Umlaut

['ʊmlaʊt]

解释:

(noun.) a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.

杰弗里整理--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.

亚瑟校对

解释:

n. Grimm's word for a vowel-change in the Teutonic languages brought about on a preceding vowel by the vowel i (or e) modifying the first in the direction of e or i—German g鋘se the plural of gans &c.

手打:奈杰尔