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The twenty-eighth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Meaning & usage
The twenty-eighth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Where this word comes from
From the medieval Latin ligature ⟨Œ, œ⟩, formed by joining ⟨O, o⟩ and ⟨E, e⟩. The original Latin sequence ⟨oe⟩ represented a diphthong, but the ligature later came to be associated with a front rounded vowel. In medieval Scandinavian writing, the ligature developed into forms consisting of an ⟨O, o⟩ crossed by a horizontal, vertical or diagonal stroke. It was used for front rounded vowels which had developed in North Germanic, especially through i-umlaut of earlier back rounded vowels. The crossed form became established in Danish and Norwegian as ⟨Ø, ø⟩, while Swedish, Icelandic and several other languages developed or adopted the corresponding form ⟨Ö, ö⟩. The letter has been used in Scandinavian writing since the Middle Ages and is treated as an independent letter rather than as a variety of ⟨O⟩.
The uppercase form of ø, the twenty-eighth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script and placed between Æ and Å.
the front rounded vowel sound represented by the letter, chiefly long /øː/ or short /œ/
Ordet skrives med stor Ø.
Navnet begynner med Ø.
Where this word comes from
From the medieval Latin ligature ⟨Œ, œ⟩, formed by joining ⟨O, o⟩ and ⟨E, e⟩. The original Latin sequence ⟨oe⟩ represented a diphthong, but the ligature later came to be associated with a front rounded vowel. In medieval Scandinavian writing, the ligature developed into forms consisting of an ⟨O, o⟩ crossed by a horizontal, vertical or diagonal stroke. It was used for front rounded vowels which had developed in North Germanic, especially through i-umlaut of earlier back rounded vowels. The crossed form became established in Danish and Norwegian as ⟨Ø, ø⟩, while Swedish, Icelandic and several other languages developed or adopted the corresponding form ⟨Ö, ö⟩. The letter has been used in Scandinavian writing since the Middle Ages and is treated as an independent letter rather than as a variety of ⟨O⟩.
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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.