w.
The twenty-third letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Meaning & usage
The twenty-third letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Where this word comes from
The lowercase form of W. The letter developed in medieval Latin-script writing from a doubled form of the letter represented in modern typography by ⟨u⟩ or ⟨v⟩, which were not yet consistently distinguished as separate letters. The doubled form was used to represent the Germanic sound /w/, for which Classical Latin had no separate letter, and gradually developed into the independent letter ⟨w⟩. Its Norwegian name, dobbelt-v (“double v”), refers to its shape and historical origin.
The lowercase form of W, the twenty-third letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by v and followed by x.
The written representation of a consonant sound, normally pronounced like v as /ʋ/ in Norwegian, but sometimes as /w/ in foreign words and names.
A figure, shape, or formation resembling the lowercase letter w.
Where this word comes from
The lowercase form of W. The letter developed in medieval Latin-script writing from a doubled form of the letter represented in modern typography by ⟨u⟩ or ⟨v⟩, which were not yet consistently distinguished as separate letters. The doubled form was used to represent the Germanic sound /w/, for which Classical Latin had no separate letter, and gradually developed into the independent letter ⟨w⟩. Its Norwegian name, dobbelt-v (“double v”), refers to its shape and historical origin.
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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.