Z.
The twenty-sixth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Meaning & usage
The twenty-sixth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Where this word comes from
Derived from Latin Z, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζ (Z), from Phoenician 𐤆 (zayin, “weapon”), with the early alphabetic form transmitted through Etruscan. The letter occurred in the archaic Latin alphabet, where it originally occupied the position after ⟨F⟩. After the sound represented by the letter disappeared from native Latin, ⟨Z⟩ fell out of ordinary use. It was reintroduced under Augustus for writing Greek loanwords and was placed at the end of the Latin alphabet. Norwegian inherited the letter through the Latin alphabet and the Danish–Norwegian written tradition.
The uppercase form of z, the twenty-sixth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script and placed between Y and Æ.
the consonant sound represented by this letter, normally /s/ and more rarely /ts/
Where this word comes from
Derived from Latin Z, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζ (Z), from Phoenician 𐤆 (zayin, “weapon”), with the early alphabetic form transmitted through Etruscan. The letter occurred in the archaic Latin alphabet, where it originally occupied the position after ⟨F⟩. After the sound represented by the letter disappeared from native Latin, ⟨Z⟩ fell out of ordinary use. It was reintroduced under Augustus for writing Greek loanwords and was placed at the end of the Latin alphabet. Norwegian inherited the letter through the Latin alphabet and the Danish–Norwegian written tradition.
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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.