| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | neuter |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | forbogstav | forbogstavet | forbogstaver | forbogstaverne |
| Genitive | forbogstavs | forbogstavets | forbogstavers | forbogstavernes |
| Afrikaans | voorletter |
|---|---|
| Dutch | beginletter; initiaal; voorletter |
| English | initial |
| Esperanto | komenclitero; inicialo; komenca litero |
| German | Initial; Anfangsbuchstabe; Initiale |
| Norwegian | forbokstav |
| Saterland Frisian | Initioal |
| Spanish | inicial |
| Swedish | initialbokstav |