(n.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synaeresis.
(n.) A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, cooperate, aerial.
(n.) Same as Diaeresis.
Example Sentences:
Umlaut
Definition:
(n.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is of particular interest this time round because Merkel's junior coalition partners, the Free Democrats (FDP) have been polling dangerously close to the threshold, as have the anti-Euro newcomers, the Alternative fur (umlaut over u) Deutschland.
(2) Löfven [umlaut on o], a former welder with a boxer's nose, faces the difficult challenge of trying to win back Social Democrat voters without looking like what Swedes call a betongsosse, or concrete socialist of the olden days.
(3) "The absence of umlaut in the contract which Özil finally signs will decide if Wenger was trolling us or not.
(4) Shouldn't there be an umlaut or other diacritic over a vowel?"
(5) What we know: Merkel wins, as predicted, everyone else has a rather poor night, umlauts take ages to cut and paste into liveblogs.
(6) Is it a hearsay Umlaut in keeping with the day as a whole?
(7) One of those against was the former finance minister Peer Steinbruck (umlaut over u).
(8) Then surely the Style Guide gurus couldn't object to you using umlauts to your heart's content.
(9) There have been times this season when Mourinho seemed to forget who he is, the preposterous Happy Josepersona threatening to consume him, so much so that he wasn't far off waxing lyrical about the virtues of tiki-taka, putting an umlaut in his name and setting up a Twitter account called @JöseTweets, with #teamfollowback in the bio.
(10) Therefore examples from parasitology are cited when the ending of species names, the derivatio nominis, the transcription of the German umlaut, the ending of family names as well as collective group names are explained.
(11) Updated at 7.38pm BST 7.35pm BST You thought the umlaut, Turkish ö issue divided people "Sporting Kansas CITY," writes James Hupp .
(12) Updated at 7.50pm BST 6.32pm BST Eurosceptics euro-phoric Have just got off the phone with Frauke Petry, one of the leaders of the Alternative fur Deutschland (excuse missing umlaut - no time for accents now).
(13) "The umlaut is important for pronunciation purposes."
(14) He might as well bring a 18 year old French kid named Ozil, without the umlaut of course."