Sekirov Dictionary

umlaut

/ˈʊm.laʊt/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 5

noun5

The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel
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(informal) Synonym of diaeresis.
- "Naïve" takes an umlaut because it is pronounced as two syllables.
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An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
- In fits of concealed despair that went unnoticed even by those close enough to touch, Julien cursed the language of umlauts, eszetts, and gerunds. — 1997
The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in Germanic languages whereby back vowels became front vowels when followed by syllable containing a front vocoid (e.g. Germanic lūsiz > Old English lȳs(i) > Modern English lice).
A vowel so assimilated.

verb2

To place an umlaut over (a vowel).
To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.

forms

umlauted · umlauting · umlauts · umlaute · ümlauts

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