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Umlaut - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Umlaut : (noun)
1: a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German
to indicate a change in sound [syn: dieresis, diaeresis]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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