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umlaut

metaphony in which a vowel is pronounced more like a following vowel or semivowel
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umlaut

Summary

umlaut ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • umlaut is a type of metaphony[2].
  • umlaut is a type of Latin-script letter[3].
  • umlaut's Commons category is recorded as Umlaut[4].
  • umlaut's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Umlaut[5].
  • umlaut's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6].
  • umlaut's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • umlaut's different from is recorded as umlaut[8].
  • umlaut's Unicode range is recorded as U+C4,U+D6,U+DC,U+E4,U+F6,U+FC[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include metaphony[2] and Latin-script letter[3].

Why It Matters

umlaut ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[1] umlaut has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] umlaut is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Verdy p · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Schematic → Ie umlaut in South Sami.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5555]]: Ie umlaut in South Sami.png"
  2. 17d ago · Verdy p · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → umlaut
    Subclass of → metaphony, Latin-script letter
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P5949]]: U+C4,U+D6,U+DC,U+E4,U+F6,U+FC"
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