Dieresis vs. Umlaut — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dieresis and Umlaut
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Dieresis
A mark (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that they are to be pronounced as separate sounds rather than a diphthong, as in naïve.
Umlaut
A change in a vowel sound caused by partial assimilation especially to a vowel or semivowel occurring in the following syllable.
Dieresis
A mark (¨) placed over a vowel, such as the final vowel in Brontë, to indicate that the vowel is not silent.
Umlaut
A vowel sound changed in this manner. Also called vowel mutation.
Dieresis
A break or pause in a line of verse that occurs when the end of a word and the end of a metrical foot coincide.
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Umlaut
The diacritic mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate an umlaut, especially in German.
Dieresis
Alternative form of diaeresis
Umlaut
To modify by umlaut.
Dieresis
Same as Diæresis.
Umlaut
To write or print (a vowel) with an umlaut.
Dieresis
A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
Umlaut
(linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
Umlaut
(linguistics) 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).
Umlaut
(linguistics) A vowel so assimilated.
Umlaut
(orthography) The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel
Umlaut
A diaeresis.
Naïve takes an umlaut as it's pronounced as two syllables.
Umlaut
(transitive) To place an umlaut over (a vowel).
Umlaut
To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.
An umlauting vowel
Umlaut
The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
Umlaut
A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
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