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{{also/a|Ä|ӓ|ɐ̤|-ä}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{lb|mul|IPA}} Sometimes used to transcribe an {{w|open central unrounded vowel}}, as {{angbr IPA|a}} is officially an open front vowel.
# {{lb|mul|UPA}} An {{w|open front unrounded vowel}} (IPA {{IPAfont|[æ]}}).
# {{lb|mul|superscript {{angbr IPA|ᵃ̈}}|UPA}} an extremely short or fleeting  ''ä''.
# {{lb|mul|actuarial notation}} [[annuity-due|Annuity-due]].
#: {{uxi|mul|{{math|ä<sub>n̅{{!}}</sub>}}|n-year annuity-due}}
#: {{uxi|mul|{{math|ä<sub>x:n̅{{!}}</sub>}}|n-year annuity-due to a person currently age x}}
#: {{uxi|mul|{{math|ä<sub>x</sub>}}|life annuity-due to a person currently age x}}
#: {{uxi|mul|<math>_{k|}{\ddot{a}}_{x:\overline{n|}}^{(m)}</math>|k-year deferred life annuity-due to a person currently age x, compounded m-thly}}

==English==

===Symbol===
{{en-symbol}}

# {{lb|en|lexicography}} {{ng|A dictionary transcription for the {{w|lexical set#English|PALM}} vowel}}

==Arin==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|xrn|qfa-yen-pro|*axʷ||I}}. Compare {{cog|zko|ai||I}} and {{cog|xpm|ad||I}}. Also see {{cog|xss|aj}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|xrn|pronoun}}

# [[I]] ''(first-person singular subjective)''

====Synonyms====
* {{l|xrn|aj}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|xrn|aiŋ}}

==Dinka==

===Pronunciation===
{{IPA|din|/a̤/}}

===Letter===
{{head|din|letter|upper case|Ä}}

# {{Latn-def|din|letter|indef=a}}

==Elfdalian==

===Noun===
{{ovd-noun|f}}

# [[island]]

====Inflection====
{{ovd-decl-blank-full<!--
-->|title=''ä''<!--
-->|g=feminine<!--
-->|nsi=ä<!--
-->|asi=ä<!--
-->|dsi=ä<!--
-->|gsi=—<!--

-->|nsd=enę<!--
-->|asd=enę<!--
-->|dsd=e'n<!--
-->|gsd=—<!--

-->|npi=äer<!--
-->|api=äer<!--
-->|dpi=äum<!--
-->|gpi=—<!--

-->|npd=äär<!--
-->|apd=äär<!--
-->|dpd=äum(e)<!--
-->|gpd=—<!--
-->}}<!--
-->{{cln|ovd|irregular nouns}}<!--
--><noinclude>

{{C|ovd|Landforms}}

==Estonian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{et-IPA/old|ää}}

===Letter===
{{et-letter|upper=Ä|lower=ä}}

# {{Latn-def|et|letter|28|ää}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/et}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
See {{m|fi|Ä}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fi|Fi-ä.ogg|text=[[ää]], [[häkä]], [[sää]], [[määräys]], [[ää]]}}

===Letter===
{{fi-letter|upper=Ä|lower=ä}}

# {{Latn-def|fi|letter|27|ää}}

====Usage notes====
In case of technical restrictions, ''ä'' should be represented by ''a'' (not ''ae'', as in German).

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/fi}}

==German==

===Noun===
{{de-noun|n,-:s,-:s}}

# {{alt form|de|Ä}}

====Declension====
{{de-ndecl|n,-:s,-:s}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:Duden|ae_Buchstabe}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

==Livonian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{qualifier|phoneme}} {{liv-IPA|æ}}

===Letter===
{{head|liv|letter|upper case|Ä}}

# {{Latn-def|liv|letter|3}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/liv}}

==North Frisian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|frr|[ɛ]|qq=short vowel}}
* {{IPA|frr|[ɛː]|qq=long vowel, spelt ''ää''}}

===Letter===
{{head|frr|letter|lower case||upper case|Ä}}

# {{lb|frr|Föhr-Amrum|Mooring}} {{Latn-def|frr|letter|indef=1}}

====Usage notes====
* In Föhr-Amrum Frisian, single ⟨{{l|frr||ä}}⟩ occurs only in word-final position. Elsewhere, {{IPAchar|[ɛ]}} is represented by ⟨{{l|frr|e}}⟩.
* Mooring Frisian uses ⟨{{l|frr||ä}}⟩ for any {{IPAchar|[ɛ]}}, the single letter ⟨{{l|frr||e}}⟩ being reserved for the reduced vowel {{IPAchar|[ə]}}, {{IPAchar|[ɐ]}}.
* Sylt Frisian does not use ⟨{{l|frr||ä}}⟩ at all. Long {{IPAchar|[ɛː]}} occurs only before ⟨{{l|frr|r}}⟩ in this dialect and is represented by ⟨{{l|frr|[[ē]], [[a|ai]], [[a|ia]]}}⟩.

===See also===
* {{sense|North Frisian letters}} {{l|frr|[[a]], [[ä]], [[å]], [[ā]], [[b]], [[c]], [[d]], [[đ]], [[e]], [[ē]], [[f]], [[g]], [[h]], [[i]], [[j]], [[k]], [[l]], [[m]], [[n]], [[o]], [[ö]], [[p]], [[r]], [[s]], [[t]], [[u]], [[ü]], [[v]], [[w]] ([[q]], [[x]], [[y]], [[z]])}}

==Romani==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|rom|/ɨ/|q1=<ref>{{R:Courthiade|chapter=DECISION : "THE ROMANI ALPHABET"|page=499}}</ref>|/ə/|q2=<ref>{{R:NERG|ä|page=16}}</ref>}}

===Letter===
{{head|rom|letter|lower case||upper case|Ä}}

# {{lb|rom|International Standard}} {{non-gloss|Used to represent a dialectal centralized vowel.}}

====See also====
{{list:Latin script letters/rom}}

===References===
<references />

==Skolt Sami==

===Pronunciation===
* {{qualifier|phoneme}} {{IPA|sms|/a/}}

===Letter===
{{head|sms|letter|upper case|Ä}}

# {{Latn-def|sms|letter|36}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/sms}}

==Slovak==

===Pronunciation===
* {{qualifier|phoneme}} {{IPA|sk|/ɛ/|/ɛɐ̯/}}

===Letter===
{{head|sk|letter|upper case|Ä}}

# {{Latn-def|sk|letter|3}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/sk}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:sk:SDK}}

==Slovene==

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|sl|de|ä}}, with its corresponding pronunciation, which is still used by some speakers, however, the majority of speakers have vernacularized the pronunciation to a long close-mid vowel regardless of the initial pronunciation.

====Pronunciation 1====
* {{qualifier|phoneme}}: {{IPA|sl|/éː/|/èː/|[ɛ́ː]}}
* {{qualifier|letter name|common}}: {{sl-IPA|preglašéni ā}} ({{l|sl|preglašeni a}})
* {{qualifier|letter name|educated}}: {{sl-IPA|ē}}
* {{rhymes|sl|ɛː}}
* {{homophones|sl|e}}

=====Letter=====
{{head|sl|letter|lower case||upper case|Ä}}

# ''Additional letter in Slovene common mostly in loanwords from [[German]].''

=====Noun=====
{{sl-noun|ä|m-in}}

# {{q|educated}} {{n-g-lite|The name of the [[Appendix:Latin script|Latin script]] letter '''''[[Ä]]''''' / '''''[[ä]]'''''.}}

====Usage notes====
It is more common to use the name {{l|sl|preglašeni a}} than to use this name.

====Inflection====
* Overall more common
{{sl-decl-noun-m|ä|ä-j}}

* More common when with a definite adjective
{{sl-decl-noun-table2|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|ä|title=Masculine inan., no endings}}

====Pronunciation 2====
* {{qualifier|sound}} {{IPA|sl|[æ]}}

=====Symbol=====
{{head-lite|sl|symbols|langname=Slovene}}

# {{qualifier|[[wikipedia:Slovene_national_phonetic_transcription|SNPT]]}} ''[[phonetic|Phonetic]] [[transcription]] of dialectal sound ''[{{IPAlink|æ}}].

===Etymology 2===
Letter {{l|sl|a}} with diaeresis ({{l|sl|¨}}) to signify [[centralization]].

====Pronunciation====
* {{qualifier|Resian}} {{IPA|sl|/ɐ/}}

====Letter====
{{head|sl|letter|lower case||upper case|Ä}}

# {{Latn-def|sl|letter|2|alphabet name=Resian}}

===See also===
* {{l|sl|a}}
* {{l|sl|à}}
* {{l|sl|á}}
* {{l|sl|ã}}
* {{l|sl|å}}
* {{l|sl|ā}}
* {{l|sl|ą}}
* {{l|sl|ȁ}}
* {{l|sl|ȃ}}
* {{l|sl|ȧ}}

===References===
* {{cite-book|sl|last=Kenda-Jež |first=Karmen |date=February 27, 2017 |title=Fonetična trankripcija |trans-title=Phonetic transcription |url=https://fran.si/150/sla-slovenski-lingvisticni-atlas-1/datoteke/SLA1_Foneticna-transkripcija.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122221458/https://www.fran.si/150/sla-slovenski-lingvisticni-atlas-1/datoteke/SLA1_Foneticna-transkripcija.pdf |archivedate=January 22, 2022 |accessdate=March 19, 2022 |publisher=Znanstvenoraziskovalni center [[SAZU]], Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša |pages=27–30 }}
* {{cite-book|last=Steenwijk|first=Han|title=Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë|publisher=CLEUP|year=1994|location=Padua|worklang=it, sl}}

==Southern Tutchone==

===Pronunciation===
# {{IPA|tce|/ə/}}

===Letter===
{{head|tce|letter|upper case|Ä}}

# {{Latn-def|tce|letter|indef=a}}

==Swedish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|sv|æ|aͤ||archaic}}
* {{alt|sv|ā||handwriting}}

===Pronunciation===
; Letter name
* {{IPA|sv|/æː/}}
* {{audio|mul|Near-open front unrounded vowel.ogg}}
; Phoneme
* {{IPA|sv|/æː/|/æ/|/ɛː/|/ɛ/}}

===Etymology 1===
[[File:Äng, 1777 typography.jpg|thumb|The word {{m|sv|aͤng|tr=[[äng]]|t=meadow}} from year 1777, where the now obsolete variation aͤ is still used.]]
Originally a ligature of A and E. During the 16th century, the letter began to be written as an A with a lower case e on top (Aͤ respectively aͤ). During the first decades of the 18th century, the use of umlaut emerged.

====Letter====
{{sv-letter|upper=Ä|lower=ä}}

# The second last letter of the [[Swedish]] alphabet, pronounced {{IPAchar|/æː/}} when long, {{IPAchar|/æ/}} when short. In Central Swedish, these phonemes are partially merged with long {{IPAchar|/eː/}} and short {{IPAchar|/ɛ/}}.

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-n|2=äe|3=ä}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|sv|verb forms}}

# {{lb|sv|colloquial|Internet slang|text messaging}} {{pronunciation spelling of|sv|är}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:sv:SO}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/sv}}

==Teribe==

===Noun===
{{head|tfr|noun}}

# [[axe]]

===References===
* {{R:Gamarra & Villagra 1980|page=92}}

==Turkmen==

===Pronunciation===
* {{qualifier|phoneme}} {{IPA|tk|/æ/|/æː/}}

===Letter===
{{head|tk|letter|upper case|Ä}}

# {{Latn-def|tk|letter|6|ä}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/tk}}

==Volapük==

===Prefix===
{{head|vo|prefix}}

# Verbal prefix for the imperfect tense.

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{s|phoneme}} {{IPA|cy|/ˈaː/|/ˌa/|}}

===Letter===
{{cy-letter|upper=Ä}}

# {{ng|The letter A, marked for its syllabic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.}}