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Ö facts for kids

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Ö or ö is not a letter used in English, but is used in some other languages, such as German, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Turkish and Swedish.

German

Germany and Austria

Ö or ö is one of the 4 extra letters used in German. It can be replaced by using the letters Oe or oe. In English language newspapers it is often written as O or o but this is not correct.

Internet addresses are written as "oe" because the internet address system can only understand ordinary English letters.

Switzerland

German is one of the official languages of Switzerland. It has its own dialect (Swiss-German or Schweizerdeutsch). The Ö or ö is used in the Swiss dialect as well.

Images for kids

  • Boundary stone on the Demeljoch - 1

    The letter Ö, standing for Österreich, i.e. Austria, on a boundary stone at the German-Austrian border.

  • O containing E ligature

    Unusual form of the Œ or Ö ligature, with a small E inside the O. From an inscription in the crypt of Cologne (Köln) Cathedral.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ö para niños

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