- umlaut vowel
- noun
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umlaut vowel
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Umlaut — may refer to: Diaeresis (diacritic), a pair of dots ( ¨ ) above a vowel, used in German to mark umlaut Metal umlaut, the same diacritic in names of heavy metal or hard rock bands for effect I mutation or umlaut, historic vowel fronting or raising … Wikipedia
umlaut — [oom′lout] n. [Ger, change of sound (< um, about + laut, sound, akin to LOUD): coined (1774) by F. G. Klopstock (1724 1803), Ger poet, but first used in special senses by Jakob GRIMM Jakob (Ludwig Karl) (1819)] Linguis. 1. a) a historical… … English World dictionary
umlaut Linguistics — [ ʊmlaʊt] noun 1》 a mark (¨) used over a vowel, especially in German, to indicate a different vowel quality. 2》 the process in Germanic languages by which the quality of a vowel was altered in certain phonetic contexts. verb modify with an umlaut … English new terms dictionary
Vowel harmony — is a type of long distance (see below) assimilatory phonological process involving vowels in some languages. In languages with vowel harmony, there are constraints on what vowels may be found near each other. Explanation Harmony processes are… … Wikipedia
umlaut — ► NOUN Linguistics ▪ a mark (¨) used over a vowel, especially in German, to indicate a different vowel quality. ORIGIN German, from um about + Laut sound … English terms dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] Note: It is peculiar to the Teutonic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vowel mutation — noun Umlaut • • • Main Entry: ↑vowel … Useful english dictionary
Vowel breaking — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
umlaut — /ˈʊmlaʊt / (say oomlowt) noun 1. (of vowels in Germanic languages) assimilation in which a vowel is influenced by a following vowel or semivowel. 2. a vowel which has resulted from such assimilation, especially when written ä, ö, or ü in German.… …
umlaut — /oom lowt/, Ling. n. 1. a mark (¨) used as a diacritic over a vowel, as ä, ö, ü, to indicate a vowel sound different from that of the letter without the diacritic, esp. as so used in German. Cf. dieresis. 2. (in Germanic languages) assimilation… … Universalium
