ö.
The last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /øː/ when long, /œ/ when short, [œ̞ː] when long and before r, and [œ̞] when short and before r.
Meaning & usage
The last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /øː/ when long, /œ/ when short, [œ̞ː] when long and before r, and [œ̞] when short and before r.
Det är två ön i "Höör".
island, isle (piece of land surrounded by water)
Gotland är den största ön i Östersjön.
gå i land på en ö
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Swedish ø, from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Swedish å (“stream”), English ey (and the initial syllable in island).
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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.