umlaut

1. 1. A change in a vowel sound caused by partial assimilation especially to a vowel or semivowel occurring in the following syllable.
   2. A vowel sound changed in this manner. Also called vowel mutation.
2. The diacritic mark (̈) placed over a vowel to indicate an umlaut, especially in German.

1. To modify by umlaut.
2. To write or print (a vowel) with an umlaut.

[German : um-, around, alteration (from Middle High German umb- , from umbe , from Old High German umbi) + Laut, sound (from Middle High German lūt , from Old High German hlūt).]

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
  Synonyms: dieresis, diaeresis

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Umlaut may refer to:

• I-mutation or umlaut, historic vowel fronting in any language
  • Germanic umlaut, the historic fronting of vowels in Germanic languages
  • Regressive vowel harmony
• Umlaut (diacritic), a pair of dots above a vowel to signal vowel fronting
  • Heavy metal umlaut
• Lars Umlaut, a character playable in the Guitar Hero series of music video games
• Umläut, Clinton McKinnon's experimental Australian rock band

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - umlaut, omlyd
v. tr. - omlyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
umlaut(steken)

Français (French)
n. - tréma
v. tr. - faire un tréma

Deutsch (German)
n. - Umlaut
v. - umlauten, durch Umlaut modifizieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεταφωνία (φαινόμενο μεταβολής φωνήεντος στις γερμανικές γλώσσες)

Italiano (Italian)
umlaut

Português (Portuguese)
n. - metafonia (Fon.) (f), trema (m)

Русский (Russian)
умлаут (знак в графической системе немецкого языка)

Español (Spanish)
n. - diéresis, metafonía
v. tr. - poner diéresis sobre (palabra, letra), modificar por metafonía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - omljud

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
元音变化, 使变音

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 母音變化
v. tr. - 使變音

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 변모음, 움라우트 기호
v. tr. - 움라우트 기호를 붙이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ウムラウト, 母音変異, ウムラウト符号

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقطتان على حرف عله تشيران الى تغير صوته ( اللغه الالمانيه وعلم الاصوات)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נקודתיים מעל אות, אומלאוט‬
v. tr. - ‮שינה (צליל) ע"י נקודתיים מעל האות‬

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