plural of umlaut

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of umlaut

(linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.

(transitive) To place an umlaut over (a vowel). / (linguistics, transitive) To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.

simple past tense and past participle of umlaut

Modified by the addition of an umlaut.

present participle of umlaut

(rare, Germanism) plural of umlaut

plural of heavy metal umlaut

An umlaut over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band (as in "Motörhead", "Queensrÿche" and "Mötley Crüe"), added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect.