umlauting
/ˈʊmˌlaʊtɪŋ/
noun
- The act of marking a vowel with an umlaut (two dots above it), especially in German or other languages.
- In German class, we practiced umlauting the vowels in words like 'für' and 'schön'.
- The editor corrected the spelling by umlauting the 'u' in 'uber' to make it 'über'.
- Umlauting changes the pronunciation of a vowel, as in 'Mutter' becoming 'Mütter'.
Synonyms
verb
- To mark a vowel with an umlaut.
- The student forgot to umlaut the 'o' in 'schön', so the spelling was wrong.
- Some fonts make it hard to umlaut letters correctly on a computer.
- When writing German, you need to umlaut the 'a' in 'Mädchen'.