umlauts
Meaning of umlauts
noun
- An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
- 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).
- A vowel so assimilated.
- The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel
- Diaeresis
Naïve takes an umlaut as it's pronounced as two syllables.
- To place an umlaut over (a vowel).
- To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.
an umlauting vowel
Information about umlauts
- The singular form of umlauts is: umlaut.
- Languages in which umlauts is used:
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Hyphenation of umlauts
um-lauts
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- umlauts is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of umlauts
Words that rhyme with umlauts
dauts, beauts, ghauts, ablauts, clauts, kellauts, mauts, Argonauts, Astronauts, Juggernauts, aeronauts, aquanauts, argonauts, astronauts, cosmonauts, hydronauts, juggernauts, lunanauts, lunarnauts, oceanauts, Krauts, krauts, sauerkrauts, sauts, soubresauts, tauts, vauts
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