Ө ө — ö
«ö» is a vowel of Kazakh, the “Kazakh Cyrillic” script, read as “ö — like German ö”. Say "more" and spread the lips as for "bed": the ö of German "schön", or the vowel of "learn" without the r. For example, in the word “Өте жақсы” — very good. The Kazakh alphabet has 42 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. The front partner of o. It appears, for example, in the word “Өтінемін” — please (making a request).
In short
| Character | Ө ө |
| Name | ö |
| Sound | ö — like German ö |
| What it is | a vowel |
In our course the character comes 21st of 42, its neighbours in the course are о and п, appears in 422 words of this site.
How it sounds
Say "more" and spread the lips as for "bed": the ö of German "schön", or the vowel of "learn" without the r
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
- Өте жақсыvery good
The character in the “the nine letters of their own” group
Everything the familiar alphabet lacks. Six of them are vowels, and vowel harmony rests on them: a word is spoken all-back or all-front, and the ending adjusts to it.
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound (for «ö» it is “ö — like German ö”, as in the word “Өте жақсы”), see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 42 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Kazakh character ө read?
As “ö — like German ö” — it is a vowel of the “Kazakh Cyrillic” script. Say "more" and spread the lips as for "bed": the ö of German "schön", or the vowel of "learn" without the r. For example, in the word “Өте жақсы” — very good.
What is the letter ө called?
Ö. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Kazakh script: it is called “ö” and reads as “ö — like German ö”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.
What can ө be confused with?
The front partner of o. Similar characters are best studied side by side and deliberately compared: learned on different days, they stay separate and get mixed up at their first meeting inside a word.