Umlauts
Umlauts by Lauren Parks March 17, 2008
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"Umlaut" (m.), noun
The German alphabet consists of 26 characters plus 3 umlauts: ä, ö and ü.
The two dots above the letters do NOT indicate an accentuation or emphasis of the syllable (as for instance accent-bearing letters in Spanish or French). Umlauts are used as independent characters in the German language.
Whenever the use of umlauts is not possible (e.g. for technical reasons, in email addresses or names of websites), umlauts are indicated by the following combinations:
“ae” = ä, “oe”= ö, “ue” = ü.
Note:
some proper names contain the converted form of umlauts
(e.g. the author is spelled Goethe NOT Göthe)!
Pronunciation:
The letter ä is pronounced like the a in “apple”.
The sound of the letter ö is similar to the sound in “earn” or “bird”.
The letter ü is the most difficult for those who are learning German. It is the same sound as the u in the French words “musique”, “chaussure”, “rue”, ... etc.
The German alphabet consists of 26 characters plus 3 umlauts: ä, ö and ü.
The two dots above the letters do NOT indicate an accentuation or emphasis of the syllable (as for instance accent-bearing letters in Spanish or French). Umlauts are used as independent characters in the German language.
Whenever the use of umlauts is not possible (e.g. for technical reasons, in email addresses or names of websites), umlauts are indicated by the following combinations:
“ae” = ä, “oe”= ö, “ue” = ü.
Note:
some proper names contain the converted form of umlauts
(e.g. the author is spelled Goethe NOT Göthe)!
Pronunciation:
The letter ä is pronounced like the a in “apple”.
The sound of the letter ö is similar to the sound in “earn” or “bird”.
The letter ü is the most difficult for those who are learning German. It is the same sound as the u in the French words “musique”, “chaussure”, “rue”, ... etc.
Umlauts are used in all types of word categories: nouns (not only, but often in the plural form), verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prefixes and prepositions.
Ä: Äpfel, Hände, wärmen
Ö: Löwe, Köln, mögen,
Ü: Küsse, Frühling, wünschen
Ä: Äpfel, Hände, wärmen
Ö: Löwe, Köln, mögen,
Ü: Küsse, Frühling, wünschen
umlaut by jazzmine1220 December 30, 2008
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Umlauts
The nickname Jason Stiles has for Lorelai Gilmore. An umlaut looks like ( ¨ ). Since the two dots look like nipples, he calls her that to reference an incident they mentioned earlier, when Lorelai's nipples were visible under her wet T-shirt.
Umlauts by afairysecret October 20, 2020
ümläüt
Thë twö lïttlë döts äbövë lëttërs. Öftën föünd ïn Gërmänïc längüägës änd mëtäl bänd nämës.
Përsön Ä: Ïs "Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän" spëllëd wïth ör wïthöüt än ümläüt?
Përsön B: Ÿëäh, prëttÿ sürë ït's göt önë sömëwhërë.
Përsön B: Ÿëäh, prëttÿ sürë ït's göt önë sömëwhërë.
It Needs the Umlaut
Its like soccer in every way except... The whole point of the game is to kick the ball over the fence.
and...
The Squiggle Guard sits on the fence with a rapier and tries to stop the ball from getting kicked over the fence.
All the while the Squiggle Guard tries to stab the Squiggler (whom is without clothes). The Squiggler has a single coin somewhere beneath his or her skin and must try to get the Squiggle Guard to stab his coin.
On the other side of the fence the Squiggle Monkey waits to try and catch the ball.. but for the entire game the Squiggle Monkey has to ride a unicycle and scream "SHAKESPEARE!!" as loud as they can.
The game ends every forth Tuesday.
and...
The Squiggle Guard sits on the fence with a rapier and tries to stop the ball from getting kicked over the fence.
All the while the Squiggle Guard tries to stab the Squiggler (whom is without clothes). The Squiggler has a single coin somewhere beneath his or her skin and must try to get the Squiggle Guard to stab his coin.
On the other side of the fence the Squiggle Monkey waits to try and catch the ball.. but for the entire game the Squiggle Monkey has to ride a unicycle and scream "SHAKESPEARE!!" as loud as they can.
The game ends every forth Tuesday.
"I challange you to a match of It Needs the Umlaut"
"My grandfather told me of the drama and heartbreak of the great It Needs the Umlaut series of '72"
"My grandfather told me of the drama and heartbreak of the great It Needs the Umlaut series of '72"
It Needs the Umlaut by It Needs The Umlaut January 18, 2009