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| um·laut [ m lòwt ] |
noun (plural um·lauts) |
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1. change in vowel sound: in Germanic languages, a change in the way a vowel is pronounced, caused by the influence of another vowel in a syllable immediately after it
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2. accent over vowel: in Germanic languages, the mark (¨) that is placed above a vowel to show that it is pronounced differently from the way the vowel is usually pronounced
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verb (past and past participle um·laut·ed, present participle um·laut·ing, 3rd person present singular um·lauts) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb change vowel sound: to change a vowel sound because of other vowel sounds close to it, or be changed in this way
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2. transitive verb mark vowel with two dots: to write or print a vowel with an umlaut above it
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| [Mid-19th century. < German< um- "around, change" + Laut "sound"] |
