umlautnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʊm.laʊt/us/ˈʊm.laʊt/a mark put over a vowel in some languages, such as German, to show that the pronunciation of the vowel is changed:
The German word "Gebäude", which means "building", has an umlaut over the "a".
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