Fy

Fy is a two-letter term that appears in several distinct contexts. In finance and governance, the abbreviation FY stands for fiscal year, a 12-month period used for budgeting and accounting that does not always align with the calendar year. In language and metadata, fy is the ISO 639-1 code for Frisian, a West Germanic language spoken in parts of the Netherlands and Germany. This code is used in language tagging for websites, publications, and linguistic databases, including Frisian-language editions of online resources.

Fiscal year usage: Organizations specify the start and end dates of their fiscal year according to internal policy or jurisdiction. Records, budgets, financial statements, and annual reports are typically labeled with FY followed by the year or year range (for example, FY2024 or FY2024–FY2025). This convention provides consistency across departments and international operations, even when the fiscal year does not coincide with the calendar year.

Frisian language: The code fy identifies Frisian in technical and bibliographic contexts. Frisian languages are a group of related dialects spoken in the northern Netherlands and parts of Germany, with West Frisian being the most widely used form in public life and media. In digital content, fy signals Frisian-language text or metadata to readers and search systems.

See also: FY (disambiguation), Frisian language, FYI (for your information).