Umlaut

Umlaut may refer to:

Language and writing

  • Umlaut (diacritic), a diacritical mark that consist of two dots ( ยจ ) placed over a letter
    • Metal umlaut, used in names of heavy metal or hard rock bands for visual rather than phonetic effect
  • Umlaut (linguistics), a sound change where a vowel was modified to conform more closely to the vowel in the next syllable; in particular:
    • I-mutation, a specific type of umlaut triggered by a following high front vowel; in particular:
      • Germanic umlaut, a prominent instance of i-mutation in the history of the Germanic languages
        • Umlaut vowel, any front rounded vowel (because such vowels appeared in the Germanic languages as a result of Germanic umlaut)

Other uses

  • Umlaut (software), an open source link resolver front-end for libraries
  • UMLAUT, Clinton McKinnon's experimental rock band from Australia
  • Lars Umlaut, a character playable in the Guitar Hero series of music video games
  • umlaut (company), an international management and engineering consultancy, before 2019 known as P3 group
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