umlaut

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Okay, so they're spelling it differently (the umlaut is a nice touch, I must admit) ... but still!

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  1. noun A change in a vowel sound caused by partial assimilation especially to a vowel or semivowel occurring in the following syllable.
  2. noun A vowel sound changed in this manner. Also called vowel mutation.
  3. noun The diacritic mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate an umlaut, especially in German.
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  • Okay, so they're spelling it differently (the umlaut is a nice touch, I must admit) ... but still! —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Looks like typing letters with the umlaut (diaeresis) has been made particularly easy for those of us using a keyboard with Finnish keys and layout: compose isn't needed at all, ... —  Command Line Warriors
  • We were skeptical when Joël Robuchon-he of the umlaut, the three
  • But based on what I've read of Rosenberg's reviews, that criticism of his, er, criticism, seems unfair: this summer, he was as supportive as any of the European critics who waxed lyrical over Welser-Mo [umlaut] st's conducting of Dvoř ák's opera Rusalka, which toured to the —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • "Until now films tended to make heroes out of the main character in the RAF," said Thomas Kru (umlaut) ger it president, "This is a blood stain that soaks a strain of German history and it needs to be confronted honestly," he added. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
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  1. German : um-, around, alteration (from Middle High German umb-, from umbe, from Old High German umbi; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + Laut, sound (from Middle High German lūt, from Old High German hlūt; see kleu- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from German umlaut, modification of vowels, from um, around, about, also indicating change, alteration (see um-), + laut, sound: see loud.
  2. from umlaut, n.
 

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/ˈumlaʊt/
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