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Umlaut

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
diaeresisdieresis
plural
Umlauts
possessive
Umlaut's
pluralpossessive
Umlauts'