Research Results For 'Umlaut'

DIACRITICAL MARK

A diacritical mark is an accent, umlaut, cedilla, etc., set above or below a letter in foreign languages to modify the sound of the letter.
Research Diacritical Mark

DIAERESIS

A diaeresis is a separation of one syllable into two, and also the name of the two dots, similar to an umlaut, set above the second of two adjacent vowels in a word to show that both are to be pronounced separately.
Research Diaeresis

UMLAUT

An umlaut is a mark of two dots side-by-side placed over a vowel in some languages - escpecially characteristic of the Teutonic fanily - such as German, indicating modification in the quality of the vowel. The term was invented by the German philologist J Grimm.
Research Umlaut

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