In modern computer systems, umlaut and diaeresis are represented identically.
Source: tatoeba (483708)
Umlaut
//ˈʊm.laʊt//
Synonyms for "umlaut" (13 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (6)
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10 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُغَيِّرَة noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- مُغَيِّرَة noun (diacritical mark)
Belarusian
1 entries- умля́ўт noun (diacritical mark)
Breton
1 entries- metafoniezh noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
Bulgarian
2 entries- преглас noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- умла́ут noun (diacritical mark)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 元音變音 /元音变音 noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- 分音符 noun (diacritical mark)
- 分音符號 /分音符号 noun (diacritical mark)
Czech
2 entries- přehláska noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- přehláska noun (vowel so assimilated)
Danish
2 entries- omlyd noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- omlyd noun (diacritical mark)
Dutch
2 entries- umlaut noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- umlaut noun (diacritical mark)
Esperanto
2 entries- surdupunkto noun (diacritical mark)
- umlaŭto noun (diacritical mark)
Estonian
2 entries- täpid noun (diacritical mark)
- täpitäht noun (vowel so assimilated)
Finnish
4 entries- treema noun (diacritical mark)
- umlaut noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- vokaalinmukaus noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- ääkkönen noun (vowel so assimilated)
French
2 entries- métaphonie noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- tréma noun (diacritical mark)
Georgian
2 entries- უმლაუტი noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- უმლაუტი noun (diacritical mark)
German
4 entries- Halbdoppellaut noun (vowel so assimilated)
- Umlaut noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- Umlaut noun (vowel so assimilated)
- Umlaut noun (diacritical mark)
Greek
2 entries- διαλυτικά noun (diacritical mark)
- μεταφωνία noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
Hebrew
1 entries- אומלאוט noun (diacritical mark)
Hungarian
2 entries- tréma noun (diacritical mark)
- umlaut noun (diacritical mark)
Icelandic
2 entries- hljóðvarp noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- tvídepill noun (diacritical mark)
Irish
1 entries- umlabht noun (diacritical mark)
Italian
1 entries- metafonesi noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
Japanese
2 entries- ウムラウト noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- ウムラウト noun (diacritical mark)
Kazakh
1 entries- умлаут noun (diacritical mark)
Korean
1 entries- 움라우트 noun (diacritical mark)
Macedonian
2 entries- преглас noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- преглас noun (diacritical mark)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- omlyd noun (diacritical mark)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- omlyd noun (diacritical mark)
Polish
2 entries- umlaut noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- umlaut noun (diacritical mark)
Portuguese
4 entries- metafonia noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- trema noun (diacritical mark)
- umlaut noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- umlaut noun (diacritical mark)
Russian
4 entries- умла́ут noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- умла́ут noun (diacritical mark)
- умля́ут noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- умля́ут noun (diacritical mark)
Silesian
1 entries- umlaut noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
Slovak
1 entries- dve bodky noun (diacritical mark)
Spanish
2 entries- diéresis noun (diacritical mark)
- metafonía noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
Swedish
2 entries- omljud noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- omljud noun (diacritical mark)
Turkish
1 entries- umlaut noun (diacritical mark)
Ukrainian
1 entries- умла́ут noun (diacritical mark)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dấu um-lau noun (diacritical mark)
- um-lau noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
Volapük
1 entries- vokät noun (diacritical mark)
Welsh
2 entries- affeithiad noun (partial assimilation of a vowel)
- didolnod noun (diacritical mark)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The only written accent German has is the umlaut.
Source: tatoeba (4003259)
In fits of concealed despair that went unnoticed even by those close enough to touch, Julien cursed the language of umlauts, eszetts, and gerunds.
Source: wiktionary
A tittle is more or less the same thing (the dot over an i, for instance), except that it can be traced back to Medieval Latin for a little mark over or under a letter, such as an accent ague or a cedilla. I don't know whether an umlaut is one or two tittles. Maybe it's a jot and a tittle side by side.
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