Talk:Ä

message: I found this commented within the article:
Is it Ä, A-umlaut, or A-diaeresis for these languages? -- "Other alphabets are Azerbaijani, Welsh, Frisian, Luxembourgish, Livonian, Dutch, Inari Sámi, Lule Sámi, Skolt Sámi, Slovak, Turkmen, Yapese and Dink alphabet." 
Dutch only has the letter in loanwords from German or Scandinavian, afaik, such as "knäckebröd", not in native words.
Maybe useful? Tuvalkin (talk) 02:29, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: commented text to be reincorporated?

message: I doubt that in German "Ä" is considered merely a variant of "A". It's true that German speakers would recognize it as the "A" umlaut but there are probably uses where it does not function as an umlaut. It's also true that "AE" is sometimes used as a substitute for "Ä". However, the letter "Ä" is clearly recognized as separate from "A" or "AE". An arbitrary example: it would not be considered correct to spell the name "Gaethgens" as "Gäthgens", and in bureaucratical use "Hans Gaethgens" and "Hans Gäthgens" would certainly be two different persons until proven to be one and the same. The same is true for "Ö - OE" and "Ü - UE".  Kosebamse 20:26 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC)
I agree! Johan Magnus
Thirded! Maléfix (talk) 14:24, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: "Ä"a variant of "A"?

message: I have some trouble with this sentence, "In the Icelandic, Danish and Norwegian alphabets, A-umlaut is often replaced with its equivalent "Æ"." Since the character generally corresponds to the Swedish "Letter Ä" rather than "A with Umlaut", wouldn't this information rather belong in the "Letter Ä" section?'
:I definitely agree! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.232.72.148 (talk • contribs) 
::Yes it would. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 22:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phrasing 

message: I deleted the following paragraph, which seemed incorrect:
A with diaeresis occurs in several languages which use diaereses. In these languages the letter represents a normal A, and the pronunciation does not change.
I can think of no language that uses the symbol Ä, and calls the dicritic a "dieresis". FilipeS 11:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: A-dieresis

message: I'd like to add a subsection of "On computers", similar to the one in the %C3%85 article --
:To type "ä" with an US-International keyboard layout in Microsoft Windows, hold the Alt key and type ____ on the numeric keypad, and for "Ä" hold the Alt key and type 0196 on the numeric keypad.
My problem is that I can't find the alt code for the little ä.  Does anyone know it? DBlomgren 03:19, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The code for ä is ALT + 0228. Telempe 09:12, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Telempe. It's also 142, which is a little bit shorter. DBlomgren (talk) 19:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to type ä in Microsoft programs 

message: This article, as well as Distillation, Victor and Victor Talking Machine Company, have the section edit links as well as the Contents at the top in a non-English language, probably Finnish. I have no idea why or how to fix it. 68.161.25.228 (talk) 03:42, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Removing and replacing the language links seems to have fixed it somehow.68.161.25.228 (talk) 13:40, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Finnish?

message: In the section 'Independent letter": In German and Slovak Ä stands for [ɛ] (or a bit archaic but still correct [æ]).
what does this mean? I'm not familiar with slovak but no german dialect to my knowledge pronounces the former as the latter, or is it really correct, though I suppose it would be understood.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telmac (talk • contribs) 16:23, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "archaic but still correct"? 

message: as in: 'Welcome to Upper Wallis heimkänten of the Rhone headwaters' Cf. hometown.
I think this should be listed on this wiki as the aforesaid is seemingly an example of umlaut "ä" being set to a peusdo word.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:411:1600:226:8FF:FEDC:FD74 (talk) 23:29, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upper Wallis touristboard marketing buzzword: "heimkänten" (homecanton) 

message: This image includes the old look when Ä was A with a small "e" on top (for example the large, black "Anmärckningar" in the center of the image), as well as the new Ä with umlaut (large "är" top of image), I feel it should be included in the article
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Charles_XII_Bible_%281703%29_-_title_page_%28cropped%29.jpg  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.230.119.52 (talk) 11:53, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add historical variant 

message: Under paragraph 2 of section 1, it is stated that 
"Christianisation caused the former Vikings to start using the Latin alphabet around A.D. 1100."
I believe that it is inaccurate to use the rather sensationalist term "Viking" here, which refers exclusively to the independent groups of seafaring norsemen and not to the general population of Scandinavia at the time. Would others agree that this should be rephrased as "native Scandinavians" or "Norsemen" instead to be more accurate?
 DoctorJSM 01:11, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Vikings?