umlaut

6 letters · noun · scores 1,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

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

Umlaut in a sentence

"Naïve" takes an umlaut because it is pronounced as two syllables.

In fits of concealed despair that went unnoticed even by those close enough to touch, Julien cursed the language of umlauts, eszetts, and gerunds.

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