英语词汇“umlaut”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you've ever studied German, you've seen an umlaut. It's a mark that looks like two dots over a letter, and it signifies a shift in pronunciation.

Properly speaking, only German and Hungarian words have these two dots over a vowel to indicate a change in sound (as in doppelgänger and über), but loosely, people sometimes refer to its twin, the dieresis (as in naïve) as an umlaut. The word is German and means "change of sound," from um, "about," and laut, "sound."

WORD FAMILY

umlaut: umlauts

USAGE EXAMPLES

On that basis, Häagen-Dazs is a stroke of genius—a double back vowel emphasized by a nonsensical umlaut.

The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016)

Not the tune itself, so much—John Legend’s marble-mouthed way of making all vowels partial umlauts turned the anthem into an accidental art song.

The New Yorker(Jun 03, 2016)

It's been a rough week for fans of legendary heavy metal groups with umlauts in their names.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2016)

n a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound

Syn|Hyper

diaeresis, dieresis

diacritic, diacritical mark

a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation

单词	umlaut
释义	umlaut (once / 59694 pages) n If you've ever studied German, you've seen an umlaut. It's a mark that looks like two dots over a letter, and it signifies a shift in pronunciation. Properly speaking, only German and Hungarian words have these two dots over a vowel to indicate a change in sound (as in doppelgänger and über), but loosely, people sometimes refer to its twin, the dieresis (as in naïve) as an umlaut. The word is German and means "change of sound," from um, "about," and laut, "sound." WORD FAMILY umlaut: umlauts USAGE EXAMPLES On that basis, Häagen-Dazs is a stroke of genius—a double back vowel emphasized by a nonsensical umlaut. The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) Not the tune itself, so much—John Legend’s marble-mouthed way of making all vowels partial umlauts turned the anthem into an accidental art song. The New Yorker(Jun 03, 2016) It's been a rough week for fans of legendary heavy metal groups with umlauts in their names. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2016) n a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound Syn\|Hyper diaeresis, dieresis diacritic, diacritical mark a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
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