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▸ noun: (linguistics) The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in Germanic languages whereby back vowels became front vowels when followed by syllable containing a front vocoid (e.g. Germanic lūsiz > Old English lȳs(i) > Modern English lice).
▸ noun: (linguistics) A vowel so assimilated.
▸ noun: (orthography) The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel
▸ noun: (informal, orthography) Synonym of diaeresis
▸ verb: (transitive) To place an umlaut over (a vowel).
▸ verb: (linguistics, transitive) To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.
Similar:
diaeresis,
dieresis,
ümlaut,
prop vowel,
i-mutation,
anlaut,
long,
synaeresis,
imala,
soft mutation,
more...
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Adjectives:
german,
secondary,
palatal,
germanic,
primary,
initial,
asymmetrical,
nordic,
velar,
plural,
symmetrical
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