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Umlaute

//ˈʊm.laʊt.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of umlaut form-of, plural, rare

    "It is clear that in all these umlaute the new vowel is exactly intermediate between the original vowel of the root and the modifying one of the termination : if the new vowel became identical with its modifier, the result would be not an umlaut but a complete assimilation."

Etymology

From German Umlaute, from um (“around”) + Laute (“sounds”).

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