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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
umlaut n 1: a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound [syn: umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
umlaut \um"laut\ ([=oo]m"lout), n. [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed. [1913 Webster] Note: It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was common in Anglo-Saxon. In German the umlauted vowels resulting from a, o, u, followed by old i, are written [aum], ["o], ["u], or ae, oe, ue; as, m[aum]nner or maenner, men, from mann, man. Examples of forms resulting from umlaut in English are geese pl. of goose, men pl. of man, etc. [1913 Webster] | ||
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