How to pronounce umlaut
American English pronunciation
OOM-lowt
- IPA
- /ˈumlaʊt/
- Syllables
- OOM · lowt (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What umlaut means
A pair of dots over a vowel that change how it is said
In a sentence: Lena's German last name has an umlaut over the o.
Where it comes from: It's German, from um, meaning "around," and Laut, meaning "sound." It came into English in the 1800s.
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