Umlaute
//ˈʊm.laʊt.ə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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