. "\u00D8 or (minuscule: \u00F8) is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Southern Sami languages and in the (now dead) language Old Swedish. It is mostly used as a representation of mid front rounded vowels, such as [\u00F8] and [\u0153], except for Southern Sami where it is used as an [oe] diphthong.The name of this letter is the same as the sound it represents (see usage)."@en . . . . . .