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¨
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Translingual
Description
Two horizontally aligned dots, to be placed above other characters.
Diacritical mark
¨
- (IPA) A modifier indicating centralization.
Usage notes
In English, this is called dieresis, diaeresis, umlaut.
Derived terms
Albanian
Diacritical mark
¨
- The diaeresis. Used with the letter e to make ë, which represents the sound [ə]
Dutch
Diacritical mark
¨
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called trema (“diaeresis”) in Dutch, and found on Ä/ä, Ë/ë, Ï/ï, Ö/ö and Ü/ü.
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called umlaut (“umlaut”) in Dutch, and found on Ä/ä, Ö/ö and Ü/ü.
Usage notes
The diaeresis is used to indicate that two vowels are to be pronounced separately as two syllables, rather than as a diphthong or single vowel. In compound words, a hyphen - is used to separate the syllables instead.
The umlaut diacritic is used only in words of German origin, such as föhn.
Galician
Diacritical mark
¨
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German
Diacritical mark
¨
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called Umlaut (“umlaut”) in German, and found on Ä/ä, Ö/ö and Ü/ü.
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called Trema in German, and found on Ë/ë and Ï/ï.
Greek
Diacritical mark
¨
- A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called διαλυτικά in Greek, and found on ί/ΐ/ϋ.
Hungarian
Diacritical mark
¨
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called tréma (“trema”) in Hungarian, and found on Ö/ö and Ü/ü.
Portuguese
Diacritical mark
¨
- (obsolete) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called trema (“trema”) in Portuguese, and found on Ü/ü.
Spanish
Diacritical mark
¨
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called diéresis (“diaeresis”) in Spanish, and found on Ü/ü.