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umlaut |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Umlaut \Um"laut\, n. [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed. Note: It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was common in Anglo-Saxon. In German the umlauted vowels resulting from a, o, u, followed by old i, are written ["a], ["o], ["u], or ae oe ue as m["a]nner or maenner, men, from mann, man. Examples of forms resulting from umlaut in English are geese pl of goose, men pl of man, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: umlaut n : a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound [syn: {dieresis}, {diaeresis}]
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