umlaut
Twin dots above
An umlaut is a diacritical mark consisting of two dots placed over a vowel, as in German *ü* or *ö*.
In Germanic languages, it indicates a vowel sound shifted by the influence of a vowel in a following syllable.
English sometimes borrows umlauted words: naïve, Brontë.
Heavy metal bands use decorative umlauts for effect: Motörhead, Mötley Crüe.
Vowel separation mark
- accentRegional speech pattern
- graveSerious and worrying
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- circumflexPeaked accent mark
tilde · cedilla · breve · ring · horn · diacritical · marking · superscript
Nature, symbol, or role
- fontCharacter style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- keyboardArray of input keys
- encodingConverting data to format
special character · ASCII · glyph · typeset · letter · symbol · input method · display
German poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia's capital
- Häagen-DazsPremium frozen dairy brand
- naïveUnsophisticated and trusting
- coöperateWork jointly with others
Röntgen · heavy metal · decorative · spelling
Being at the forefront
- ablautVowel gradation in morphology
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- Proto-GermanicHypothetical common ancestor language
- alternationSequential interchange of elements
inflection · Middle High German · phonological · assimilation
Changed in some way
- frontedLed or advanced funds
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
- front vowelSound made tongue-forward
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
articulation · Scandinavian · mutation · speech · phoneme
diaeresis
Vowel separation mark
circumflex · tilde · cedilla · breve · ring · horn · diacritical · marking · superscript · dots
character
Nature, symbol, or role
encoding · special character · ASCII · glyph · typeset · letter · symbol · input method · display
Goethe
German poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia's capital
- Häagen-DazsPremium frozen dairy brand
- naïveUnsophisticated and trusting
Röntgen · coöperate · heavy metal · decorative · spelling
fronting
Being at the forefront
- ablautVowel gradation in morphology
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- Proto-GermanicHypothetical common ancestor language
alternation · inflection · Middle High German · phonological · assimilation
modified
Changed in some way
- frontedLed or advanced funds
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
- front vowelSound made tongue-forward
pronunciation · articulation · Scandinavian · mutation · speech · phoneme
umlautgrave accent
Leftward-sloping vowel marker
acute accent · circumflex · tilde · cedilla · colon