||Um"laut (?), n. [G., from um about +
laut sound.] (Philol.) The euphonic modification of a
root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially
i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
&fist; It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was common in
Anglo-Saxon. In German the umlauted vowels resulting from a,
o, u, followed by old i, are written ä,
ö, ü, or ae, oe, ue; as,
männer or maenner, men, from mann, man. Examples
of forms resulting from umlaut in English are geese pl. of
goose, men pl. of man, etc.
||Um"laut (?), n. [G., from um about +
laut sound.] (Philol.) The euphonic modification of a
root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially
i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
&fist; It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was common in
Anglo-Saxon. In German the umlauted vowels resulting from a,
o, u, followed by old i, are written ä,
ö, ü, or ae, oe, ue; as,
männer or maenner, men, from mann, man. Examples
of forms resulting from umlaut in English are geese pl. of
goose, men pl. of man, etc.
