Umlaut

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 See also 2 German 2.1 Noun

English

Etymology

German um + laut

Noun

Umlaut (plural Umlauts)

1. A partial assimilation of a vowel.
2. A vowel so assimilated.
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Usage notes

• Although this symbol has the same form as the diaeresis/dieresis, it has as a different function and so in standard and technical usage these two terms are not interchangeable.
• When spelling a German word out loud, one can say “(vowel) umlaut” or “umlauted vowel”. e.g. “oh umlaut” or “umlauted oh” mean “an ‘o’ with an umlaut over it”.

Synonyms

• (nonstandard) umlaut
• trema

Translations

partial assimilation of a vowel

vowel so assimilated

diacritical mark

German: Umlaut m

Slovak: dve bodky f (3)

Verb

to umlaut (third-person singular simple present umlauts, present participle umlauting, simple past umlauted, past participle umlauted)

1. To place an umlaut over a vowel.

Derived terms

• heavy metal umlaut

See also

• diaeresis, dieresis

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German

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Noun

Umlaut m

1. The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel to indicate such assimilation.