case Ø)
See also
Declension
Declension of ø | ||||
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n4 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ø | øið | ø | øini |
accusative | ø | øið | ø | øini |
dative | ø, øi | ønum | øum | øunum |
genitive | øs | øsins | øa | øanna |
Norwegian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /øː/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /øː/, /œ/
Audio (file)
Old Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [øː]
Letter
ø
- a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Noun
ø
- island
- c. 1350, Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Codex Bureanus, 1884–1973, quoted in Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, page 1160:
- sände domicianus han tel patmos ö
- domicianus sent him to the island of patmos
- (year missing), Knut Fredrik Söderwall, (title missing, PK), 1884–1973, quoted in Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, page 1160:
- birka han laa vppa ena öö j mälar som hether birköö
- Birka he laid out on one of the islands in Mälarn which is called Birk island
Descendants
- Swedish: ö
See also
- øland (“island”)
Seneca
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