Umlaut definition
The diacritic mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate an umlaut, especially in German.
noun
To write or print (a vowel) with an umlaut.
verb
A change in a vowel sound caused by partial assimilation especially to a vowel or semivowel occurring in the following syllable.
noun
A vowel sound changed in this manner.
noun
To modify by umlaut.
verb
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The diacritical mark (¨) placed over a vowel, esp. in German, to indicate umlaut.
noun
A historical change in the sound of a vowel, caused by its assimilation to another vowel or semivowel originally occurring in the next syllable but later sometimes lost; mutation: in English, the differences of vowel in certain singulars and plurals (Ex.: foot—feet, mouse—mice) or in certain causative verbs and the words from which they are derived (Ex.: gold—gild) are due to the effects of umlaut on the second word of each pair.
noun
A vowel resulting from such assimilation.
noun
(linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
noun
(linguistics) A vowel so assimilated.
noun
(orthography) The diacritical mark (¨) placed over a vowel, usually when it indicates such assimilation.
noun
To place an umlaut over a vowel.
verb
To modify the sound of (a vowel) or write (a vowel) with an umlaut.
verb
Origin of umlaut
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary