| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| umlaut |
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| SYLLABICATION: | um·laut |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m lout |
| NOUN: | 1a. A change in a vowel sound caused by partial assimilation especially to a vowel or semivowel occurring in the following syllable. b. A vowel sound changed in this manner. Also called vowel mutation. 2. The diacritic mark ( ) placed over a vowel to indicate an umlaut, especially in German. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: um·laut·ed, um·laut·ing, um·lauts
1. To modify by umlaut. 2. To write or print (a vowel) with an umlaut. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German : um-, around, alteration (from Middle High German umb-, from umbe, from Old High German umbi; see ambhi in Appendix I) + Laut, sound (from Middle High German l t, from Old High German hlt; see kleu- in Appendix I).
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