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Two dots over a vowel is normally called a dieresis.

There is a special case of the dieresis in German where the two dots cause the vowel to change (sound and meaning): this special case is called umlaut.

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The two dots over a vowel are called a diaeresis or umlaut. It is used to indicate that the vowel should be pronounced separately from the preceding one.

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