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Umlaut.

umlaut

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯t/
  1. umlaut

    masculine · strong
  2. one of the German letters ä, ö, ü (capital letters: Ä, Ö, Ü) and the diphthong äu (capital: Äu) produced by placing the diacritical mark (◌̈) over the vowels a, o, and u

    masculine · strong
  3. the sounds represented by these letters

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

um- + Laut

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