| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | common |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bokstav | bokstaven | bokstäver | bokstäverna |
| Genitive | bokstavs | bokstavens | bokstävers | bokstävernas |
| Catalan | lletra |
|---|---|
| Danish | bogstav |
| Dutch | letter |
| English | letter |
| English (Old English) | stæf |
| Esperanto | litero |
| Faeroese | bókstavur |
| Finnish | kirjain |
| French | lettre |
| German | Buchstabe; Letter; Type |
| Icelandic | bókstafur |
| Latin | littera |
| Low German | letter; bookstave |
| Norwegian | bokstav |
| Papiamento | lèter |
| Polish | litera |
| Portuguese | letra |
| Russian | буква |
| Saterland Frisian | Boukstäf; Lättere |
| Spanish | letra |
| Welsh | llythyren |
| West Frisian | letter |