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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024um•laut /ˈʊmlaʊt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Linguisticsa mark (68¨62) used as a marker over a vowel, as ä, ö, ü, to indicate a vowel sound different from that of the letter without the mark, esp. as used in German.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024um•laut (ŏŏm′lout),USA pronunciation [Ling.]n. - 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.
- (in Germanic languages) assimilation in which a vowel is influenced by a following vowel or semivowel;
apophony.
v.t. - to modify by umlaut.
- to write an umlaut over.
- German, equivalent. to um- about (i.e., changed) + Laut sound
- 1835–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: umlaut /ˈʊmlaʊt/ n - the mark (¨) placed over a vowel in some languages, such as German, indicating modification in the quality of the vowel
Compare diaeresis - (esp in Germanic languages) the change of a vowel within a word brought about by the assimilating influence of a vowel or semivowel in a preceding or following syllable
Etymology: 19th Century: German, from um around (in the sense of changing places) + Laut sound |