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Umlaut

umlaut

noun UM-laut Rare

Also means

vowel mutation

Usage Note

Umlaut refers both to the diacritic dots and to the sound change marking plurals, as in Mann to Männer. The three umlauted vowels are ä, ö and ü. The plural Umlaute names the set of these vowels.

Examples

"Im Plural bekommt das Wort einen Umlaut."

Natural Translation

In the plural the word takes an umlaut.

Literal Translation

In-the plural gets the word an umlaut.

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