Meaning & use
ä
The letter 'a' marked with two dots, representing a modified vowel sound in languages such as German, Finnish, and Swedish.
See it in a sentence
The German word "Mädchen," meaning girl, contains the letter ä.
In Finnish, ä sounds quite different from a plain a, changing a word's meaning entirely.
A note on using this word
The two dots are called an umlaut or diaeresis, and they indicate a distinct vowel sound, not just decoration.
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