noun
- a diacritical mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate a change in pronunciation
- a vowel sound change in Germanic languages caused by the influence of a following vowel
Usage: linguistics
verb
- to modify a vowel sound by umlaut
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The German word ‘Mädchen’ has an umlaut over the ‘a’.
- In German, the umlaut changes the pronunciation of the vowel.
- The plural of ‘Mann’ is ‘Männer’, showing umlaut in German.
- She learned to type the umlaut symbol on her keyboard.
- The umlaut is common in German and some Scandinavian languages.
- Historical linguists study how vowels umlaut in different languages.