# ő

| ő | U+0151, &#337; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DOUBLE ACUTE |
| Composition: | o [U+006F] + ◌̋ [U+030B] |
| ← Ő [U+0150] | Latin Extended-A | Œ → [U+0152] |

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* (early obsolete) o̗, (mid-obsolete, between the 16th–18th centuries) oͤ, (late obsolete, till the early 19th century) ö́

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈøː]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -øː

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *sᴕ̈ (“he, she, it”). Cognates include Southern Mansi tü, tüw-, Northern Mansi тав (tav, “he, she”), Finnish hän.

#### Pronoun

ő
* (personal) he, she (third-person singular, nominative form; usually omitted as redundant due to the verb suffix, except for emphasis or contrast)
    Ő hagyta itt. ― S/he left it here [it was left here by him/her, rather than by someone else].
* Optional (redundant) element used for emphasis in third-person possessive constructions, whether singular or plural, if the possessor is otherwise not explicit; normally preceded by the article az (“the”):
** construed with -a/-e/-ja/-je/-i/-ai/-ei/-jai/-jei (“his/her”): his or her
    az ő asztala (usually az asztala, rarely asztala) ― his/her table/desk
    az ő széke (usually a széke, rarely széke) ― his/her chair
** construed with -uk/-ük/-juk/-jük/-ik/-aik/-eik/-jaik/-jeik (“their”): their
    az ő asztaluk (usually az asztaluk, rarely asztaluk) ― their table/desk
    az ő székük (usually a székük, rarely székük) ― his/her chair

##### Derived terms

* a nagy Ő
* (emphatic forms of postpositions): őalatta, őáltala, őelőtte etc. (ő + a postposition with a third-person personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
* (emphatic forms of declined third-person pronouns): őneki, ővele, őhozzá etc. (ő + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)

#### See also

$^1$Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns /
$^1$ Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations. $^2$ Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).

### Etymology 2
#### Letter

ő (lower case, upper case Ő)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ő and written in the Latin script.

##### Declension
#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

### References

* ↑ Kniezsa, István. A magyar helyesírás története (‘The History of Hungarian Orthography’). 2nd, revised edition. Budapest: Tankönyvkiadó, 1959.
* ↑ Entry #919 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

### Further reading

* (he/she): ő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (the sound and letter): ő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN