umlaut
/ˈʊmˌlaʊt/
verb
- To mark a vowel with an umlaut or to change a vowel by umlaut.
- You need to umlaut the 'a' to make the German word 'Ärger'.
- The word 'uber' is sometimes umlauted to 'über' in formal writing.
- In some fonts, you can umlaut a letter by holding down a key.
noun
- A mark (¨) placed over a vowel, especially in German, to indicate a change in the vowel's sound, such as in 'ü' or 'ö'.
- The umlaut changes the pronunciation of the vowel.
- In German, the word 'Mädchen' has an umlaut over the 'a'.
- She added an umlaut to the 'o' to spell 'schön' correctly.
- The vowel sound change itself that is represented by the umlaut mark, common in Germanic languages.
- The umlaut in 'mouse' to 'mice' is a remnant of Old English grammar.
- Linguists study the umlaut as a type of sound change in language history.
- The plural of 'foot' in English shows an umlaut, changing the vowel to 'feet'.