German word

Oe

Pronunciation

IPA/øː/

Meaning

  • neuter nounoe

Example

In vielen Dokumenten sieht man Oes anstelle von Ö.

In many documents, oe is used instead of ö.

Illustration for Oe (oe)

More examples

In E-Mails verwende ich meistens Oe statt Ö.

In emails, I mostly use oe instead of Ö.

Core concept

The two-letter sequence Oe carrying the value of the single letter Ö.

Common phrases

  • die Oe-Schreibweise

    oe spelling

  • in E-Mails Oe verwenden

    use oe in emails

Similar words

Ö: The umlauted letter o used for the ö sound.
Umlaut: Two dots placed over a vowel to change its sound.
Buchstabierweise: A practice of giving a name or word one letter at a time.
Schreibweise: The particular spelling used for a word.

Definition in German

Oe ist ein Substantiv und bezeichnet die ersetzende Schreibweise für den Buchstaben Ö, verwendet wenn das Umlautzeichen nicht verfügbar ist.

Word origin

Oe is a plain-text rendering of Ö based on the historical use of a small e to indicate a changed vowel.

Usage tips

  • As a German noun, Oe is capitalized and has the plural form Oes; the same sequence inside another word follows that word's capitalization.

Related words

  • Oe-Formoe formnoun

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