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"

ø U+00F8, ø LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE ← ÷ [U+00F7] Latin-1 Supplement ù → [U+00F9]

Character variations

𐞢 U+107A2, 𐞢 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL O WITH STROKE ← 𐞡 [U+107A1] Latin Extended-F 𐞣 → [U+107A3]

ꬾ U+AB3E, ꬾ LATIN SMALL LETTER BLACKLETTER O WITH STROKE ← ꬽ [U+AB3D] Latin Extended-E ꬿ → [U+AB3F]

Translingual

Etymology

A medieval variation of the letter o used to indicate a somehow “deviant” pronunciation (for example, nasalization in Old Polish). In eastern Middle Low German it came to indicate umlaut, and was adopted in some Scandinavian alphabets for this function.

Pronunciation

• IPA:

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Letter

ø (upper case Ø)

1. (humorous) A vowel letter of the Dano-Norwegian alphabet, sometimes used to replace o in other languages to imitate 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 the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge — her brother-in-law — an Oslo dentist and star of many Nowegian møvies: "The Høt Hands 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!

Symbol

ø

1. (IPA) a close-mid front rounded vowel.
2. (superscript ⟨𐞢⟩, IPA) [ø]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [ø].
3. (music) half-diminished.

Usage notes

U+AB3E ⟨ꬾ⟩ is a spurious variant of ⟨ø⟩.

See also

• 2 (X-SAMPA equivalent)

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/

Letter

ø (lower case, upper case Ø)

1. A letter of the Central Mazahua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈøˀ]

Letter

ø (lower case, upper case Ø)

1. The penultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.

Inflection

Declension of ø

neuter gender	singular		plural
	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:

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• Rhymes: -øːˀ

Noun

ø c (singular definite øen, plural indefinite øer)

2. island

Inflection

Declension of ø

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ø	øen	øer	øerne
genitive	øs	øens	øers	øernes

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 (lower case, upper case Ø)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called ø and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, 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, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

Noun

ø n (genitive singular øs, plural ø)

1. name of the letter ø

Declension

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /øː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /øː/, /œ/

• Audio:

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Letter

ø (lower case, upper case Ø)

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

Old Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [øː]

Etymology 1

Letter

ø (lower case, upper case Ø)

1. a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• In some transliterated modern text the ø has been replaced by its Swedish descendant ö.

Descendants

• Swedish: oͤ
  • Swedish: ö

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse ey.

Noun

ø

1. 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”)

Southern Sami

Alternative forms

• (Sweden): ö

Letter

ø (lower case, upper case Ø)

1. (Norway) The twenty-fourth letter of the Southern Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ï ï, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, Y y, Æ æ, Ä ä, Ø ø, Ö ö, Å å