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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'umlaut' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions umlaut noun  w:Germanic umlaut, Germanic umlaut, a phonological phenomenon where an earlier vowel takes on the quality of a second vowel. Mildly formative in Modern German by analogy, present in English only as irregular fossils. A partial assimilation of a vowel. A vowel so assimilated. (orthography): The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel to indicate such assimilation. Translations:  German: Umlaut (trans-mid) verb  To place an umlaut over a vowel. Etymology: Umlaut < um (around) + Laut (sound).        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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