Æ.
The twenty-seventh letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Meaning & usage
The twenty-seventh letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from the Latin ligature Æ, formed by joining A and E. The Latin sequence ⟨ae⟩ originally represented a diphthong, but later developed a monophthongal pronunciation, allowing the joined character to be associated with a single front vowel sound. The character was adopted with the Latin alphabet into medieval Scandinavian writing and used to represent native front unrounded vowels. In Danish and Norwegian, ⟨Æ, æ⟩ became established as an independent letter rather than merely a typographical ligature. Swedish and German instead developed the corresponding letter ⟨Ä, ä⟩, originally written with a small ⟨e⟩ above ⟨a⟩.
The uppercase form of æ, the twenty-seventh letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script and placed between Z and Ø.
Navnet begynner med stor Æ.
the front unrounded vowel sound represented by the letter, especially long /æː/ or short /æ/
Ordet uttales med lang æ.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from the Latin ligature Æ, formed by joining A and E. The Latin sequence ⟨ae⟩ originally represented a diphthong, but later developed a monophthongal pronunciation, allowing the joined character to be associated with a single front vowel sound. The character was adopted with the Latin alphabet into medieval Scandinavian writing and used to represent native front unrounded vowels. In Danish and Norwegian, ⟨Æ, æ⟩ became established as an independent letter rather than merely a typographical ligature. Swedish and German instead developed the corresponding letter ⟨Ä, ä⟩, originally written with a small ⟨e⟩ above ⟨a⟩.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.